Saintly CEO: Prepare to Observe Holy Week
How Should A Catholic Business Owner Practice Charity This Coming Holy Week
Another Monday! Another week is upon us. Another opportunity to carry out God’s will in the world!
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Today we’re talking about…
IN TODAY’S ISSUE
News/Events: Nashville, Dallas, YCP, and NYC events
Feature Content: Prepare to Observe Holy Week
Heavenly Hustlers: From Catholic AI to St. Joseph Socks
Highlights: Read Leaving a Legacy, by Johann Kurtz
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News / Events
Tomorrow I’m hosting a hangout for Catholic entrepreneurs in Nashville. If you’d like to attend, register here. We only have 2 spots left.
If you’re in NYC, don’t miss the Fides Entrepreneurship event with Tim Busch, the businessman and philanthropist known for his involvement in the wine and hospitality business.
I’ll be at the YCP conference, HMU if you’d like to link up there.
We have a couple of spots open for our Dallas dinner on the 12th of April. Register if you’re interested.
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Prepare to Observe Holy Week
Holy week starts next Sunday. Hard to believe that we’re already coming to the end of Lent. But here we are.
Maybe your Lent was great. Maybe it was mediocre. Maybe you gave up entirely. Regardless of how it went, there is always the chance to end well. How to end well can be an art in itself. But as business owners, there is one thing in particular that we can do to end well.
Observe Holy Week by taking off of work.
I’m not asking you to take the entire week off. But I am asking you to truly observe Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter Saturday. Take those days off, for you and your team (ideally paid leave if you can afford it).
Be uncompromising about Good Friday. Make it a day of no work. Set aside your day to pray and contemplate Jesus’ death on the cross. What does it mean for you? What is the weight of this sacrifice? How can you imitate Jesus’ example towards your employees? If you take none of this other advice, at least take this.
On Holy Thursday, consider doing something to serve your employees. Maybe make them lunch, then take the rest of the day off. If any of your team are not Catholic, invite them to the Holy Thursday mass and washing of the feet service.
On Holy Saturday, continue to observe the mourning of the death of Jesus. Place yourself in the shoes of the Apostles. Allow the silence to stew inside of you. Don’t play any music. Don’t respond to emails. Just leave work aside. Speak to God in this silence. Consider His sacrifice for you. No matter how much you want to pick up work and keep things moving. Let it be.
Our natural state as entrepreneurs is to work. It’s the default setting. But it’s not all that we are. We are given an intellect and a will to overcome these natural tendencies. Let’s make use of these faculties to be with God. To be with our family.
Of course, you should also invite your employees to the Easter Vigil / Sunday mass. This is a particularly great time for them to come and hopefully, witness many catechumens entering the faith. Perhaps it will inspire them, too.
It goes without saying, but really make sure to enter into Easter Sunday. Be present with your family. If you don’t already have some, consider establishing an Easter family tradition.
God Bless & Happy Building
~Silas Mähner
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Heavenly Hustlers
These are other Catholic business owners. Nominate one (including yourself).
✨ Peter Cooney and his brother Thomas are building Acutis. A general-purpose AI guided by Church teaching/morality. In other words, it won’t suggest that abortion is fine and good.
🕊️ Dan DeMatte co-founded Demascus with the purpose of creating a generation of Catholics who are capable of living out their faith. Really fascinating project.
🔨 John-Michael Pauzé runs JMR Contracting, doing renovation projects.
🧦 Scott Williams, creator of SockReligious, is now growing Catholic Concepts. A group that will help Catholic orgs create and sell merch as the printer for others.
🎥 Frankie Garcia is the founder and CEO of Kalorama Studios. A production agency focused on visual storytelling for trade associations, think tanks & corporations. Love to see a firm like this picking with and sticking with a niche.
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Highlights
In case you missed it, we changed this section to focus on one or two key things we want to highlight each week. For the full list of resources, check it out here 👇
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Today’s highlight is a book.
Leaving a Legacy by Johann Kurtz
You’ve probably heard me mention this at least once, but it bears worth repeating. His book contains, what I think, is the key to saving Western/Christian living at least in the US.
We had the opportunity to have him on the podcast in January (listen here). If you listen to/read this book, I’ll make time to call you and discuss your opinions on implementing it.
If you’ve already read it and are on board with what he’s doing, I’d highly recommend checking out the thing he’s building called The Hancock Club (DM me, and I can put you in touch to learn more). The first chapter is launching in Texas.
I’m hoping the next one will be in Tennessee.
In case you have not picked up on it yet, I really like what Johann has written. I think it’s a huge solution to many of the problems we’re facing. As business owners, we play a crucial role in shaping the future around us. Both locally and nationally. Integrating the principles in his book can help us do that. The premise is one of building enterprises that direct capital and create family bonds and continuity that are hard to break, thus leading to a stronger society as a whole.
Looking forward to discussing this with you once you’ve read it.
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