Jesus loves profit

Check out the latest episode on the Ciocca Center's Prosper Podcast

In this episode, "Jesus loves profit," Fr. Bob Gahl challenges Christians at work in the secular or religious spheres. Listen to Andreas Widmer and Rebecca Teti interview Fr. Bob Gahl as they unpack what he means by this provocative premise! You'll also hear what Fr. Bob brought from an early career in Silicon Valley to his priesthood and how those who serve the Church can shift from a "maintenance" to a "mission" mode." 

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About the Church Management Program at the Busch School of Business

Grounded in a theological and spiritual framework, the Church Management Program at the Busch School of Business responds to the needs of dioceses, schools, hospitals, and nonprofits inspired by the Catholic Faith. Pastors, religious, and lay men and women can pursue a Master of Science in Ecclesial Administration and Management, earn a graduate certificate, or enroll in specific non-degree courses.

“Our aim is to help the priest appreciate that by being a good leader, a good manager, a good administrator he’d be a good pastor; and that should contribute to and not be separate from his life of prayer and ministry.”
Fr. Bob Gahl, Church Management Program Director

Fr. Robert Gahl, PhD is an Associate Professor and Director of the Church Management Programs in the Busch School of Business at The Catholic University of America. He is also an Associate Professor of Ethics in the School of Philosophy of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross (Santa Croce) in Rome where he was Director of the Program of Church Management (2017-2022).

Fr. Gahl has published on the narrative structure of the moral life, cognitive behavioral therapy, corporate social behavior, and the social doctrine of Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. In 2018-2019, as Visiting Faculty Research Affiliate at Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program, he taught courses at Harvard and MIT. He has directed courses on institutional mission at leading health care and medical research centers and on virtuous leadership for Italy’s center for advanced defense studies (IASD). His current research focuses on intergenerational human flourishing.