Responding to Loneliness and Division: Fostering Renewal in Parish Communities

About your host: Terry Poplava serves as General Manager of ACST Catholic, where he brings extensive experience in supporting Catholic parishes and dioceses. With a background in executive roles at Our Sunday Visitor and Catholic Leadership Institute, Terry has worked across the U.S. helping churches with planning, stewardship, and engagement efforts. He has also spoken nationally and in the media on a wide range of topics, from the epidemic of loneliness to the importance of stewardship in the Church. Terry’s passion for equipping ministries to thrive is at the heart of his current focus on serving the Catholic Church through ACS Technologies.

Jason Simon is the President of The Evangelical Catholic (EC). After working briefly in engineering, he began working in the Church as a parish Director of Religious Education and Youth Ministry. Through this work, he saw the power of evangelization in the Church and his passion to see more lives impacted by the Holy Spirit. He lives in Madison, WI with his wife and six children.

Dan Cellucci is CEO of Catholic Leadership Institute, an apostolate providing leadership training and consulting to more than 290 bishops, 2,700 priests, and over 35,000 Catholic leaders across 120 dioceses. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, working closely with bishops and overseeing the organization’s marketing and services. Dan is a trusted advisor and presenter, contributing to major initiatives in dioceses including Miami, Boston, and Pittsburgh, and serves on the National Advisory Council for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

He also oversees research for the Disciple Maker Index, a parish survey that has reached more than 3,000 parishes and 650,000 Catholics, helping Church leaders strengthen evangelization efforts. Dan and his wife Tricia live in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and are the parents of four children.