Fire Church Properties Conference Spotlights Emerging Models

Patricia Gathers is President and CEO of The Carmelite System and Carith Ministries, and has attended multiple Church properties conferences hosted by FIRE. Her leadership of Carith Ministries is a recent addition to her resume. “Carith's launch was fueled by attendance at the 2023 FIRE Church Properties conference where the Carmelite System was connected with leading experts in law, adaptive reuse, and church governance,” Gathers said. “Carith Ministries is currently working to implement the first Catholic acquisition of post-acute care healthcare facilities from another Catholic entity by acquiring a network of twelve post-acute care facilities in danger of closing. Moving forward, Carith will work with religious congregations, Catholic health care entities, and dioceses to strengthen their ministries, apply best practices, and most impactfully use Church patrimony.” Gathers and colleagues shared their innovations at this year’s conference.

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