✣Catholic Business Network
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A proposal for the Catholic Business Network
Faith, work, and the people you trust — finally in one place.
The vision
From a directory to a living, breathing community of Catholic professionals.
Hallow proved that faith-first products can reach #1 by taking both the faith and the craft seriously. Career and vocation deserve the same — a network built on the trust our parishes already hold.
What's missing today
Our people are everywhere.
Our network is nowhere.
Scattered across the city
Thousands of Catholic professionals and owners — connected on Sunday, invisible to each other Monday.
Talent leaves the fold
A parishioner loses a job and turns to Indeed — when three parishes over, a member business is hiring exactly them.
Goodwill with no rails
Everyone wants to help each other. There's simply no product where that intention can land.
The concept
Every member: who they are, what they do, and their parish.
A member card
Maria Delgado · Controller
Holy Trinity · 66210
Actively looking
Red, Yellow, Green — how open you are, visible only to the community. The purple Hiring badge marks member businesses ready to grow — many owner-operators wear both.
How the community works
Referrals that feel like ministry, not networking.
01
Maria turns Green
after her firm restructures. Only the community sees.
02
Theresa spots it
and refers her to John's HVAC business — hiring an office manager.
03
Maria lands well
inside the community. Three families, one quiet act of care.
Who sustains it
Members join free.
Businesses gladly pay.
Catholic-owned businesses pay a modest membership to post roles and wear the Hiring badge before a community that wants to work for them. It's the most aligned recruiting spend they'll ever make — and it funds the network for everyone.
Also at home here
Parish and school roles, Catholic Charities and nonprofit positions, diocesan postings — the whole ecosystem of Catholic work.
Not a concept
The app is built, branded for CBN, and one click from this slide.
Status dial, parish on every profile, member businesses posting, referrals end-to-end. Powered by Parachute — a proven engine serving multiple communities, wearing CBN's identity.
The horizon
Kansas City first. Then every diocese that wants one.
The platform is built to be replicated — each city's network locally led, nationally connected. The Catholic professional network for the country, grown parish by parish.
✣Catholic Business Network
POWERED BY PARACHUTE
The first step
Launch with the KC network. This fall.
Founding member businesses, the first hundred professionals, and a launch moment at a CBN gathering. We bring the platform; the community brings the trust.
For discussion with CBN leadership