Helping Catholic organizations optimize culture, strategy, and leadership.
Together, we can shape a culture of joy and trust throughout the Catholic Church.
How can we serve you?
Bishops
Tools for Visionary Leadership, Strengthening Clergy Culture, and Strategic Planning
Priests
Clergy Culture built on Happiness, Confidence, and Fraternal Unity
Curia & Diocesan Teams
Optimizing Culture and Leadership Effectiveness for Curia, Schools, & Apostolates
Bishop Olmsted
Diocese of Phoenix
The Journey to Excellence program speaks to everyone, no matter where they are in their life journey. The solid philosophical principles rooted in our Catholic tradition foster personal insight for us individually and improve our ability to collaborate together for common goals.
Take the Journey to Excellence
The Spitzer Center’s core program, Journey to Excellence, provides a roadmap for visionary Catholic leaders and staff to build better habits for more dynamic and effective cultures of evangelization.
From regular seminars to create fraternity, a thorough culture inventory, and ongoing training and support, we apply timeless truths in innovative ways.
Journey to Excellence: PHASE 1
The Four Levels of Happiness®️
The foundation of the Spitzer Center for Visionary Leadership is a curriculum built upon Fr. Spitzer’s Four Levels of Happiness.
Happiness is the one thing we desire in and for itself.” -Aristotle
Journey to Excellence: PHASE 2
Culture Assessment
In order to achieve greater happiness, harmony, and achievement in fulfilling the mission of your organization, the Spitzer Center offers some short surveys that will help you measure your ideal, along with your current styles of working together.
Journey to Excellence: PHASE 3
Planning & Execution
Using the Culture Assessment, the Spitzer Center assists organizations and leaders in developing plans to reach their goals.
With regular touchpoints to discuss and evaluate progress, we walk with you on that journey.

Interested to see how the Spitzer Center can help you and your organization?
Give us a call today. We’ll be happy to explore your needs and discuss a plan of action.
About the Spitzer Center
The Spitzer Center for Visionary Leadership empowers thousands of Catholic individuals, dioceses and organizations to optimize the quality and delivery of their pastoral and spiritual services, and to strengthen morale and team behaviors within the organization.
We are founded on the inspiration and guidance of Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D, a theologian, philosopher, author, speaker, and former president of Gonzaga University for 11 years.
Recent & UPcoming Spitzer Center Events
Journey To Excellence Academy
January 2020 CEO Cohort
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New Dates Added Soon
Diocese of Lansing
Four Levels of Happiness Events
March to May 2020
Postponed
Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Clergy Days
March 23 and 24, 2020
Postponed
Diocese of New Ulm
Clergy Conference
Four Levels of Happiness
Feb 4, 2020
Diocese of Wichita
Clergy Conference
Oct 22-24, 2019
Diocese of Grand Rapids
Clergy Retreat
Sep 23 to Sep 26, 2019
Diocese of Des Moines
Clergy Conference
Sep 30 to Oct 1, 2019
Diocese of Richmond
Clergy Conference
Oct 14 to Oct 15, 2019
The Spitzer Center recently presented to Deacons from the Toledo Ohio Diocese
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Deacon Hal Welch, Tim Ryan, Bishop Daniel Thomas, Jim Berlucchi
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A Group of Priests from the Diocese of Kansas City St Joseph who attended a presentation of our Confidence and Providence Series
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Our Latest articles
What St. Thomas Teaches Us About Christ Will Surprise You
Thomas of course is most noted, unfortunately, for the fact that he was the doubter. And of course there can be no doubt that he probably was a doubter.
The First Step in the Spiritual Life is Surprisingly Simple
This gospel reading is really the beginning of the contemplative life. I mean, it certainly pertained to the people in Jesus’ day, as it does to us today.
Everybody Has Forgotten How Radical this Biblical Passage Is
Loving your enemies. You’ve heard it so often that it’s become banal. But imagine what it must have sounded like to those who heard it first?
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