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Every business owner knows the feeling. It’s 3 am, and your mind is racing—running through the same decision on a loop. Do you let someone go who isn’t performing but has been loyal for years? Do you walk away from a client who pays well but costs you your peace? Do you take the contract that stretches your team to its limits? Do you bring on a partner whose vision doesn’t quite align with yours, but whose resources would solve your immediate problems? Did you make the right or wrong decision today—a form of buyer’s remorse? Tough decisions are the unavoidable tax of leadership. But for Catholic business owners, they carry an extra weight because you know that how you decide matters just as much as what you decide. Most decision frameworks will tell you to weigh the data, model the outcomes, and choose the option with the highest return. But they leave out the two things you care about—the people affected and whether you can stand behind the decision with integrity. Next time you are staring down a decision that won’t leave you alone, united with God in prayer, follow these steps: Step 1: Clarity Before you can make a good decision, you need to define what “good” means in this situation. Most business owners jump straight to options without first defining outcomes. Ask yourself: what does a successful resolution look like—not just financially, but for everyone involved? When you define success broadly, your options sharpen quickly. Step 2: Counsel Warren Buffett once said that it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. One reason leaders make reputation-damaging decisions is that they make them alone. Identify two or three people in your life—not yes-men, but honest voices—who you consult before major decisions. Be

Nobody warns you about this part of owning a business.  You expected the late nights, pressure, and financial risk—but what you didn’t expect was the gradual feeling that your business owns you more than you own it. As a Catholic business owner, there is a good chance you are especially vulnerable to this. Your faith calls you to serve others, to sacrifice, to give generously. Those are genuine virtues. But somewhere along the way, many faith-driven leaders confuse self-sacrifice with self-destruction, and the cost can be devastating. Burnout doesn’t just hurt you. It can quietly dismantle relationships and everything you have built. When you are running on empty, your decisions suffer. Your team feels it before you admit it. Your family immediately knows it and gets whatever is left, which is rarely enough. And the mission you built your business around starts to feel like a burden rather than a calling. The fix is not working less. It is leading with better boundaries and reframing what boundaries actually mean. Boundaries are not selfishness. It is stewardship. You are responsible for managing yourself as a resource. If you wouldn’t run your equipment into the ground without maintenance, why would you do it to yourself?  Here are four boundaries every Catholic business owner needs to protect: Time. Protect your work hours and your family time with the same seriousness you protect client commitments. What gets scheduled gets honored. Financial. Some clients cost more than they pay. Calculate the full cost—emotional energy, team disruption, time—not just the invoice. Saying no to the wrong client is saying yes to the right one. It sounds strange, but sometimes you have to fire a customer. Emotional. Your business is something you do, not something you are. When outcomes become tied to your identity, every setback becomes

The Church has long entrusted May to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and for good reason. She can be an instrument through whom our imperfect prayers are lifted, purified, and presented to the Heart of her Son. Mary never keeps what she receives. Every grace she carries, she dispenses. Every prayer she intercepts, she beautifies and presents to her Son. This is the deepest mystery of May devotion: Mary leads us always to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the furnace of divine love, the Heart that refuses to be indifferent to our struggles, our sins, our sufferings. To business owners, if you feel the weight of decisions, the tension between profit and principle, the prayers that feel thin by noon, Our Lady invites you: “Bring it to me. All of it.” Bring your ambitions, your fears, even your murkier motivations. She is not shocked. She is a mother. What Mary does with what we bring her is extraordinary – she purifies it, and presents it refined to the Sacred Heart of her Son. You don’t need perfect intentions to start. You need only the humility to say: “Mother, take what I have. Purify it. Present it to Jesus.” To those who have already given their fiat – who consecrated their company and now find it hard – hear this: Your yes is bearing fruit, even when you cannot see it. Mary’s own “fiat” did not protect her from suffering. It led her directly into God’s most perfect plan. And through that yes, the world was saved. Your consecration is not a strategy for comfortable outcomes. It is a participation in that same mystery. Renew your “fiat” today. Especially in the difficult moments and hard days. You walk this road with every soul who has ever trusted Mary enough to place

For several years, His Way At Work has been encouraging business owners to consecrate their companies to the Sacred Heart of Jesus — working alongside Parishes and Pastors to promote and host a Consecration Mass that brings Christ to the center of their companies. The fruit of that work has been real, and the hunger for it has never stopped growing. This past October 16th — the Feast of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the saint through whom the Sacred Heart devotion was entrusted to the modern world — His Way At Work launched a bold new chapter: a direct path for any business owner, anywhere, to consecrate their company to the Sacred Heart. Although we see incredible value in celebrating these sacred commitments within a community, this bold step allowed business owners to consecrate their companies outside of a local launch. It helped shorten the time from calling to action. The response has been nothing short of on fire! Since the launch, 168 companies have already said yes — from the Pacific Northwest to South Florida, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. The map says it all: this is not a regional movement or a niche devotion. This is a nationwide awakening of business owners who are done building their companies apart from God and are ready to place everything at His feet. You are a large part of this movement! St. Margaret Mary wrote that the Sacred Heart desired nothing so much as to reign in the hearts of those who love Him. His Way At Work has always believed that reign includes the marketplace — the decisions, the challenges, the ordinary and extraordinary moments where business life is actually lived. Now that belief is spreading faster than ever, across every corner of this country. Our members

By almost any measure, John Bursch is one of the most accomplished attorneys in America. Senior counsel and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy at Alliance Defending Freedom, he has argued 13 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and 36 before state supreme courts, ranking third among non-governmental advocates in persuading justices to adopt his legal position. He is also a father of five, a grandfather of four, and a man who woke up at 4 a.m. throughout his career—not to get ahead, but to make sure his children never felt like they came second. His answer to balancing one of the most demanding legal careers in the country with a thriving family and a living Catholic faith is surprisingly uncluttered: “Faith first, family second, work third.” For Christian business owners navigating the same tensions, his example is both challenging and deeply practical. God First — And That Means Something Concrete For Bursch, putting God first was never merely a priority ranking. It was something he and his wife, Angela, actively protected. They committed to regularly gathering with a community of other Catholic couples who provided them with consistent access to Mass, Confession, and Eucharistic Adoration, along with fellowship and accountability with others who understood the weight of holding a demanding career alongside faith and family. That rhythm of grace was the foundation beneath everything else. “We’re always ambassadors for Christ,” Bursch said. “We can’t ever just leave our faith in the home.” That conviction was formed and sustained by a community that regularly called him and Angela back to what mattered most and held them accountable to living it out together in their marriage, family, and career. Demonstrating, Not Just Declaring, Faith That outward witness shaped how Bursch raised his children and offers a direct blueprint for the Christian business

You’ve done something remarkable. You’ve consecrated your company — placed it in God’s hands and invited Him into every corner of it. That’s not just a one-time moment. It’s a daily commitment. And like any relationship, your connection with Christ grows through consistent, intentional time together. We know the demands of running a business are real. The emails, the decisions, the people counting on you—the day fills up fast. But prayer doesn’t require hours. It requires intention. Here are three practical ways to weave prayer and meditation into your rhythm as a business owner. 1. Start Your Day With God Before the calendar, email, and phone calls take over, give the first moments of your morning to God. This doesn’t have to be elaborate—even ten quiet minutes with Scripture and prayer can reorient your heart before the noise begins. Use our daily emailed Gospel reflections. Ask Him to lead your thinking, guard your words, and work through you in the hours ahead. Consistency here is built through simplicity. Set your alarm 10-15 minutes earlier if needed. Protect that time like you would your most important meeting—because it is. Starting well doesn’t guarantee an easy day, but it anchors you to the One who holds the day. 2. Pray Before Decisions, Not Just After Them Business owners make dozens of decisions every day—some small, others significant. One of the most powerful shifts you can make is moving prayer to the front of that process rather than reaching for it only when things go wrong. Before a difficult conversation, a big financial decision, or even a challenging meeting, pause and invite God in. It can be thirty seconds. It can be a whispered “Lord, lead me.” Over time, this practice reshapes how you lead. You become less reactive and more discerning. You

There is a moment most business owners know well. The meetings blur together. The decisions pile up. And the vision that once felt like a calling starts to feel like a grind. In that fog, something essential slips away—not productivity, but the awareness of who walks with you. Our culture tells us that stepping away means falling behind. But this is not how God works. The leader who retreats, reflects, and returns restored will always outrun the one who powers on fumes. Always. A spiritual retreat is not an escape from responsibility. It is the most responsible thing a Christian-minded leader can do. What It Means to Step Away Stepping away is an act of surrender. When you create intentional space to be quiet before God, you remember the original “yes” that preceded the business plan. You release what you’ve been holding onto too tightly. You hear clearly again. And you return to your spouse, family, and work with the settled peace of a person who has sat in God’s presence. This is not about adding one more thing to your schedule. It is choosing to step away from the work to move towards the One who matters most. Going on retreat is the single most transformative thing a business owner can do. “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 An Invitation His Way At Work created an exclusive retreat for business owners who are ready to step away from the daily grind and recommit their lives to God’s purpose. Not a conference. Not a seminar. A retreat—unhurried and designed for the kind of conversation and quiet that busy leaders rarely allow themselves.  We hope you’ll join us! October 22–25, 2026 Learn more and register at hwaw.com/retreat