A project of the Fitzgerald Institute for Real Estate at the University of Notre Dame, the Church Properties Initiative (CPI) empowers proactive stewardship of church property through data-informed research and capacity-building in the areas of sustainable development, land use, finance, management, planning, governance, and more—directing the Church's assets to serve the needs of a changing world.

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Focus Areas

Our research targets the urgent questions facing church property decision-makers. Current focus areas include Land, Environment, and Food Systems; Adaptive Reuse and Densification; and Diocesan Restructuring.



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    THINK PIECE: An Interview with Sr. Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E.


    CPI Program Manager John O'Neill sat down with Sister Damien Marie Savino, F.S.E., to talk about integral ecology, its place in the church properties conversation, and her new book, Learning the Language of Creation: Catholic Social Teaching and Integral Ecology.