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Start at the beginning. What is BOSCOS?
BOSCOS is a free, ten-minute assessment on Catholic Gigs. You answer a set of statements about how you tend to act in ordinary situations, and it sorts your answers into six ways of working. The result tells you which kinds of work energize you, which kinds drain you, and where you tend to fit on a team.
It describes how you work, which is different from a personality test. I built it because I am seeing job titles and descriptions changing faster than anyone can plan for. I think more than ever people should focus on cultivating their strengths instead of trying to contort themselves to the job market.
Editor’s Note: Article originally published on December 1st, 2019.
The great Chinese philosopher Confucius once said, “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” His words seemed geared especially for my ears. I tend to overthink and over analyze situations in my life.
As a result, instead of simply living I conflate daily stresses into something bigger than need be. I started doing puzzles to help me deal with my anxiety. I also rediscovered my childhood love of maze puzzles. That got me thinking life is sort of like a maze. The dictionary defines the word maze as “a network of paths and hedges designed as a puzzle through which one has to find a way out”.
A secondary definition for this word is when it is used as a verb: “to be dazed and confused”. I will incorporate both descriptions about mazes in my writing today. Here are three ways why my life lately is like a maze.
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In our family home, we have a running joke about my parents calling me or my siblings whenever they have a technology problem. “The router’s not working!” or “How do I save this document?” We’ve become the default tech support. This experience got me thinking about how we use technology as Catholics in today’s digital environment.
Technology itself—whether it’s smartphones, artificial intelligence, or social media—is morally neutral. Like a hammer, car, or telephone, these tools aren’t inherently good or evil. It’s how we choose to use them that matters. This perspective isn’t new to Catholic thinking. The Church has always recognized that human innovation serves a purpose in God’s plan when used properly.
While seeking digital balance, I discovered we have spiritual guides for this journey too. The communion of saints offers us models for using technology virtuously, even saints who lived long before the internet age.
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Most people think they know St. Francis of Assisi.
He’s the bird guy. The nature saint. The gentle medieval mystic who probably floated through fields quoting poetry to wildflowers.
The real Francis would smile at that image and then promptly dismantle it by doing something wildly inconvenient, like renouncing his inheritance in public or embracing a leper out of love for Christ.
Francis didn’t become famous because he was soft. He became famous because he was free. Once you understand that, you begin to see why pilgrims still lace up their boots and follow his footsteps across Italy eight centuries later.
The Saint Everyone Thinks They Know
St. Francis is one of the most beloved saints in history and also one of the most misunderstood.
He’s often portrayed as sentimental or dreamy, but the historical Francis was intense, disciplined, and radically committed. When Jesus said sell what you have, Francis didn’t treat that as a metaphor. He treated it as instructions. When Christ said take up your cross, Francis didn’t write a reflection about it. He obeyed it.
He once said:
“Sanctify yourself, and you will sanctify society.”
Editor’s Note: Matthew Chicoine interviewed Dan Campos, founder of Campos Financial Group, via email in August 2025. Some of the questions/answers have been rearranged, edited, and paraphrased to provide the best reader experience without losing any integrity of the answers given.
How has your Catholic faith influenced the way you approach financial planning and advising clients?
My Catholic faith shapes everything I do, including the way I serve my clients. I see financial planning not just as numbers and investments, but as part of a person’s vocation—how they provide for their family, serve their community, and live out their values. I am also blessed with the flexibility of my schedule to attend daily Mass most days, which keeps me grounded and reminds me that all the work I do is ultimately in service of God. Faith reminds me that money is a tool, not an end in itself. My role is to help clients be wise stewards of what has been entrusted to them, while never losing sight of eternal priorities.
Are you struggling to relaunch your business after a challenging year? Here’s the proven strategy I used to reconnect with my customers and successfully get my business thriving again.
Use this strategy ⤵️
The What:
📬 Send them personalized postcards— in a digital world, paper will stand out
💬 Send personalized DMs to check in with them (don’t sell anything off the bat…that’s spammy/salesy)
Post consistently on social media about your products/services:
🔶 Be valuable (educational/entertaining depending on your brand voice) about it at least 80%.
🔷 The other 20% you can mention th products/services you offer but frame it from the problem you solve
✍️Publish regularly on your blog to help provide insights about your industry for your audience.
The When:
Reach out to your customers (works for prospects too) at natural checkpoints.
Holidays, weekends, end of the week, liturgical feast days (my clients are Catholic small business owners 🙂).
For example:
“Hi (insert first name)! Hope you are having a blessed Feast of Saints Peter and Paul.”
OR
“Hope you had a blessed Feast of the Most Holy Trinity (insert first name)! Here’s a funny meme I made for the occasion and thought you might like it”
At around 90 days before your relaunch start to be more overt in your messaging about the products/services you provide (thank you Stacked Marketer Holiday Marketing Guide for this tip!.
If you try to promote your work any sooner from a cold hiatus then your customers are going to notice and be turned off by the experience.
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Saint Josemaria Escriva wrote, “Professional work is also an apostolate, an opportunity to give ourselves to others, to reveal Christ to them and lead them to God the Father.” These words are true yet not always easy to live by during the job search process— it’s a full-time job looking for a full-time job.
Finding employment can be one of the more stressful activities in life. Over the years, I have struggled to find work that both paid the bills and gave me satisfaction. Starting The Simple Catholic blog was something I did out of a need to cope with loss and grief but also as a means to stay connected to the professional Catholic world.
The founder of Catholic Gigs reached out to me a few months ago about helping him create content for their website. I have found my writing can act as a bridge to lead others to Christ. Catholic Gigs also acts as a bridge connecting Catholic jobseekers and Catholic employers. I see this as an apostolate in fostering faith DURING the job process. Below is an interview I had with Paul Massell and Jacob Spence on the origin and journey of Catholic Gigs.
How did you come up with the idea for Catholic Gigs?
After graduating from Catholic universities, we each spent several years struggling to find employment that both aligned with our faith and provided a living wage. We ultimately decided to start our own company which offers marketing content and support primarily for Catholic organizations. One of our early ideas was to build an authentically Catholic job board to help our clients (and ourselves) find and collaborate on meaningful work.
While this project sat on the back burner for a few years, we continued developing professional relationships with a variety of Catholic organizations throughout the U.S. through the marketing work we did for them. Through these experiences, we learned a lot about the needs of Catholic organizations. We eventually met a Catholic investor who provided the seed funding that allowed us to build the Catholic Gigs site and begin sharing it with the Catholic organizations in our network, and beyond.
What makes Catholic Gigs different from other job search sites?
What makes Catholic Gigs unique boils down to our desire to build a Catholic community. Built into the site itself, as well as in all our communications with both job-seekers and employers, are a variety of features that facilitate and encourage more meaningful connections between Catholic organizations and their future employees. Our content-rich employer profiles offer insights about organizations that aren’t otherwise present in a single job description. This content includes photos and videos, background and history about organizations, and information about benefits offered to employees.
We regularly share authentically Catholic content with the goal of inspiring and motivating young Catholics to explore meaningful careers at Catholic organizations. We are also partnering with career centers at Catholic universities across the country to help match recent graduates with entry-level job openings at Catholic organizations. Beyond this, we are always attentive to
the needs of both job seekers and employers to better incorporate their suggestions into the site and the features we offer.
How do you plan to scale your business and what are your growth plans?
Our long-term vision is for every Catholic diocese, nonprofit, and Catholic-owned business to post their job openings on Catholic Gigs, but our first goal is to connect Catholic schools with recent graduates from Catholic universities to fill much-needed teaching roles.
What are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced so far and how have you overcome them?
For years we had the idea for Catholic Gigs on the back burner while we worked on other marketing projects for a wide variety of Catholic businesses and non-profit clients. While we had built an early version of Catholic Gigs, most of our attention was focused on completing work for our clients.
Providentially, one of these projects introduced us to a Catholic investor who provided us with the seed funding and mentorship necessary to fully realize our idea for Catholic Gigs. Between his insights and our track record with this market, we feel primed to develop the best solution for Catholic employers and job seekers.
A lot of our past relationships with clients already laid a great foundation for Catholic Gigs. As soon as we launched the site, we reached out to many of our past customers and invited them to this new service.
What are your future plans for Catholic Gigs and what impact do you hope to have in the long-term?
Ultimately, we hope to bridge the gap between Catholic employers and individuals who seek to do meaningful work for the Church and the world, especially those just starting out on their career. For us, that entails sharing all the wisdom and goodness we’ve experienced through our work with Catholic organizations and passing that along to those who are in the midst of discerning their life’s work.
Describe the importance of Catholic education and its impact on society.
Catholic education plays an important role in shaping individuals and contributing to society. It instills values such as faith, compassion, empathy, and respect for human dignity, which can inspire people to be active and responsible citizens. Additionally, Catholic education provides a strong academic foundation and encourages critical thinking. This can contribute to individual
success and societal progress. Furthermore, Catholic education can provide a sense of community and belonging, which can foster social cohesion and support the common good.
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