pastoral planning info

Hallmarks of Parish Vitality

We’ve been telling you that a collaborative effort was underway in the diocesan offices to create a self-assessment tool for parishes to use. The toolkit, called “Hallmarks of Parish Vitality“, is designed to provide parishes with feedback that is helpful to parish leadership for future planning. Clicking on the image at left will take you

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Gathered and Sent

Gathered and Sent – Jack Jerzeel     JustFaith Conference   Louisville, KY        May 4, 2011 How a parish defines itself can be a structural impediment.  Does it see itself as a community of saints, prophets, and martyrs?  Is the practice of the faith actually the practice of compassion – comfort the afflicted, etc.?  Role of what

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Facets of A Vibrant Parish

 Facets of a Vibrant Parish * How does a parish know how life giving it has become?  How can it see where and how the community can continue to grow into a more holy and dynamic People of God?  These facets of a vibrant parish provide some guidance both for assessment and planning for further

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Plan-Do-Check and the Key Factors of Successful Implementation

Plan-Do-Check and the Key Factors of Successful Implementation At “Harvesting Gifts for the Church of Camden” on September 18, Larry Farmer’s presentation explained the plan-do-check process and laid out the key factors for successful implementation of the Pastoral Priorities. His PowerPoint presentation is available by clicking here: [rokdownload menuitem=”61″ downloaditem=”77″ direct_download=”true”]Harvesting Gifts for the Church

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Ground Rules and Good Meetings

Ground Rules and Good Meetings Larry Farmer has put together two very simple documents that anyone can use for any meeting, whether in your parish or elsewhere. [rokdownload menuitem=”61″ downloaditem=”72″ direct_download=”true“]”Characteristics of Good Meetings”[/rokdownload] will provide you with tips on conducting productive meetings. [rokdownload menuitem=”61″ downloaditem=”73″ direct_download=”true“]”Ground Rules”[/rokdownload] are just that- simple ground rules we can remind

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Pastoral Planning

Pastoral Planning is a process that engages members of the faith community, invites them to take and express their baptismal responsibility to build up the Church through prayer, discernment, and actions that address the needs of the faith community and those served by it.

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Why Parish Toolkits?

Why Parish Toolkits?    The 4th Key Factor for Successful Implementation of the Pastoral Priorities is the availability of resources that parishes may use to facilitate their pastoral plan for a particular priority.  The diocesan offices, whose ministry is to be of service to parishes, have designed a collection of Parish Toolkits for this purpose.

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