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Parish Leadership Team Orientation

Parish Leadership Team Orientation. July and August, 2010 Bethany Center. Serving God’s People – Pastoral Planning Process. Opening prayer. 2. Parish Leadership Orientation. 9/6/2014. Agenda. Introduction Background and Overview Process and Teams Questions. Table Work

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Parish Leadership Team Orientation

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  1. Parish Leadership Team Orientation July and August, 2010 Bethany Center

  2. Serving God’s People – Pastoral Planning Process Opening prayer 2 Parish Leadership Orientation 9/6/2014

  3. Agenda • Introduction • Background and Overview • Process and Teams • Questions • Table Work • Tools and Resources • Questions Parish Leadership Orientation

  4. Introduction • Fr. Robert Morris, Vicar General • Deacon Rick Wells, Vice Chancellor • Deacon Peter J. Burns, Office of Parish Ministry Support • Pastors and Parochial Vicars • Parishes participating from Hernando, Pasco, Upper Pinellas, East, and West Hillsborough Deaneries • Housekeeping Parish Leadership Orientation

  5. Background and Overview • Early 2008 - Bishop Lynch charged the Vicar General to initiate a process to better position the diocese and parishes to serve their faith communities Parish Leadership Orientation

  6. Rationale • Declining Number of priests available to serve • Shifts in local demographics • Stewardship challenges of available resources Parish Leadership Orientation

  7. Statistics - National • 2 out of 3 dioceses in the USA have more parishes than priests • Dozens of dioceses have taken steps to realign themselves • Process has been ongoing for more than 20 years in the United States Parish Leadership Orientation

  8. Statistics - DOSP • 79 Parishes & Missions • 91 diocesan priests active • Additional 20 extern and 45 religious priests • 65 parishes with a diocesan priest pastor or extern parish administrator • 14 parishes have a religious priest pastor Parish Leadership Orientation

  9. Statistics - Priests • Diocesan Pastors (65) • 9 Pastors over age 70 • 9 Pastors age 65 – 69 • Religious Pastors (14) • 5 Pastors over age 70 • 5 Pastors age 65 - 69 * Total = 28 Pastors over age 65 years Parish Leadership Orientation

  10. Statistics – Diocesan Priests • Age 70+: 9 • Age 65 – 69: 11 • Age 60 – 64: 13 • Age 55 – 59: 9 • Age 50 – 54: 19 • Age 45 – 49: 12 • Age 40 – 44: 10 • Age < 40: 8 • Total Priests age 50+:61 • Priests under age 50:30 Parish Leadership Orientation

  11. Statistics – Population Population graphs show relative change over time. Parish Leadership Orientation

  12. County Population Shifts University of Florida; Bureau of Economic and Business Research; Bulletin 154; June 2009 Parish Leadership Orientation

  13. DOSP 7 Deaneries (Regions) • Hernando • Pasco • East Hillsborough • West Hillsborough • Upper Pinellas • Citrus* • Lower Pinellas* * Indicates deaneries which have already participated in Serving God’s People pastoral planning process. Parish Leadership Orientation

  14. Hernando Deanery Parishes • St. Anne • St. Anthony Abbot • St. Frances X. Cabrini • St. Joan of Arc • St. Mary, Our Lady of Sorrows • St. Theresa Parish Leadership Orientation

  15. East Hillsborough Deanery Parishes • Blessed Sacrament • Catholic Center – USF • Corpus Christi • Epiphany of Our Lord • Mary Help of Christians • Nativity • Our Lady of Guadalupe • Our Lady of Perpetual Help • Prince of Peace • Resurrection • St. Anne • St. Clement • St. Francis of Assisi • St. Mark • St. Stephen Parish Leadership Orientation

  16. West Hillsborough Deanery Parishes • Christ the King • Incarnation • Most Holy Redeemer • Sacred Heart • St. Joseph • St. Lawrence • St. Mary • St. Paul • St. Patrick • St. Peter Claver • St. Timothy • Immaculate Conception Parish Leadership Orientation

  17. Parishes of Pasco Deanery • Our Lady Queen of Peace • Our Lady of the Rosary • Sacred Heart • St. Anthony of Padua • St. James • St. Joseph • St. Michael • St. Peter the Apostle • St. Rita • St. Thomas Aquinas • St. Vincent de Paul Parish Leadership Orientation

  18. Upper Pinellas Deanery Parishes • All Saints • Blessed Sacrament • Espiritu Santo • Light of Christ • Our Lady of Lourdes • St. Brendan • St. Catherine of Siena • St. Cecelia • St. Ignatius • St. Jerome • St. Justin, Martyr • St. Luke • St. Michael • St. Patrick Parish Leadership Orientation

  19. Hernando Deanery Statistics • 2000 – 22,627 registered • 2009 – 16,874 registered (-25.4%) • 2000 – 243 Baptisms • 2009 – 244 Baptisms Parish Leadership Orientation

  20. East Hillsborough Deanery Statistics • 2000 – 45,701 registered • 2009 – 69,297 registered (+51.6%) • 2000 – 1,165 Baptisms • 2009 – 1,396 Baptisms (+19.8%) • Key: Nativity, St. Stephen, St. Anne, St. Mark, St. Clement, Resurrection Parish Leadership Orientation

  21. West Hillsborough Deanery Statistics • 2000 – 64,150 registered • 2009 – 58,878 registered (-8.2%) • 2000 – 1,222 Baptisms • 2009 – 1,021 Baptisms (-16.4%) Parish Leadership Orientation

  22. Pasco Deanery Statistics • 2000 – 37,505 registered • 2009 – 42,153 registered (+12.4%) • 2000 – 565 Baptisms • 2009 – 540 Baptisms (-4.4%) • Key: Our Lady of the Rosary, St. Rita, St. Vincent de Paul Parish Leadership Orientation

  23. Upper Pinellas Deanery Statistics • 2000 – 76,993 registered • 2009 – 74,058 registered (-3.8%) • 2000 – 1,134 Baptisms • 2009 – 859 Baptisms (-24.3%) Parish Leadership Orientation

  24. Summary of 5 Deaneries Parish Leadership Orientation

  25. Current Local Demographic • General Population in the 5 county area : • More than 1 out of every 8 people are Hispanic (13.1%) • Estimated total number of Hispanic Catholics in DOSP – 362,000+ • Catholic Population: • Estimated 4 out of every 10 Catholics in the Diocese are Hispanic (40%) Parish Leadership Orientation

  26. Hispanic Population Projections University of Florida; Bureau of Economic and Business Research; Bulletin 154; June 2009 Parish Leadership Orientation

  27. Hispanic Population Projections Parish Leadership Orientation

  28. Sample of Diversity in DOSP • Latino/Hispanic • Black Catholic • Vietnamese • Korean • Filipino • Indian • Portuguese • Tongan • Haitian • Lithuanian • Polish • Other Parish Leadership Orientation

  29. Serving God’s People – Pastoral Planning Process Assumptions Parish Leadership Orientation

  30. Assumptions (1/5) • The Paschal Mystery is both central to our faith and to this planning process, where changes in parishes structures are potential examples of the life-death-resurrection mystery. Parish Leadership Orientation

  31. Assumptions (2/5) • Parishes do not exist for themselves, but as a presence of Christ and the Church to the local area. • The vision of Church must be larger than one’s own local community. People must be helped to think locally, regionally and diocesan-wide. Parish Leadership Orientation

  32. Assumptions (3/5) • Strong pastoral leadership, ordained as well as lay – now and in the future, is needed for planning to succeed. • All parishes will be more effective, if they plan for the future, especially when planning is an on-going process and not employed only in a crisis Parish Leadership Orientation

  33. Assumptions (4/5) • There is more ownership for and less resistance to planning that begins at the local level with meaningful involvement by those who will be impacted by the changes. • Parishes will be stronger and more effective, if they work together. Parish Leadership Orientation

  34. Assumptions (5/5) • If and when mergers are needed, they will be less traumatic and more natural if people and parishes have already been in relationship with each other. • Planning resources will be provided in English and Spanish where needed. Parish Leadership Orientation

  35. Serving God’s People – Pastoral Planning Process Goals Parish Leadership Orientation

  36. Goals (1/4) • To enhance the vitality of parish life in the diocese • To act as good stewards of all God-given resources • To build a greater sense of unity within the rich ethnic, cultural and generational diversity within the local Church

  37. Goals (2/4) • To increase collaboration among all parishes in the diocese in order to increase the impact of the presence of the Church both locally, regionally and in the world. Parish Leadership Orientation

  38. Goals (3/4) • To plan for a future that recognizes that there will be a diminishing number of priests available to serve and that acknowledges the changing demographics in many areas of the diocese Parish Leadership Orientation

  39. Goals (4/4) • To increase awareness of the current state of the parishes in each deanery from a ministry perspective, a demographic perspective, and a financial perspective. Parish Leadership Orientation

  40. Process Overview • Parish Leadership Teams • Collect Information • Consolidate • Parish Cluster Teams (PCT) • Visit and assess parish information • Draft recommendations • Diocesan Commission • Review & dialogue with PCT • Make final recommendations Parish Leadership Orientation

  41. Time Frame • Parish Leadership Teams • Summer 2010 to November 2010 • Parish Cluster Teams • November 2010 to January 2011 • Diocesan Commission • December 2010 until May 2011 Parish Leadership Orientation

  42. Two Main Phases • Parish / Cluster Phase • Assess • Plan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • Diocesan-wide Phase • Implement • Evaluate Parish Leadership Orientation

  43. Parish Leadership Team (1/6) • Responsibilities: • Assist the pastor through an assessment process that provides information to the Parish Cluster Team • Recommend: 8-10 people Parish Leadership Orientation

  44. Parish Leadership Team (2/6) • Skill set needed • Leadership • Organizational • Communication • Analytical • Attention to detail and follow through Parish Leadership Orientation

  45. Parish Leadership Team (3/6) • Membership • Pastor, Parochial Vicar • Deacon(s) • Member(s) of Parish Council, Financial Council • Key Staff, Ministry Leader(s) • Other leaders (formal and informal) Parish Leadership Orientation

  46. Parish Leadership Team (4/6) • Specific Tasks • Communicate to parishioners throughout planning process • (7x7) – Web, pulpit, bulletin, letters, meetings, announcements, flyers… • Who, what, when, where, why, and how to participate, current status… • Develop a survey process using the online survey (live from 9/6 – 10/11/10) Parish Leadership Orientation

  47. Parish Leadership Team (5/6) • Specific Tasks (continued) • Complete parish profile by 10/1/10 • Analyze profile and survey results • Develop process for communicating survey and parish profile results Parish Leadership Orientation

  48. Parish Leadership Team (6/6) • Specific Tasks • Plan and implement town hall meetings by 11/1/10 (at least two) • Gather and submit information to Parish Ministry Support Office (11/8): • Survey results • Completed Profile • Summary Town Hall Meetings Parish Leadership Orientation

  49. Online Survey (1/2) • Begins 9/6 and runs to 10/11/2010 • Each parish will get its own online “link” • Develop survey process to get people to take the online survey • Consider a process for assisting those without internet access • Draft a communication strategy Parish Leadership Orientation

  50. Online Survey (2/2) • Link to Serving God’s People online site for information:http://blogs.dosp.org/pastoralplanning/ • Click DRAFT SURVEY link to view and take draft of survey • Click “View Results” to see sample survey responses being tabulated Parish Leadership Orientation

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