Informal Evaluation by the Cluster Implementation Committee
Cluster 62
| Saint Andrew the Apostle Saint Charles Borromeo Holy Cross Saint Francis of Assisi |
Saint Bernadette Saint Dorothy Saint Kevin |
During the Spring, 2003, the Cluster Implementation Committee conducted an informal evaluation of the Cluster Pastoral Plan in consultation with the Parish Pastoral councils. The purpose of this informal evaluation was to determine the current status of the cluster plan. They considered the following questions:
1. What action(s) has (have) been taken to carry out the Cluster Pastoral Plan?
2. What action(s) still need(s) to be taken to meet the goal(s) of the Cluster Pastoral Plan?
3. To what degree has the vision of the Cluster Pastoral Plan been implemented?
4. Were any new needs discovered or new actions taken during the implementation of the Cluster Pastoral Plan?
5. What obstacles, if any, stood in the way of the implementation of the Cluster Pastoral Plan?
The committee found the following
actions have been taken:
The cluster Implementation Committee set out to achieve the goals and feels that they, in fact, have been achieved to a high degree. The method used was to have a liaison to each parish from a cluster committee, e.g. evangelization.
There has been good cooperation on social justice issues and oversight of direction for parish schools. The establishment of a Social Justice Committee was new and has proven effective. The establishing of the Parish Nurse Program and cooperative efforts with Aid for Friends are meeting some of the needs of the large population of seniors in the cluster.
Actions that still need to be taken
include:
The cluster did not accomplish setting up of an adult education and training program. The cluster still wishes to study the transition that is taking place from the parish schools to CCD/PREP classes. An interest in the financial components of this transition, as well as the impact of children with special needs, and parental preference for some instructional elements that are not currently available in the Catholic schools, remain items the cluster wishes to monitor.
Obstacles, that have stood
in the way of the implementation of the Cluster Pastoral Plan are:
The five-year plan was evaluated as rather a short period of time for process, dialogue, discernment, decisions, and deeds.
Status of the Plan
In light of the information collected, the Cluster Implementation Committee in consultation with Parish Pastoral Councils recommended to the Regional Vicar that the status of the plan be
To continue - implementation is not complete, new data does not indicate a need for revised cluster plan but further work is required on the current plan.