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The Ongoing Activity of Pastoral Planning
Pastoral planning is an ongoing activity in which the actions taken to
implement the plans are assessed by the pastoral council and the results of
the assessment are used as new information in revising the plan. Many
parishioners and parish staff as well as the parish pastoral council members
and the Pastor participate in this cyclical process as planners, persons
taking action or assessing the results. All need to understand why and how
it is done.
Education
Support for
any
Parish Group
responsible for
Planning, Implementing a
Plan or Assessing
the Results
- Are there any advantages to working in groups?
- How do you build trust among members?
- How can you get everyone’s best ideas out?
- What causes conflict in a group and how to address it?
- 3 Step Process for
Parish Change!
- How to keep the parish community informed?
- How do you help parish groups to share prayer?
- What characteristics are found in vital parishes?
- What characteristics are found in vital parishes? (Spanish Version)
Education
Support for Parish Facilitators
and Resource People
- What
support is available?
Planning
- What is parish pastoral planning
- Why do Parish Pastoral Councils Engage in Pastoral Planning?
- Who does parish pastoral planning?
- How do you do a survey
and what are some examples?
- How do you keep the parish community informed about the developing plan?
- What can prevent a plan from being implemented?
- How do you keep the parish community informed about implementation activities?
- When and how is the parish pastoral plan assessed?
- How often do you
review the plan?
Education
Support
for Parish Pastoral
Councils
- What’s the rationale for pastoral councils?
- What are the guiding principles for a pastoral council?
- What’s the purpose of the parish pastoral council?
- What’s the role of the pastor in the pastoral council?
- What’s the function of the council?
- How big should a council be?
- Who serves on the council?
- What is the normal term of office?
- How are the meetings conducted?
- What is the relationship of the pastoral council to other parish committees and groups?
- How do you keep the parish community informed about your activities?
- What is a parish mission statement and why is it useful?
- How is the parish pastoral council a visioning and planning leadership body? (Click here for PowerPoint presentation of Dr M. Gubish)
- Official Texts About Councils (prepared by By Mark F. Fischer)
Planning
- What is the relationship of a parish to cluster?
- What is a
cluster
plan and how often do you update and review the plan?
