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Diocese of Syracuse. OVERVIEW OF FOCUS SESSIONS WINTER-SPRING 2012 Diocesan Pastoral Council – 3 November 2012. The State of the Question. Demographics and Resources in our 7 counties Population Mass Attendance Religious Practice of Catholics - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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  • OVERVIEW OF FOCUS SESSIONSWINTER-SPRING 2012

    Diocesan Pastoral Council 3 November 2012

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  • Demographics and Resources in our 7 counties

    PopulationMass AttendanceReligious Practice of CatholicsDiminishing number of Priests, Religious and Lay MinistersChange in Cultural Climate about Religion

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  • 150 Sessions held throughout the diocese.Sessions were held for priests, religious, seminarians, faith formation directors, parish ministry staffs, parish trustees and parish pastoral council officers.The included a presentation of the data and opportunities for discussions and recommendations.*

  • The sessions were characterized by candor, faith, and the desire to maintain dynamic Catholic Communities.We wish that more people had been present because the quality of the dialogue demonstrated a rich sense of faith.

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  • Some expressed concern that pastors may lack the energy, skills and willingness to embrace the next steps in the process.People are proud of what they and the diocese has done to date in moving forward.Most people know that the process is not complete.*

  • There is a clear need for training and mentoring in new leadership styles.Previous emphasis on parochial identity has hindered collaboration in some areas.We need to focus on Community Centered Parishes rather than Pastor Centered Parishes*

  • People love their priests, yet hope that they will be trained and mentored as new leadership styles emerge.Reconfiguration is a work in progress. The pace of Change will increase.Parochialism challenges needed ClusteringGrow into a Community Centered Parish served by a Priest and Team*

  • New Leadership styles are an evolving reality.Canon Law provides a Bishop options in shaping the parishes of his diocese.Practical implications of new modelsThe question of Sustainability.Acknowledging history and entrusting the future to God.

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  • The need for training in collaborative ministryCARA Studies on recently Ordained Priest and Parishes. www.cara.georgetown.edu The Emerging Models of Ministry Project www.emergingmodels.org The Evolving roles of the Permanent DiaconateCo-Workers in the Vineyard of The Lord- USCCB 2005*

  • New types of Lay Ministries, including Parish Life Coordinators and Cluster TeamsHuman Resource issues that come with new leadership styles.A fuller role for parish business managers and parish finance councils in assisting pastors.

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  • What does the cluster model look like and how is it experienced at the lived level.The Emerging Models MPP & MPM Studies reflect a variety of leadership styles (Mogilka)Embracing Pastoral Creativity & Evolving a local vision (with Parish Pastoral Council).

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  • The future parish will be:Mission FocusedAdaptiveCollaborativeThe situation of each parish will be customized to fit the needs of the area.*

  • The current demographic contains an urgent need to identify, recruit, train, mentor, resource, and place new leaders at all levels.Participants strongly urged consistency in parish application of diocesan program and sacramental polices. This will allow parishes to cluster or combine more easily.*

  • Capture the essentials:Enable Priests to focus on Spiritual Leadership and the faith formation of parishes.COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS [at all levels]HOSPITALITY; Welcome to parish family & others.EVANGELIZATION AS A LIFESTYLEFamily, Youth and Young Adult MinistriesFocus on developing new professionals

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  • Encourage strategic alliances by:Enhancing and Promoting Inter-Parochial Collaboration and Sharing.Diocesan development of Staffing models, Leadership selection, formation training mentoring programs & policy.Assist parishes in improving resources and patterns of sustainability.

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  • RE-ALIGN PASTORAL CARE AREAS TO PROMOTE:Inter-parochial collaboration and sharingTo enable future Inter-Parish Staffing, linkage, or Clustering as the care for the people of the diocese remains a core concern.Bring resources to the development of long-range parish sustainability & fiscal liquidity.

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  • The Diocese will provide guidance in naming, and guiding the application of Canonical Models as we move into the future.*

  • DEVELOP & IMPLEMENT A RENEWED PASTORAL PLANNING COMMUNICATION PLAN.Include:Homily Time Video PresentationsModels for Parish Town Hall MeetingsTraining for Priests & Parish Staffs*

  • Pastoral Communication Plan, continuedTraining for Parish Pastoral Councils, Parish Finance Councils, Parish Business Managers to enhance Mission Focused Parishes.Encourage use of the Appreciative Inquiry Model.Catholic Sun series on the evolving futurePublic Media Orientation [Radio, T.V., the Press, etc.] for the continuing planning process.*

  • Identify, mentor, and collaborate with parishes as they enter the clustering process.

    [Note: These models may will be a significant shift in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States, However, they are in wide use throughout the U.S.A., Canada, and on other continents.]

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  • PROVIDE SPECIALIZED TRAINING TO PRIESTS/PASTORS, PARTICULARLY TO THOSE UNDER AGE 65.*

  • There is a concern about limited financial resources and the best ways to use these resources for the future. The Increase Offering Campaign was very helpful to parishes. Continued collaboration with the diocese regarding these issues is essential.*

  • CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE FLEXIBILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS OF DIOCESAN PRIEST PERSONNEL POLICIES [appointment, term, and tenure) FOR THE EVOLVING NEEDS FOR THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE ENTIRE DIOCESE.*

  • REVIEW THE FLEXIBILITY AND VIBRANCY OF THE DEACON PERSONNEL POLICIES AND THE MODELS BY WHICH THESE POLICIES SUPPORT DIOCESAN PAROCHIAL MINISTRY.*

  • THE DIOCESE WILL PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR THE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, ROLE SPECIFICATION, HUMAN RESOURCE EXPECTATIONS, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF NEW PARISH BASED MINISTERIAL LEADERSHIP. *

  • PROMOTE AND ENHANCE ACCESS TO THEOLOGICAL FORMATION AND CONTINUING EDUCATION AT:ST. BERNARDS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND MINISTRYTHE LIMEX PROGRAMLE MOYNE COLLEGETHE PERMANENT DIACONATE PROGRAMTHE FORMATION FOR MINISTRY PROGRAMCATECHETICAL FORMATIONPARISH BASED ADULT EDUCATION

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  • IMPLEMENT AND PROMOTE THE NEW EVANGELIZATION AT ALL LEVELS*

  • ENABLE PARISHES TO FOCUS ON DEVELOPING MINISTRIES OF HOSPITALITY & WELCOMING*

  • What barriers prevent your parish from being mission focused?

    List 3-5 strategies that will help your parish to reach its goals?

    What steps should your parish and Pastoral Care Area take to strengthen parish life between now and 2017? 2020?*

  • Brother Ed and Father Jim are always available to work with parishes and pastoral care areas as the plan for the future.

    Father Jim Lang Vicar for Parishes 315-470-1437Brother Ed Falsey Associate Director for Pastoral Planning 315-470-1430*

  • The Diocese of Syracuse240 East Onondaga StreetSyracuse, New York 13202Fax: 315-478-4619E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] *

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  • Peace and Good things!

    St. Marianne Cope, Pray for us!St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Pray for us!*

    *In the 1988 Post-Synod Statement on the Laity, John Paul II reiterates the principle that the parish must continue to be a Eucharistic Community. [Christifidelis Laici] He reiterates the principle while speaking of the changing condition of parishes in 1998, adding that due to the importance of the Eucharist the presence of a priest will always be central to a parish.*Notable facts include a projection that in the Diocese of Syracuse there will be 80 priests ages 26 to 75, a very small number of women religious, and the alarming footnote that the average age of those working in lay ministry fields is now 59. We can easily project what the Church will look like during the next 25 years, in the matter of the parish in 25-50 years the matter is seen in a mirror, darkly. I am hopeful. [Note European Parish trends]*Concerned about the Eucharistic Nature of the parish many expressed concern about the Canonical options open to diocesan leadership, and expressed concern about the requirements for Ordination.*It is interesting to note that in 1965 there were 17,637 parishes in the United States. Today there are 17,784. The number is stable over this period of 50 years. However, the peak number of parishes was 19,620. Over 1,00 parishes have entered extinctive unions [mergers, linkages, amalgamations]. Most of these have been in the Northeast rust belt area which was influenced by the European Immigrations of 1890-1930.***Canon 516: [Parish] is a definite community of the Christian faithful within a particular church which has been entrusted to its proper pastor. Canon 517.1 allows the Bishop to entrust one or more parishes to a team of priests in solidum with the requirement one be the moderators. Canon 517.2 permits a Bishop to appoint a deacon or some other person who is not a priest or a community of persons to care for a parish provided that a priest with the powers and faculties of a pastor supervise its pastoral care. Canon 526.1 indicates that due to the dearth of priests several neighboring parishes may be entrusted to one pastor [it also states the Canonical principle that each pastor should have but one parish]. Canon Law also allows: 1) two or more parishes to be combined into a new parish, 2) in a cluster of parishes, one may be designated as the sole site of weekend Mass, and 3) some active parishes may be designated as oratories or devotional chapels.*****Many of the comments of the focus sessons, particularly among Faith Formation Leaders, and lay parish leadership reflected on the confusion caused by the varing requirements in Sacramental Preparation by neighboring parishes and the parish shopping that is created by these practices. **For inter-parish collaboration begin where the need is most significant with days/evenings of recollection, the training of ministers of Word and Sacrament, adult education, programs for couples and parents, singles and single-again ministry, youth & young adult ministry.*Brother Ed has been charged to engage pastors in a conversation regarding the most natural alliances around which a pastoral care area can emerge.*It may seem simple, but such realties and ministry titles and role specifications need to have a common meaning through the diocese.*Video Presentation would be akin to the Hope Appeal Video that is shown in parishes. Town Hall meetings allow the laity and their pastors to have a open discussion about setting goals for the emerging pastoral reality. Pastoral staffs and consultative bodies need to have the same information and a common framework for the future of the local parish.**These models are not new. They are simply methods that we are no longer accustomed to in the Northeast. One parish in Maine describes itself in the following manner . Meanwhile, dioceses such as Superior, Dubuque, and most of the mid-west have already engaged the cluster system. Our use of Canon 517.2 will find those so appointed working in teams that collaborate with a pastor. The Cluster model is now used in 98% of the parishes of Rapid City, 97% of gthe parishes of Superior, 90% of the parishes of Cuxton, and 80% of the parishes of Dubuque.*******Use the Year of Faith, the 50th Anniversary of Vatican II as an empowerment to the New Evangelization.*Describe the welcome of St. Albans******