NCCL Executive Director Report

May, 2013

Cleveland, Ohio

Membership – A Challenge 2011 2012 2013

•Diocesan Directors 173 185 164

•Diocesan Staff 515 605 679

•Parish Cat. Leaders 1095 1299 945

•Academics 49 46 57

•Publishers 134 156 104

•Students 36 38 24

•Students – PT 6 6 12

•Other (Retired/Lifetime) 34 52 22

TOTAL 2042 2387 2007

Membership Revenue

Member Dues

Jan-March 2013 Budget 2012 Actual 2012 April - December

Diocesan $ 84,370 $ 84,000 $ 85,325 $ 2,070

Corporate

Individual

$ 11,660

$ 7.310

$ 13,000

$ 34,000

$ 13,240

$ 36,075

$ 1,520

$ 27,105

New Member $ 2,460 $ 6,000 $ 8,180 $ 7,340

Dues $105,800 $141,000 $142,820 $ 38,035

National Collaborations

PAC– NIAC – Transforming Adolescent Catechesis has six sites for this year

*Are accepting applicants for 2014

*Confirmation Project is full for 2013. Not opened up applications for 2014.

*Ela Milewska will move to part-time status and become Project Coordinator in the coming year. The PAC members have accepted various leadership roles. calendar.http://adolescentcatechesis.org/

National CollaborationsACLEM – ALLIANCE for the Certification of Lay Ecclesial Ministers

*Have received twelve applications for Admission to the Certification Process – 8 have achieved candidate status

7 people have been nationally certified. We have one of the 7 and will present our first Certificate at the conference.

*Gary Pokorny serves on the Alliance Board along with the Ex. Dir. and as the NCCL Rep on the NCRC

National Collaborations

Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute

•Webinars are now FREE

•Track One – New Leadership

•Track Two – Veteran Leadership

•Track Three – New Evangelization

•Check out our website under Resources and go to http://tiny.cc/5qmrdw for 25+ topics and presenters.

National CollaborationsStrong Catholic Families, Strong Catholic Youth

•Over 60 diocese are participating

•NCEA has joined as a full partner

•Redesigning Take Home

booklet with more

practical ideas

•Effective Practice

Digest grows to meet

the needs of participants.

National CollaborationsStrong Catholic Families, Strong Catholic Youth

•Four Step Parish Process – The current “three step” parish process has been revised to four steps to include a first step of “Parish Assessment/Readiness”.

•Develop a shortened PPT version (15-20 minutes) of the Parish Leader Session.

•Short videos being produced to be used in Phase One and Diocesan preparedness

National Collaborations

Webinars

•NCPD – Symbolic Catechesis

•Ave Maria Press– Professional Development (over 35)– Technology

•Paulist Press

•Loyola Press

•Sadlier Publishing

Small Successes• Moved Offices

• Increased sales through the NCCL Amazon Bookstore - $463.98 last months, prior $326.43 in 10 months

• NCCL Registration on-line

• NCCL Registration payment on-line

• NCCL Bookstore on-line

• CL Weekly has had a consistent record – 315 issues

• Committee work and participation grows in work completed

Commendable Committee Work• Adult Faith Formation

• Communications

• Conference Planning

• Editorial

• Evangelization

• Product Development

• Rural Catechesis

• Standards and Certification

• Technology

THANK YOUWithout you, the members, the work could easily become drudgery but your own spiritual lives, your commitment to the ministry, your willingness to be creative and innovative is a sign of hope and a source of inspiration to Gina and me.

We are grateful to the

witness you are to us.

It is a pleasure to serve

you in this ministry.