Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church

PARISH PLAN

“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s

varied grace.”

~ 1 Peter 4:10

2016-2019

Parish Mission: We, the faith community of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic

Church, faithful to the teachings of the magisterium, are committed to forming Disciples of Christ by embracing

Stewardship through Hospitality, Prayer, Formation and Service.

Stewardship Council:

As good stewards of Sacred Heart’s overall gifts, the Stew-ardship Council supports the Pastor and the implementation of the Parish Plan and updates it as necessary.

While implementing our parish plan, we prioritize yearly strategies based on current parameters of available resources including space, finances and volunteer/staff support.

Finance Council:

As good stewards of Sacred Heart’s financial resources, the Finance Council per Canon Law, are advisors to the Pastor, while creating and overseeing a yearly operating budget. In addition, as funding becomes available, the Council prior-itizes our ongoing campus maintenance, debt reduction and facility improvements accordingly.

Pillar of Hospitality “Let mutual love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels.” Hebrews 13:1-2

Objective: We will create a welcoming environment for all.

Strategies:• Create a greater hospitality presence across parish community;

• Continue to organize, analyze, and plan fellowship events that attract a broad cross section of our community;

• Create a marketing plan to prepare the Narthex and pews to be inviting, welcoming, and informative to all;

• Continue to welcome and orientate new parishioners to our community with special emphasis on creating a mentoring structure for new families that fosters personal invitation to parish events and activities;

• Develop our Greeter ministry by providing volunteer orientation, increasing volunteer roster, encouraging identification of Greeters with name badge use while in Narthex;

• Continue to develop our Usher ministry by recruiting additional volunteers, scheduling for specific masses, providing training and identifying by name badge during Mass;

Goal: We will share Christ’s hospitality with all, treating

everyone with dignity and respect.

Objective: We will create ongoing marketing and awareness for parish ministries and activities.

Strategies:• Create an awareness to create ways to include all demographics including our single parents; divorced individuals; empty nesters; couples; widows(ers); newly marrieds, those without children, etc.

• Establish a central location in narthex where content is available describing the various ministries of our parish including brochures; computer access; and other resources as needed;

• Utilize social media to better communicate with our audience including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Objective: We will create a spirit of evangelization among our parishioners to reach those outside of our church community.

Strategies:• Launch a pilot effort to determine the feasibility of utilizing the Archdiocesan recommended program, Revive (A ministry that uses home based, small groups to create and form intentional disciples that eventually multiply);

• Consider a pilot effort to determine the feasibility of utilizing the Archdiocesan recommended program, ChristLife (A small group, home based Catholic evangelization ministry);

• Extend invitations to our fellowship activities for youth and adults to those outside our parish membership;

• Capitalize on specific service efforts that could lend themselves to the spirit of evangelization;

• Host parish events that speak to the spirit of evangelization and inspire and motivate parishioners to incorporate and live this spirit day to day (ie. Parish Mission, etc.).

Prayer “Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition,

with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.” Philippians 4:6

Objective: We will provide a renewed focus and understanding of the Sacramental Life of the Church for individuals, parents (as first teachers of the faith) and families.

Strategies:• Create opportunities for ongoing education and participation in the Sacramental Life of Church which emphasizes an understanding of the sacraments and opportunities to participate;

• Create an understanding among our parishioners of why specific music genre parameters are used in our Catholic liturgy;

Goal: We will provide opportunities to help strengthen the spirituality

of our parishioners through prayer and worship.

• Educate and encourage individuals, parents, first teachers of our faith, and families to participate in various forms of prayer including praise, thanksgiving, petition, forgiveness and intercession in their spiritual life;

• Educate, inspire and provide opportunities for individuals and families to experience Adoration;

• Continue to make the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as beautiful as possible in all its facets;

• Provide more liturgies that are devotional (Divine Mercy Sunday – Corpus Christi – etc.)

Formation “I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is for your good, and lead you on the way you should go.” Isaiah 48:17

Objective: We will encourage ongoing faith formation for all members of our parish community.

Strategies:

• Select appropriate Catholic curriculum to feed the many different levels of spirituality in our parish with a variety of timeframes and mediums to accommodate different adult schedules and learning traits including bible studies, Lighthouse Media Kiosk materials, Hearts Afire Parish Based Programs, and formed.org materials;

• Continue to promote and support quality Catholic education provided by our parish school as an option for parents to send their children;

• Continue to promote and support our School of Religion as means of Catholic faith formation for students;

• Implement YDisciple to involve and inspire young adults in life

Goal: We will provide our parishioners with continuous opportunities

to learn and understand our Catholic faith through various mediums of formation.

Objective:

As parents are first teachers of the faith, we will provide formation opportunities to enhance and support their efforts.

Strategies:

• Identify dynamic and enriching resources to assist our youth faith formation curriculum needs as guided by Pastor.

• Establish ongoing formation sessions for Ministry leads, cat-echists and school teachers to inspire and prepare them to share the faith.

of the Church and provide opportunities for continuing their faith development;

• Create opportunities to inspire and prepare parents, as first

teachers of the faith, to help their children stay connected and

obedient to the faith;

• Implement Teams of our Lady Marriage enrichment program for married couples;

• Cross market yearly formation opportunities to our parishioners by reaching them at home, on our website, at Church on Sunday, using social media and our Sunday bulletin.

Service “If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to fol-low, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” John 13:14-15

Goal: We will foster an atmosphere which emphasizes our Christian

responsibility to serve others.

Objective: We will cultivate relationships as we serve those in need within our Sacred Heart parish through the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.

Strategy:• Identify individuals willing to lead and establish a structure for a Social Concerns/Service Ministry to identify and organize assistance for those in need.

Objective: We will cultivate relationships as we serve those in need within our local community and metro Kansas City area through the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.

Strategies:• Analyze and modify our Parish Service Directory based on parishioner feedback;

• Market the Parish Service Directory as the clearinghouse for volunteer roles and projects for our parish, community and those reported on a national level;

• Analyze and recommend to Pastor possible organizations in which to provide financial parish support;• Consider an annual emphasis for the Corporal Works of Mercy.

Objective: We will cultivate relationships as we serve those in need on a

national and global level through the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy.

Strategy:• Increase awareness for the needs of our universal Church by

spotlighting these in our parish newsletter, bulletin and website;

• Participate when needed as global catastrophes occur;

• Educate our parish on sanctity of life issues;

• Identify Mission trips open to families to ultimately foster and build relationships while serving.

Thank you for sharing your gifts that enhance our Sacred Heart community. We hope this document will inspire you to prayerfully consider how you would like to become involved in these efforts.

For questions or comments contact ourDirector of Ministry,

Kathleen Whalen at 913.422.5700 (ext. 252)kathleen.whalen@shoj.org

Sacred Heart of Jesus5501 Monticello RdShawnee, KS 66226

913.422.5700 www.shoj.org

For more information on Archbishop Joseph Naumann’s 10-year Shared Vision for our Archdiocese go to www.archkck.org/vision.