Parish Planning Survey Results

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1. What are three particular stengths of this parish that attract members and keep them involved?2. What are three significant challenges facing this parish?3. What is the unique mission and ministry of this parish for its members and for the wider community?

Liturgy
Opportunities to learn/ deepen our faith
Fellowship, often through small group interaction.

Median age of parishioners
Priest resources
Lay participation in parish life

We are a welcoming congregation of older Catholics.
Some parishioners have lost spouses to death, or children to drug abuse.
I believe this is a parish that is supportive of its members, and may have some wisdom to pass on to you ger couples in the wider community.

1. Sense of community.
2. Past history of excellent liturgies.
3. Beauty/simplicity of the church.

1. Remote leadership.
2. Lack of coordination by Holy
Trinity with St Frances of Rome.
3. Absence of on site Parish Pastoral
Ministers. No one to recruit, involve
Members participation in various
Ministries. No one to coordinate,
Visit hospitalized, sick, home bound. One, half time staff position is.
Totally inadequate.

Demographics of parish should be taken into to account when staffing.
Parish provides a rich pool of experienced and talented members who should be involved in the planning and execution of ministry
To and with the wider community.
1. What are three particular stengths of this parish that attract members and keep them involved?2. What are three significant challenges facing this parish?3. What is the unique mission and ministry of this parish for its members and for the wider community?