Key Definitions

Consultation

The act and process of the ordained and faithful providing feedback, assessment and ideas to the Archbishop.

Core Mission Priorities

The foundational areas of focus toward which evangelizing parishes and pastorates direct the majority of their efforts. They emphasize the formation of disciples who are mission ready and actively engaged in personal and pastoral missionary conversion. The core mission priorities are: Liturgy, Welcome, Encounter, Accompaniment, Sending and Mission Support.

Design of Pastorates

The Archdiocesan-wide configuration of parishes into pastorates.

Guiding Change Document

Statements detailing the Why, the What, and the Not How of the Pastoral Planning Process.

Mission of the Church

Love God, love your neighbor and make disciples. The mission is lived out through the Core Mission Priorities.

Pastorate

One or more parishes with a single assigned leader (pastor, administrator or pastoral life director) and a single leadership team who, together, are responsible for parish life and structure in the parish(es) that comprise the pastorate.

Pastorate Pastoral Plan

A three-year plan of parish structure, goals and initiatives that describes how the parish intends to implement the Be Missionary Disciples vision at the local level.

Pastorate Structures

The types of pastorate configurations included in the Design of Pastorates.

– Single-Parish Pastorate: A single canonical parish with one pastor, one Finance Council and one Pastoral Council; in most cases, it also will have only one worship site, unless it is a parish that exists as a result of previous parish mergers and retains more than one worship site.

– Multi-Parish Pastorate: Two or more canonical parishes with one pastor and two or more worship sites, one Finance Council and one Pastoral Council.

Pastoral Planning

The act and process of discernment of what God desires for, or of, a parish and/or Archdiocese, described in documents, structures and plans. It is distinguished from strategic planning, which is what you or I desire for, and of, a parish and/or Archdiocese.

Vision Element

The aspirational measures and targets that, through the formulation of strategies and action items in the Pastorate Pastoral Plan and incremental progress over time, will lead to vibrant, sustainable and evangelizing parishes focused on living out the core mission priorities. ●