Implementation Resources

As we know, any time people or institutions are asked to change something, it usually happens over time rather than all at once. Easing into changes that may take place often allows people time to adapt and accept what is to come. Such is the case when implementing the Pastoral Plan for our diocese. Some parishes have embraced sharing, have taken on new ways of doing business, and others have been assigned new pastors. We have more knowledge now than we had when the Pastoral Plan was adopted in December 2008, and we recognize that adjustments to the Plan may be needed along the way. It is important to give our parish leaders some tools and examples of things that have been successful in parishes throughout the diocese to date and these can be found here.

Parish Materials

Implementation Brochure (86.2k PDF doc)

Local Planning Area 2 Mission Statement (3k PDF doc)

PowerPoint Presentations

Implementation Training Days - Beth Neu - Fall 2009 (335k .ppt)

Parish Clustering - Fr. Wayne Ball - Fall 2009 (598k .ppt)

Sharing Staff - Paulita Matheny - Fall 2009 (447k .ppt)

Difficult People - Maureen Hayes - Fall 2009 (1326k .ppt)

Books

Called and Gifted in the Third Millenium, US Catholic Conference, 1995

Collaboration: Uniting Our Gifts in Ministry by Loughlan Sofield and Caroll Juliano, Ave Maria Press, 2000

A Concise Guide to Pastoral Planning by Dr. William L. Pickett, Ave Maria Press, 2007

Coworkers in the Vineyard of the Lord, a Resource for Guiding the Development of Lay Ecclesial Ministry, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005

Creative Ministry by Henri Nouwen, Image Books, 1971

Dancing With Change: A Spiritual Response to Changes in the Church by Dr. Richard J. McCorry, iUniverse, 2004

Fulfilling the Vision, Collaborative Ministry in the Parish by Howard J. Hubbard, Crossroad Publishing, 2002

Pastoring Multiple Parishes by Mark Mogilka and Kate Wiskus, Loyola Press, 2009

Priestless Parishes, the Baptized Leading the Baptized by Virginia Stillwell, Thomas More Publishing, 2002

Priestly Ministry in Multiple Parishes by Katarine Schuth, Liturgical Press, 2006

Sharing More Than a Pastor by Joan C. McKeown, Arc Research, 1993

A Struggle for Holy Ground - Reconciliation and the Rites of Parish Closure by Michael Weldon, Liturgical Press, 2004

Towards a Truly Catholic Church: An Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium by Thomas P. Rausch, Liturgical Press, 2005