| TOTAL VOTES |
CHALLENGE QUESTION |
| AREA A:
SPIRITUAL LIFE, WORSHIP & LITURGY |
| 176 |
How can we improve the spirituality
in our parish? |
| 152 |
How do we get more active
participation in personal/group ministries? |
|
116 |
How do we
effectively communicate our ministries to the parishioners? |
| 197 |
How do we increase/instill reverence
at Mass? |
| 55 |
How do we balance our time as
parishioners between personal and group ministires? |
| 106 |
How do we choose an effective
curriculum for Bible Study? |
| AREA B:
EVANGELIZATION & OUTREACH |
| 73 |
What changes can be made in existing
Evangelization and Outreach ministries so as to improve them? |
| 229 |
How do we effectively evangelize the
youth? |
| 95 |
How do we provide programs and
ministries to meet the Evangelization and Outreach needs of the
parish/parishioners? |
| 172 |
How do we motivate people to greater
generosity (Stewardship process: time, talent & treasure) of
involvement? |
| 162 |
How do we organize Evangelization
and Outreach activities that will bring families together for fun
and spiritual growth? |
| AREA C:
ADMINISTRATION |
| 252 |
How do we improve our aging and
inadequate facilities, meet our space needs, and bring them to the
current standards of the 21st century including technology,
handicapped accessibility, making them more family - friendly and
capacity for growth through expansion and/or rebuilding? |
| 84 |
How do we improve our financial
position and foster Stewardship? |
| 147 |
How do we retain, recruit and
communicate the pastoral needs of our parish in order to maintain
and meet the continued growth of our parish? |
| 94 |
How do we ensure the implementation
of LRAP? |
| 134 |
How do we foster and enhance the
relationship between the Parish and School and instill a sense of
ownership? |
189
TIE |
How do we make the School (SPES)
affordable and available to all parishioners? |
| AREA D:
STEWARDSHIP & DEVELOPMENT |
| 108 |
How can we increase visibility and
market ability of parish to increase the number of parishioners and
money coming into the parish? |
| 63 |
How do we increase planned gifts and
memorial gifts? |
| 211 |
How can we increase involvement of
all parishioners, including youth? |
| 81 |
How can we improve dissemination of
information? |
| 178 |
How can we improve the personal
formation of the following: Youth, Young Families, Singles, More
Mature Adults |
| 132 |
How do we prevent parishioners from
leaving the church? |
| AREA E:
EDUCATION |
189
TIE |
How can we adequately provide for
quality Catholic education and just salaries for staff, and still
make it affordable for our families? |
| 137 |
How do we get everyone involved in
education, CCD, and other activities? |
| 154 |
How do we get parishioners to get
engaged in parish ministries? |
| 126 |
How can we provide a quality
education to serve the needs of all students including early
childhood and developmentally challenged children? |
| 109 |
How do we meet the many educational
needs in terms of infrastructure, personnel funding and facilities? |
| AREA F: FAMILY &
COMMUNITY LIFE |
| 142 |
How do we get families involved in
Family and Community Life? |
| 161 |
How do we identify and promote the
Christian family and values? |
| 198 |
how do we create a youth program
aimed at involvement and maintain spiritual growth through young
adult-college age? |
| 94 |
How to effectively communicate
ministries to parishioners? |
| 100 |
How do we merge the age groups to
compliment and support each other? |
| AREA G: SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY |
| 102 |
How can we recruit active,
consistent participants in Social Responsibility ministries? |
| 139 |
How do we determine social needs of
our parish? |
| 84 |
How can we initiate and maintain
communication with parishioners on Social Responsibility issues? |
| 70 |
How do we procure financial and
non-financial resources to support this ministry? |
| 51 |
How do we protect participants from
personal liability? |
| 85 |
How do we evaluate and coordinate
the effectiveness and necessity for each Social Responsibility
ministry and eliminate duplication and abuse of the system? |
