Welcome!

The following documents were made available in preparation for the January 9th Pastoral Planning meeting. They will be available until the planning process ends in June.

I. Greetings from our Facilitator: Fr. Frank Corradi

II. Biography of Fr. Frank Corradi our Facilitator

III. Overview of Planning Process

IV. Agenda for January 9^th (updated 1-1-14)

V. List of Those Invited to January 9th, 2014 Pastoral Planning Meeting

VI. Response Forms
A. Reflections Questions on Trends and Opportunities
B. Reflection Questions for Creating A Vision Statement

VII. Demographic Information on Trends & Opportunities
A. Trends Shaping the Catholic Church in the World
1. Ten Trends Shaping The Church World Wide
2. The Francis Effect (Pope Francis)

B. Trends Shaping The Church in the United States
1. Change in Church Attendance by Generation
2. Impact of change in attendance
3. Rural Communities Disappearing

C. Trends Shaping our Diocese
1. Projections of Clergy Numbers
2. Q & A on the Diocesan Pastoral Plan
3. The latest report on the status of Pastoral Planning in the Diocese

D. Trends Shaping The Church in Clark County
1. Population Projections
2. Greenwood Economic Profile
3. Loyal Economic Profile
4. Change in number of Amish Farms 1989-2009
5. Religious Affiliation in Clark County
6. Poverty
7. Unemployment

E. Trends Shaping our Parishes
1. Pastoral Ministry
a) Parish membership history for the last ten years
b) Number of Baptisms Verses Funerals the last ten years
c) Catholic School enrollment the last ten years
d) Mass Attendance before and after schedule change
2. Financial Reports
a) Parish Income and Expenses by Category
b) Parish Assets over the last ten years
c) St. Anthony Annual 2013 Bishop'sReport
d) St. Mary's Annual 2013 Bishops Report
e) Holy Family Annual 2013 Bishop's Report
f) St. Anthony October 2013 Cash & Savings Statement
g) St. Anthony October 2013 Statement of Activities
h) St. Anthony Stewardship Breakdown
i) St. Mary Stewardship Breakdown
j) Holy Family Stewardship Breakdown

VIII. Comments from Book Discussions

IX. Florence Briski's summary of book discussions

X. The Tough Questions on Fr. Steve's Mind