This survey is part of the information-gathering process that your deanery is using to solicit feedback from Catholics. This information will be used to inform the Deanery Leadership Team's strategic planning in 2023. It is a short survey, taking only 5 minutes to finish. Thank you for participating in this important effort.

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* 1. Choose the parish where you are registered or which you attend regularly.

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* 2. Below are the ten major themes from our Diocesan Synodal Sessions (the  listening sessions that identified what we do well and what we can do better in our diocese). Please rank them in the order that you think your parish needs to focus on most during this planning process.

  1.      Value for the Faith & Teachings of the Catholic Church: Prioritize the transmission of Catholicism at all levels by investing in new ways to reinforce the Faith as well as evangelize others about it.
  2.      Appreciation for the Gift of the Mass & Sacraments: Ensure that all elements of the liturgy are done well and that the Sacraments are readily available.
  3.      Presence of Dedicated & Loving Communities: Provide ample opportunities and forums for people to gather, participate in activities, and reach out to those in need. Insufficient
  4.      Opportunities for Faith Formation: Assess current faith formation programs in parishes and schools sharing successful programs and strategies throughout the Diocese.
  5.      Significant Decline in Church Participation: Identify and seek to address the reasons why people are no longer coming to church by proactively reconnecting with those who are known to be missing.
  6.      Notable Absence of the Youth & Young Adults: Explore ways to engage youth and young adults by calling forth their talents through greater inclusion in parish life and empowering them as valuable members of the Church.
  7.      Growing Pains of Diversity: Affirm and promote the beauty and goodness of diversity welcoming those of different cultures, backgrounds, and life experiences to come together as one Church.
  8.      Need for more Opportunities for Prayer: Provide greater access to prayer and spiritual formation through the liturgical life, devotions, and the rich spiritual traditions and disciplines of the Church.
  9.      Desire to be Welcoming & Hospitable to Everyone: Intentionally be polite and kind like Christ toward everyone encountered, renewing the basic principle that every human being is created equally in God’s image and likeness and is in need of salvation and God’s love.
  10.      Church must strive to be what it is called to be: One, Holy, Catholic & Apostolic: Prayerfully conduct a self-audit using the above nine themes and recommended best practices followed by addressing any deficiencies with the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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* 3. What is not going well in your parish with the number one Synod theme above?

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* 4. What are your ideas for improvement?

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* 5. What do you see that your parish is doing well with your most important theme?

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* 6. What are possible ways parishes within our deanery can collaborate and share resources: facilities, staff, ministries or programs?

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* 7. Now, we would like to collect some information about you. Please indicate your sex.

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* 8. What is your age?

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* 9. How often do you attend Mass?

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* 10. What is your ethnicity

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* 11. What is your relationship status?