St. Josaphat Parishwide Meeting Survey Results Highlights

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St. Josaphat Parishwide MeetingSurvey Results
Highlights

• November 18, 2007

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Agenda

• Review Strategic Planning Process (5 min)
• Share Highlights of Survey Responses (30 min)
• Questions (15 min)
• Next Steps

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Our Strategic Planning Process
Gather Input
Analyze Inputs
Make and Transition Recommendations
Strategic Planning Committee Analysis Discussion

• Parish Mission Vision
• Parish Input
• Focus Groups
• Survey
• Input of Governing Boards
• Best Practices of Other Parishes

• Strategic (3-5 Year) Goals
• Recommended Action Plan
• Programs
• Projects
• Events
• Quick Wins

April - September
October - December
December February?
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Survey Results Overview

• Overall, survey responses skewed positively
• Satisfied with worship experience, extremely
  happy with sacraments
• Majority feel welcome and enjoy social aspects
• Lower levels of interest in spiritual development
  events or social justice forums, slightly more
  likely to participate in faith education or
  outreach
• Satisfied with SJS, but would like more
  involvement of parish priests and improvements to
  the facilities
• 1/3 of all respondents chose to comment
• Survey Results Summaries will be published in
  bulletin

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Who Took the Survey?

• General Statistics
• 471 Total Respondents
• 1183 Registered Households, 283 (24)
  Participated
• About 500 - 600 Weekend Mass Attendees
• About 200 School Households, 119 (60)
  Participated
• 164 Respondents (35) have Children in the School

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Who Took the Survey?
Keep in mind Respondents more active, involved
than average parishioners
Note School has 20 hr/year volunteer
requirement.
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Parish Description

• Parishioners most use these words to describe St.
  Josaphat
• Family-Oriented (63)
• Welcoming (48)
• Community (42)
• Friendly (40)
• All other descriptors received lt 20 of responses
• We believe
• It is important for us as a parish to serve those
  less fortunate (4.3)
• It is important to understand the financial
  condition of the parish (4.1)
• Hospitality events after masses are enjoyable
  (4.1)
• St. Josaphat Parish is A Church to Come Home To
  (4.0)
• We do not believe
• St. Josaphat supports too many causes with time
  or money (2.8)
• Sunday masses are too long (2.6)

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Worship Experience
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Importance
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• Want in Homilies
• How Gospel applies to life
• Personal stories
• Humor
• Challenge/Deepen Faith
• Not
• Fire/Brimstone
• Props

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Overall Worship Experience
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Welcoming Environment
Priests
.
Homilies
.
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Music
Mass Schedule
.
Beauty of Church
3
5
1
4
Satisfaction
1
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Sacraments
High Satisfaction Ratings on All Aspects of
Sacraments Anointing of the Sick rated slightly
lower, but respondents still Satisfied
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Outreach

• Respondents would be most likely to participate
  in these types of outreach
  
• 1. Soup Kitchen (65)
  
• 2. Habitat for Humanity type program (57)
• 3. Homeless Shelter, Tutoring Children (48)
  

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St. Josaphat School
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Importance
4
3
5
1
4
Satisfaction
1
Overall Rating 4.2
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St. Josaphat School
Reading
Math
Social Studies
Satisfaction (5Very Satisfied)
Science
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St. Josaphat School
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Religious Education for Children

• Ideas for Better Connecting St. Josaphat School
  and CCD Program
• Combined programs/activities/service projects for
  students outside of school hours (7
  mentions)
• More joint social activities (2 mentions)
• Offer religious education at the same time (2
  mentions)

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Stewardship

• 85 donate to the Parish through regular giving
  or fundraising
• 35 say they volunteer at least 5 hours a month
  at the school or church (answer not consistent
  with our Volunteering Hours question )
• 35 want to better understand what Stewardship
  means
• 19 try to get others to share their time, talent
  and treasure
• 6 have a business and donate goods and services
  to the parish

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Fundraising

• Summerfest 83 Attend (Expected income 50K)
• Unity Ball 48 Attend (Expected income 100K)
• Reasons that would make more people attend
  fundraisers
• 66 if had more time
• 45 if different type of event
• 29 if more welcomed in established
  friend-groups

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Facilities

• Top Facilities Projects
• (8.7) Renovation of School and Rectory
  Infrastructures
• (7.6) Renovation of the bathrooms in the Lower
  Hall/Cafeteria
• (7.0) Making the Lower Hall/Cafeteria and Rectory
  handicap accessible
• (6.8) Making the church handicap
• accessible
• Least important
• (3.4)Air conditioning in the church

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Communications

• 74 believe they get enough info about whats
  going on
• 54 read the bulletin every week, 82 at least a
  few times a month
• 44 prefer parish information through the
  bulletin, 18 through email
• School Communication is right on target
• Adequate time in advance of action (2.9)
• Adequate level of detail (3.0)
• Adequate amount (3.0)

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Questions

• We are taking questions on survey only
• We will end our question session at 1155
• Still have a question?
• Come up after the session and we will help you
• Or, send comments or suggestions to
  christine_at_frech.org
• Availability of information
• We will be publishing summaries in bulletin
• There will be a reference binder in rectory
• This presentation is available on the website

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Our Strategic Planning Process
Gather Input
Analyze Inputs
Make and Transition Recommendations
Strategic Planning Committee Analysis Discussion

• Parish Mission Vision
• Parish Input
• Focus Groups
• Survey
• Input of Governing Boards
• Best Practices of Other Parishes

• Strategic (3-5 Year) Goals
• Recommended Action Plan
• Programs
• Projects
• Events
• Quick Wins

April - September
October - December
December February?
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Next Steps

• Strategic Planning Committee will continue to
  analyze data and use all inputs to make
  recommendations
• Final Report will be presented in the new year
• Recommendations will be transitioned to the
  Parish Pastoral Council