Blessed are you Lord our God who has given to each of us a personal destiny and purpose in life'

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• Blessed are you Lord our God who has given to
  each of us a personal destiny and purpose in
  life.
• We thank you God of mysterious ways that you have
  a holy design for each of us.
• We rejoice that we are special to you. That our
  names are written in the palm of your hand and
  our place in history, our purpose for existing,
  is known within your heart.
• Blessed are you Lord for those events, persons,
  talents and loves which have helped us to
  discover adventure, purpose, fruitfulness and
  meaning in our lives.
• Blessed are you Lord our God, who has given to
  each of us a personal destiny and purpose in
  life. Pray for us as we embark upon that unique
  path which you have set forth for each of us to
  do your work on earth.
• Amen

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Purpose To re-align parish council to more
effectively serve the needs of our parish

• Today we will discuss
• Mission
• Role of the Parish Pastoral Council
• Re-energizing our Parish Through Action
• Why Change/Why Now
• Old Structure
• PRISMS
• New Structure
• Whats Needed From Each of Us
• Your Input

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Parish Mission

• Conscious of our human weakness, but empowered
  by the presence of the Holy Spirit among us, we
  pledge ourselves to this, the mission of Jesus
  Christ. We are the Roman Catholic Community of
  St. Petronille, Diocese of Joliet, a people of
  prayer, Word and Sacrament. We strive to grow in
  the awareness of Jesus presence in ourselves and
  in each other, and so we respond to his call to
  pray, to love, to serve, to forgive and to teach
  His Word to all people.

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Role of the Parish Pastoral Council

• Coordinating and unifying structure of the parish
  community
• Means of achieving full participation in its
  mission by giving all a voice in encouraging,
  guiding and directing the various aspects of
  parish life
• Parish in miniature
• Members gather together the thoughts and ideas of
  the community, work them together, until some
  general agreement has been reached then
  translate them into parish goals.
• Ensures that the goals are acted upon by the
  parish community.

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Re-energizing our Parish Through Action

• With communication and action as purpose
• For the good of the members
• For the good of the parish
• For the good of the community
• To work together to deal with issues and
  opportunities

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Why Change?

• We need a change in the way we are structured to
  integrate our different areas and involve people
  in creating our parish community.
• People bring a host of talents and skills we
  need to tap into these more effectively to ensure
  the needed change.
• We cannot improve by talking about it we need a
  process to make it happen.
• Parish council is seeking to design a new
  structure that will help St. Pets tap into the
  congregation of talent and problem solvers and
  open communication and a feeling of belonging.
• We asked for feedback in the survey need to
  demonstrate action toward hearing and doing
  something about the feedback. People dont see
  it/feel it. Need to demonstrate more action.

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Why Now?

• To date we have acted on the survey findings as
  individual staff and ministries not utilizing
  the common issues which permeate all parts of
  parish life.
• People expect to have goals in their lives we
  as the church community need goals. Not just as
  individual ministries or groups but as parish.
  
• We need a structure that integrates all of our
  constituents for information and decision making.
  

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Silos
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Old St Petronille Leadership Structure
Pastor
Admin
Worship
ParishCouncil
Service
Staff
Special projects
Education
CCW
Mens Ministry
School Board

• finance

Parent Organization
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People Want Action

• The Parish survey told us that people want action
  they told us what they need we asked and now
  must listen and act.
• We must interpret and define the priorities.
• These priorities define the first three Prisms
• Stewardship
• Communication
• Spiritual Life
• PRISMs will change as goals are met or other
  areas become of high priority.

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PRISM

• R Re-focus
• I In
• S Spirit and
• P Parishioners
• M Ministry

Hands on working teams whose work involves a
focused effort toward shared goals.
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PRISMS Problem Solving Working Groups to Achieve
Goals
3
Administration
4
Stewardship
Each ministry provides a member to each PRISM
3
Education
Staff
4
3
Spiritual Life
Service
3
Worship
4
Communication
Ministries
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New Parish Council Structure
Pastor
Parish Council Co-Presidents
1
Represent St. Pets at cluster.Set
agendaMonitor ProcessKeep things moving
2
Admin
Parish Council 10 members
Education
2
Staff
Ministry Liaisons
1
Finance

Service
1
Community Liaison
Worship
1
1
Takes the pulse of the community.Village
Levelconnection to other churches through
Inter-Faith council
1
Ministries
Stewardship
Spiritual Life
Communication
Prisms goal centered 1 rep. from each team
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Next Steps

• Set up the new PRISMs
• Fill parish council positions
• Further develop the process and document the
  standard operating procedures for each PRISM.

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Re-energizing Parish Council

• Stewardship is the offering and use of business
  and personal talents St. Petronille needs us
• St. Petronille is our community not someone
  else's
• Open communication, true problem solving,
  structural feedback and a sense of belonging
  builds strong community
• We must have a collaborative, team structure to
  accomplish our goals together.

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Whats Needed From Each of Us

• Seek to understand and try on this new
  structure for parish council.
• Step up to lead or follow pray on how you can
  be involved.
• Help make this happen by identifying things that
  are working or need to be changed as the
  structure begins to operate

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In Summary

• Council is broader/different make-up
• All parish groups work toward shared goals at a
  high level
• Offers a place and process to go to when a
  project or idea needs to be addressed/explored.
• Provides a stronger link to build our community.

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Your Input
Your thoughts/ideas/suggestions on the new
structure would be appreciated.

• Fr. Jim Dougherty
• 469-0404
• doughertyj_at_stpetschurch.org
• parishcouncil_at_stpetschurch.org
• THANK YOU!