Each Family of Parishes will follow the Pastoral Planning Pathway to guide its future. This Pathway will assist each Family in creating a pastoral plan for the parishes in the Family, articulating how they will live out the six Beacons principles and abide by each of the parameters, all aimed towards vital, mission-driven parish life within the Family of Parishes and ultimately, as one canonical parish.
July 1, 2022, marks the official beginning of the pastoral planning process and is the date upon which your Family of Parishes gets started on the Pathway.
Everything needed for the Pathway will be available here. Parish leaders will be able to access necessary information, share best practices with other Families of Parishes, submit needed materials, learn more about pastoral planning and more. Here is more information about the Pathway and the digital platform.
No. The process is designed in phases, enabling each Family of Parishes to move forward deliberately and carefully, based on the needs and existing situation in each parish.
Parish leaders should sign up for the Parish Vitality newsletter, which comes out each month chock-full of information about planning, the Pathway, upcoming events for parish leaders and more.
July 1, 2022: Public content goes live.
Week of July 4, 2022: Pastors will receive the link and directions to establish LEADER access.
July 7 – August 15, 2022: Pastors identify key staff who will have LEADER access.
After Labor Day 2022: Parishioner leaders will gain LEADER access.
Autumn 2022: Parishioners will gain USER access.
I am convinced that Beacons of Light, born of great hope, will enable us to form stronger parishes, centered on the Eucharist, that radiate the love of Christ and joy of the Gospel… God has abundantly blessed our first two centuries and will certainly bless the next.
