Vision

Eucharist
11 Modules
Eucharist Overview: Phase 2
0.1 Eucharist – Confirm Vision Assessment Complete
0.2 Eucharist – Reinforce from Phase 1
1.1 Eucharist – Visio Day
1.2 Eucharist – Family Visioning
1.3 Eucharist – Vision Impact for Principle
2.1 Organize Worship Team
2.2 Form Family Worship Commission
2.3 Eucharist – Formation of Parish Leaders
3.1 Sunday Mass Schedules
3.2 Family Liturgical Celebrations
Church
13 Modules
Church Overview: Phase 2
0.1 Church – Confirm Vision Assessment Complete
0.2 Build and Assess Signs of Family Identity and Engagement
0.3 Discern Future State of Pathway Planning Team
1.1 Church – Visio Day
1.2 Church – Family Visioning
1.3 Church – Vision Impact for Principle
2.1 Church – Formation of Parish Leaders
2.2 Create Prayer and Discernment Opportunities for Leaders and Parishioners
2.3 Celebrate Parish Patrons
3.1 Begin Discernment of Canonical Mergers
3.2 Build Parishioner Sense of Belonging to Family
3.3 Publish Opportunities for Liturgy and Sacraments Across the Deanery
Leadership
9 Modules
Leadership Overview: Phase 2
0.1 Confirm Vision Assessment Complete
0.2 Leadership – Reinforce from Phase 1
1.1 Visio Day
1.2 Family Visioning
1.3 Leadership – Vision Impact for Principle
1.4 Vision Communications
2.1 Leadership Formation
2.2 Pastoral Council Formation
Stewardship
9 Modules
Stewardship Overview: Phase 2
0.1 Stewardship – Confirm Vision Assessment Complete
0.2 Stewardship – Reinforce from Phase 1
1.1 Stewardship – Visio Day
1.2 Stewardship – Family Visioning
1.3 Stewardship – Vision Impact
2.1 Stewardship – Formation of Associated Team Members
2.2 Stewardship – Formation of Parish Leaders
2.3 Create Prayer and Discernment Opportunities
Evangelization
9 Modules
Evangelization Overview: Phase 2
0.1 Evangelization – Confirm Vision Assessment Complete
1.1 Evangelization – Visio Day
1.2 Evangelization – Family Visioning
1.3 Evangelization – Vision Impact for Principle
2.1 Preparing to Build the Evangelization Team for the Family of Parishes
2.2 Interview and Hire for Evangelization Team Members
3.1 Prioritize Missionary Discipleship
3.2 Evangelization – Formation of Associated Staff Members
Love in Action
9 Modules
Love In Action Overview: Phase 2
0.1 Love in Action – Confirm Vision Assessment Complete
0.2 Love in Action – Reinforce from Phase 1
1.1 Love in Action – Visio Day
1.2 Love in Action – Family Visioning
1.3 Love in Action – Vision Impact for Principle
2.1 Love in Action – Formation of Associated Team Members
2.2 Love in Action – Formation of Parish Leaders
2.3 Love in Action – Create Prayer and Discernment Opportunities
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3.2 Family Liturgical Celebrations

Vision Eucharist 3.2 Family Liturgical Celebrations
Perhaps even in Phase 1, your Family of Parishes had some shared liturgical celebrations. Many Families combined for part of or all of the paschal Triduum, especially for Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil.  Perhaps your adult initiation ministries have begun to collaborate and saw only one celebration of each scrutiny (for example), rotating among churches in your Family. Maybe your Advent or Lent communal penance services were combined. Some Families even had combined Confirmation liturgies where space permitted and formation programs had begun to be combined. Family worship leaders should begin to think strategically about more combined liturgical celebrations for your Family of Parishes. It might be helpful to think first about opportunities outside of Sunday Mass.  In addition to those mentioned above, consider:
  • Celebrating together the patron of your Family on the patronal feast day.
  • Combining the weekday Mass schedule, including the possibility of evenings at least once per week in your Family.
  • Consolidating and combining infant baptisms outside of Mass.
  • Considering what the Christmas Eve/Day schedule will look like and adjusting times slightly to eliminate redundancies or streamlining to ensure adequate capacity while enhancing the quality and quantity of musicians, servers, lectors, etc.

Liturgical & Sacramental Inventory

It might be helpful to refer back to the Liturgical & Sacramental Inventory your Family of Parishes took in Phase 0 (or even early in Phase 1). This should help you identify opportunities for collaboration.

INVENTORY

 

Triduum in a Family of Parishes

If you did not combine for some or all of the paschal Triduum in 2023, consider doing so for 2024. You will find helpful guidance, tips and norms from the Vatican, USCCB and Archbishop Schnurr in Triduum in a Family of Parishes.

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Evaluating liturgical celebrations is important all the time, but especially true for the paschal Triduum.  Worship commissions and worship staff should review these important liturgies, and the aforementioned resource may help identify areas for collaboration or combination.  

You can also check out the evaluation tools on the Office of Divine Worship and Sacraments website.

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