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- The Pastor serves as an “accountability coach” to assure that all participants in the process are carrying out their designated roles and as a “spirituality coach” to keep the process aligned with the mission of the Church.
- The Parish Plan Coordinator is a parish staff person (in parishes which have a professional staff person available to take on this role) or a parish volunteer who will serve as the leader of the executive leadership team and planning team and will coordinate the entire planning process or the parish. Co-coordinators are some times named to carry out these responsibilities.
- The Parish Pastoral Council Representative serves on the Executive Leadership Team and regularly reports on the status of the process to the council.
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 The Parish Pastoral Council
Throughout the ENVISION process, the Parish Pastoral Council continues to serve in the advisory role for which they have been formed. They also have a crucial role in the process, as the Council |
- Commits to the process and supports it through every phase
- Has a representative serving on the Executive Leadership Team with the pastor and plan coordinator
- Invites some members to serve on the Planning Team
- Participates in the Listening and Discernment Days
- Supports the vision statement and parish plan
- Reviews the implementation of the plan
- through semi-annual meetings with the strategic plan coordinating team,
- and through its presence at the Parish Gathering Days during the Implementation Phase
- Makes recommendations to the pastor regarding the implementation as needed or requested
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 The Parish Large Group Facilitator
Parishes designate a parishioner to facilitate |
- the Listening Day and its rehearsal,
- the Discernment Day and its rehearsal, and
- the Visioning Day.
This designated parishioner should have previous experience as a large group facilitator and knowledge of Go and Make Disciples, A National Plan and Strategy for Catholic Evangelization. PNCEA will train the facilitator along with the members of the Executive Leadership Team. It is important that this person be a credible facilitator of the process and someone who can guide the parish in an objective and neutral way. In order to maintain objectivity, the facilitator should not be a member of the parish Planning Team, although the facilitator will work closely with the Planning Team. |
 Parish Teams in the Various Phases |
- The Planning Team works with the Executive Leadership Team in the Organizing, Listening and Discernment phases. The Planning Team takes the data from the Discernment Phase and drafts the parish plan.
- At the end of the Planning Phase, the Coordinating Team produces the final plan, coordinates its implementation over a three-year period, and keeps parishioners informed, particularly through the Parish Gathering Days.
- Priority Area Teams, composed of parishioners and parish staff, implement the strategies for specific priority areas during the three- or four-year implementation period. Throughout the Implementation Phase, The composition of these teams may change as new needs develop and as new parishioners become a part of the process.
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