Diocesan Strategic Planning Process
All parishes in our diocese
are being called upon to participate in a strategic planning
process.
The Planning
Guidelines and Resource Manual with planning committee forms,
sample agendas and prayers can be found at the link at the
bottom of this page. Later we hope to add the data for each of
the 19 Local Planning Areas.
There will
be meetings for all parishes throughout the diocese this fall to
more fully explain the diocesan planning process. These meetings
are scheduled in the Western Vicariate on Saturday, September 29
at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Salem; the Eastern Vicariate on
Saturday, October 20 at Immaculate Conception in Hampton; and
the Central Vicariate on November 3 at St. Michael in Glen
Allen. The purpose of these meetings is to give an overview of
the planning process to all interested parishioners and allow a
"brainstorming process". After that we anticipate the bulk of
the local planning area committee meetings will take place
January – May, 2008.
We hope you
will pray for the future of our diocese and to the Holy Spirit
for wisdom and guidance. If you have any questions about the
planning process, feel free to call Beth Neu, Director of
Pastoral Planning at: 804-622-5228 or our Research Analyst,
Bernadette Snyder, at: 804-622-5227.
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the
Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you
hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11
