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2001 Goals and Objectives

Planning Year 2001 (July 2000-June 2001)

1. To build community in the light of Christ.
   • To strengthen neighborhood participation in the areas of HOME (Hosptiality, Outreach, Meditation/Prayer/Liturgy, and Education).
   • To foster hospitality on a parish level by strengthening existing events (e.g. Polka Party, etc.) and developing new activities, such as International Night.
   • To recognize and celebrate the cultural heritages of our parishioners, including African-American, Asian, European and Latin American, by promoting events such as Our Lady of Guadalupe and providing for bilingual advertisement of parish activities.
   • To expand outreach activities to embrace seniors, recent retirees, families with infants, families with teenagers, students, etc.
   • to encourage and enhance the regular use of the cafeteria and the responsible stewardship of all facilities.

      

2. To develop a Parish Community Center.
   • To implement the fund-raising plan.
   • To implement the communications plan covering parish, school, Arlington County government/community and Diocese.
   • To solicit architectural/construction bids in accordance with Diocesan procedures.

      

3. To strengthen and increase volunteer involvement.
   • To develop an inventory of skills and needs to match volunteers with the right position on a timely basis.
   • To recognize volunteers.
   • To increase the visibility of ministry/neighborhood leaders.

      

4. To strengthen liturgical planning.
   • To identify a professional liaison (perhaps from WTU or Catholic University) to work with the liturgy planning sub-committee.
   • To create a liturgical events plan that is integrated in the annual parish calendar.
   • To use bi-monthly liturgy meetings for communications.
   • To foster ushering/greeting ministry.

      

5. To strengthen evangelization efforts.
   • To increase the outreach of our religious education programs.
   • To offer Jubilee themes on a parish, small group and individual level.
   • To implement a program for inactive Catholics.
   • To increase ecumenical programs.
   • To increase outreach through neighborhoods.
   • To strengthen communications with the parish community.
   • To include evangelization goals in all ministry/neighborhood plans.
   • To use the parish Web site for outreach.

      

6. To strengthen program and budget planning.
   • To demonstrate a clear linkage between ministry and neighborhood goals/objectives and the parish vision, mission, and goals.
   • To complete the parish planning process in a more sensitive, timely and comprehensive manner.
   • To support and maintain a timely and accurate parish calendar of events for all parishioners.
   • To report on "best practices" in planning by ministries and neighborhoods.

      

7. To strengthen the link between faith and daily life.
   • To integrate faith and justice issues in parish plans and activities.
   • To foster spirituality for the workplace through outreach to workers in the vicinity of St. Charles (perhaps by adding a daily noon Mass after Lent 2000).
   • To foster involvement in Haiti and other missions.
   • To provide more opportunities for (adult) education and faith-sharing.
   • To recognize and celebrate joyous/momentous events in parishioners' lives (e.g. baptisms, wedding anniversaries, etc.).

See also: 2001 Integrated Goals & Objectives Report.