Canton and Patterson Park Pastorate Plans for Outreach to Young Adults, Long-Time Residents

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The pastorate of St. Casimir-St. Brigid-St. Elizabeth of Hungary has completed their evangelization-based strategic plan.  Their goal has been to bring their parishes together to evangelize the Canton/Patterson Park neighborhoods.  Fr. Dennis Grumsey has been using his Pastorate Council to help to refine and implement the plan, which will focus on the large proportion of young adults in their community, who are often living in the neighborhoods for a short period of time.  Some of their key initiatives include intentional accompaniment for young adults in the sacraments of marriage and baptism, as well as an expanded website and social media presence and direct outreach to new residents in the area.  At the same time, the plan seeks to accompany and draw on the gifts of long-time residents and parishioners. The plan was shared with the parish communities at a series of listening sessions in November 2019 and presented to the Archbishop in March 2020.  To view the plan, click here.

 

Pastorate of St. Francis-St. Mary and Holy Family Puts Plan into Action, Even During Crisis

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The pastorate of St. Francis-St. Mary & Holy Family continues to use their pastorate plan as a guiding document during the COVID-19 crisis.  Their Mission to “Love God. Love Others. Make Disciples” has been echoed in their recent efforts to create an online campus along with their new website that is geared to seekers.  Msgr. Jaskot and his team shared the plan during a message series called Blessed! in February.  He commented recently that almost all of their priority strategies continue to be pursued, the only exception being the physical welcome initiatives that will resume when church starts to gather for Mass again.  Their vision for their pastorate is to “Make Church matter that all may be fully alive in Christ” and this vision continues to guide all of their new initiatives.  To see a copy of their plan, please click here.