We made some changes to the Serving God’s People website today.  We reorganized the Overview and Resources under the “Resources Binder” menu so that it will better reflect the resource binder distributed to the parish teams.  We also added some PDF files that you can download and print as handouts from the binder.

Also there is a draft of the survey for the Upper Pinellas, East and West Hillsborough, Pasco, and Hernando deaneries.  You can sample the draft online survey or look at the paper one (Resource Binder > Resources).

In the January 2010 meeting of the Presbyteral Council the following took place related to Bishop Lynch’s initiative, Serving God’s People:

• The final reports with recommendations from the Citrus and Lower Pinellas Deaneries were shared with the Presbyteral Council
• The Council decided not to move forward with any decisions and recommendations from these two deaneries until the other five deaneries have completed the planning process
• The Council decided to have the remaining five deaneries go through the process at the same time – a time frame is being drafted with the intent of beginning the initiative in the five deaneries this year

As a businessman, Tom Roberge learned long ago that it pays to study the competition and emulate what works.

Although it’s not competition or business, the Cathedral of St. Jude parishioner takes that perspective along during his visits to other parishes as part of the Deanery Planning Process. He enjoys seeing how his “neighbor” parishes work, learning about their ministries, and Read the rest of this entry »

On September 30, the Citrus Deanery planning committee met and discussed the reports submitted by each of the Citrus deanery parishes as part of the Pastoral Planning Process.  The deanery team will formulate recommendations for the Diocesan Committee to review.

Here are some photos from that meeting. Read the rest of this entry »