353\u00a0parishes<\/a> have been through this process. \u00a0(When I first saw that 140 had done this, I thought my local parish was being skipped over, and had to look up the total number of parishes to see that they\u2019re not yet halfway through this process \u2014 but that means they\u2019d better get cracking!) \u00a0It functions as a series of workshops, for (as far as I can tell) both the \u201cinner circle\u201d and any interested parishoners, that are intended to help identify core areas of focus and implement new plans to increase membership, attendance and parish finances, with an overall goal of increasing attendance by 20% by 2016.<\/p>\nSo: \u00a0if you\u2019re local to the Chicago area, have you come across this? \u00a0Or is this something that\u2019s been done elsewhere, and has it made a difference?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yes, this is a genuine question, not just a rhetorical one. I came across this in reading the Archdiocesan paper which they\u2019re sending all the school parents in hopes of hooking us as eventual paid subscribers, so I looked them up, found the website, and some general information: \u00a0this is a parish-by-parish process that\u2019s been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[235,8],"class_list":["post-1588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-archdiocese-of-chicago","tag-catholicism"],"yoast_head":"\n
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