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Welcome to YOU ARE LIVING STONES Meeting of Priests – 18 February 2013 10.00Coffee 10.20Opening Prayer & Address – Bishop Malcolm 11.00Deanery Discussion 11.45Feedback & General Discussion 1.00Lunch. YOU ARE LIVING STONES - CONTEXT. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Welcome to
YOU ARE LIVING STONESMeeting of Priests – 18 February 2013
10.00 Coffee 10.20 Opening Prayer & Address – Bishop Malcolm 11.00 Deanery Discussion
11.45 Feedback & General Discussion
1.00 Lunch
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES - CONTEXT
It is fifty years since Pope John XXIII began the renewal of the Church at the Second Vatican Council.
‘You are Living Stones’ is helping us to celebrate the Year of Faith, called by Pope Benedict XVI.
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WHY ‘YOU ARE LIVING STONES’?
Coming to him as to a living stone... chosen by God and precious, you also, as living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (2 Pet 1:5)
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WHY ‘YOU ARE LIVING STONES’?
We are called to live our baptismal consecration in the heart of the Church:
•Proclaiming the Gospel•Sacrifice of praise•Witnessing with faith-filled lives
Our parishes are the visible sign of the Church in the Diocese
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
… is guided by two principles:
•Organic development•Co-responsibility
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
… is not:
•A blueprint•A done deal•Top-down/imposed•A closure programme•Planning for the future
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Is:
•A prayerful reflection•A consultation•Realistic•Faith-filled•Community-based•Celebratory•Preparing for the future
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Is for:
•The whole Diocese•Every single parish•Chaplaincies•Priests, deacons and people•Religious•Schools•Catholic groups and associations
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
The Process:
•Rooted in prayer•Celebrating what we have•Reflecting on past, present & future•Sharing good practice•Renewal!
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
How was the consultation carried out:
•Differently by parish & deanery•Questionnaires•Parish meetings•Parish audits
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What has come out of the consultation:
•Willingness to accept the principle of co-responsibility
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
What has come out of the consultation:
•Willingness to accept the principle of co-responsibility•Resistance to accept co-responsibility in practice
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What has come out of the consultation:
•Willingness to accept the principle of co-responsibility•Resistance to accept co-responsibility in practice•Realistic appraisal of clergy numbers
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
What has come out of the consultation:
•Critical examination of each parish and deanery’s strengths and weaknesses
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
What has come out of the consultation:
•Critical examination of each parish and deanery’s strengths and weaknesses•NIMBYism
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
What has come out of the consultation:
•Critical examination of each parish and deanery’s strengths and weaknesses•NIMBYism•Genuine and heartfelt appreciation for the ministry of priests, deacons & religious
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
What has come out of the consultation:
•Above all, a desire to build on what we have got and to prepare properly and realistically for the future
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
The present demography:
We have:•108 parishes – 10 run by Orders•94 diocesan priests in office – 7 aren’t in parishes•retired priests•Priests from religious institutes, other dioceses, the PCMEW & the Ordinariate
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
The present demography:
Age profile of priests in ministry:• 75+ 13• 65-74 23• 55-64 28• 45-54 22• 35-44 9• 25-34 0
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•Parishes will have to work together
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Preparing for the future:
•Parishes will have to work together•Fewer parishes will have a resident priest
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•Parishes will have to work together•Fewer parishes will have a resident priest•There will be fewer celebrations of Mass on Sunday
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•Some smaller parishes will have a resident priest with extra responsibilities
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•Some smaller parishes will have a resident priest with extra responsibilities•Some parishes may be united in a ‘team ministry’
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•Some smaller parishes will have a resident priest with extra responsibilities•Some parishes may be united in a ‘team ministry’•Lay people will be called to a much more active role
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•More work has to be done in outreach – evangelisation, catechesis & schools
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
Preparing for the future:
•More work has to be done in outreach – evangelisation, catechesis & schools•Deepening our communion
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
What happens next?
•Which parishes can work closer together in the presumption that they will eventually share a parish priest or fully unite?
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What happens next?
•How can this be done?• Short term• Medium term• Long term
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What happens next?
•How can this be done?• Short term• Medium term• Long term
•What suggestions do you have?
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
From today:
•Parish consultation•Deanery meeting•Working group of deans
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The aim:
•Celebrating and strengthening our unity
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
The aim:
•Transforming our words and our lives to demonstrate that the Kingdom of God is at hand.
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
The aim:
•Remembering that the Church is not here to serve herself, but to serve God and the world.
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The aim:
•Evangelisation of those who have not embraced the Gospel, using effective means, appropriate to our own era, while always respecting those who we serve
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YOU ARE LIVING STONES
The aim:
•Being realistic, practical and faith-filled, ensuring that our structures facilitate the Church’s prophetic, priestly and kingly mission