Pastoral Planning Survey

Please use the scale below to answer questions 1-33:
1 - Not at all important
2 - A little important
3 - Somewhat important
4 - Important
5 - Very important

How important is it to you that your parish focus on each of the following in the coming five years? Please do not give a score of 5 (very important) to more than three of the items listed in questions 1-15.

1. Reach out to non-practicing Catholics

2. Offer strong welcome and hospitality

3. Support my spiritual growth

4. Offer vibrant weekend (Sat-Sun) Masses

5. Preach more effectively in Mass

6. Offer more times for Confession

7. Teach children about the Catholic faith

8. Teach adults about the Catholic faith

9. Provide support to married couples

10. Provide support to single adults

11. Focus on youth and young adults

12. Prepare leaders in our parish

13. Provide outreach to those in need

14. Use technology more effectively

15. Other (please explain below)

Other (if needed) Please enter valid data.

How important is it to you that the Diocese of San Angelo focus on the following in the next five years?

16. Reach out more to non-practicing Catholics

17. Be more effective in forming the next generation in the Catholic faith

18. Promote healthy marriage and family life

19. Provide training for lay leaders

20. Provide training to priests so they may more effectively lead our parishes

21. Promote vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and religious life

22. Promote respect for the right to life

23. Provide resources to help people resist the use of pornography

24. Be a voice for justice, peace, and human life

25. Other (please explain below)

Other (if needed) Please enter valid data.

How important are each of the following to you?

26. Connect my faith to work/family life

27. Learn more about how to pray

28. Learn more about Church teachings

29. Participate actively in the religious education of my children

30. Attend social events that allow me to get to know my fellow parishioners

31. Learn to speak about and share my faith with others in my life

32. Serve the poor

33. Other (please explain below)

Other (if needed) Please enter valid data.

Please use the scale below to answer question 34:
1 - Do not agree
2 - Agree a little
3 - Somewhat agree
4 - Agree
5 - Strongly agree

34. There is a healthy interaction between different ethnic and language groups in my parish

35. Which one of the following statements describes you?

36. If you know someone who has joined the Church, please write the reasons why below:

37. If you know someone who has left the Church, please write the reasons why below:

38. What are the groups of people who are missing from your parish and who need to be welcomed?

39. What do you think is most needed to provide an environment in the Church that is safe from any form of abuse?

40. What is the single most important thing the Diocese of San Angelo must address as it plans for its future?

41. What do you want the Church to teach more about?

42. Where/how did you come to meet Jesus?

43. What advice would you give our local bishop?

44. Do you experience your parish community as welcoming?

45. Please indicate your age range:

46. How often do you attend Mass?

47. What is the level of education you last completed?

48. Please indicate the race/ethnicity that describes you (select all that apply): a. Hispanic, Latino b. White, Caucasian c. Black, African-American, African d. Asian e. Native American f. Mexican g. Other (describe below)

Other (if needed) Please enter valid data.

49. Are you ...

50. If you have children, please indicate the number and their ages

0-3 years Please enter an integer (number).

4-12 years Please enter an integer (number).

13-19 years Please enter an integer (number).

20 years and older Please enter an integer (number).

51. What is the dominant language spoken at home? Please enter valid data.

52. Do you or others in your household have disabilities or special needs?

53. How can the Church better support your faith in light of your disability or special need?

Other (if needed) Please enter valid data.

Please enter the name of the parish you most frequently attend below, as well as the city/town in which it is located. This will allow us to group the response by parish and provide them to the pastor. Please note that we will not provide any individual responses, only a summary of all responses for each parish.

Your parish: Please enter valid data.

City/Town: Please enter valid data.

Thank you for completing this survey. When you are finished, click "Submit."

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Diocese of San Angelo

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