The document provides a 3-year vision for the Parish of St. Monica from 2021-2023. It summarizes initiatives and goals for several areas including liturgy, spiritual growth, service and outreach, discipleship, stewardship, and pastoral direction. The vision is aimed at enhancing parishioners' encounter with Christ through improved liturgies, faith formation programs, evangelization efforts, and opportunities for service.

1. The Parish of St. Monica
A Vision for 2021

2. The Parish of St. Monica
A Vision for 2021
tphillips@saintmonicachurch.org
mnulty @saintmonicachurch.org
jcarter @saintmonicachurch.org
Thomas Phillips Jason Carter

4. Today: Presentation 1 of 3:
Pastoral and Spiritual Direction 2021+

5. “Money Follows Mission:” Parish Finances
Presentation 2 of 3 (Coming Soon)

6. Presentation 3 of 3: (Summer-Fall 2021)
Stewardship and Facilities

7. God’s
Calling
Making
Disciples
Matthew 28:19-20

8. Encountering
Christ
Liturgy
Word
Charity
Community
God’s
Calling
Making
Disciples

9. Encountering
Christ
Liturgy
Word
Charity
Community
God’s
Calling
Making
Disciples

10. Liturgy Vision
1. HIGH SEASON LITURGIES
2. NON-MUSIC MINISTRY
3. LITURGY VISION – LITURGY TEAM
4. BEAUTY OF LITURGY – BEAUTY OF MUSIC
Deborah Rojas

11.  What:
 Orchestrate & Integrate music, ministry and liturgy
 Why:
 Strategic Encounter with Christ Through Liturgy
 How:
 Pivot in 2020: beginning of Covid
 Recorded  Livestream Liturgies
 Choose, install, initiate, evaluate for Christmas season (Completed)
 Evaluate and organize parish music library (End of July)
1. High Season Liturgies

12. 2. Non-Music Ministry (Specifics)
 What:
 Comprehensive, liturgical, ministry program.
 Why:
 Enhance beauty of the liturgy.
 How:
 New on-line ministry scheduler software (Completed)
 3 new Lectors and 3 new Eucharistic Ministers (Completed)
 Find at least 1 person to manage Ministry Scheduler (End of Easter Season)

13. 3. Liturgy Vision – Liturgy Team
1. Purpose and vision for liturgy
2. Statement to Pastor and Parish
Support of the Pastor
Directs the Parish Vision
Both by end of Easter Season

14. 4. Beauty of Liturgy – Beauty of Music
What: Foster encounter with Christ through beauty
How:
 Complete, explain and evaluate two liturgical
mini-conferences
 (Both completed)
 Complete one musical concert event
 (End of June)

15. Encountering
Christ
Liturgy
Word
Charity
Community
God’s
Calling
Making Disciples
Jason Carter
Meghan Nulty

16. Word-Based Community

17. 1. Word-Based Community
&
Small Groups

18. 2 & 3: Spiritual Growth for
Youth and Adults
 YOUTH:
 Catechesis through
community
 Build on strength of small–
group model
 ADULTS:
 Form & lead catechists
 Improve Administrative Support
 Measurable formation achievements

19. 4 & 5: Discipleship & Parish-Wide
 Touch base with ministry leaders
 Communications between Parish
Staff - Ministries
 Determine Charisms
 New “Family Accompaniment”
Initiatives
• Parish Mission – Fall 2021
• Cooperative between
Evangelization/Discipleship - and
Music/Liturgy

20. 6. Evangelization: “Everyone Does Something”
• What are current participation rates?
• Set targets towards increase engagement.
5 Circles of
Commitment

21. Approach
 Build on strengths.
 Conversational, discussion-based.
 Personal, kind, friendly, interactions.
 People in - and outside the parish
 Virtual and in-person
 Meet people “where they are”
.. but don’t leave them there!

22. Encountering
Christ
Liturgy
Word
Charity
Community
God’s
Calling
Making
Disciples

24. Service and Outreach
Bridget Cowell and Michelle Manning
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREA:
AND HE SAID TO HIM, “YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.
THIS IS THE GREAT AND FIRST COMMANDMENT.
AND A SECOND IS LIKE IT; YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.
ON THESE TWO COMMANDMENTS DEPEND ALL THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.”
(MATTHEW 22:37-40)

25. PURPOSE
 To Act As A Catalyst For Jesus' Call To Serve.
 Reflect the Seven Corporal Works of Mercy and
Seven Spiritual Works of Mercy
 Opportunities To Individuals
 Community Through New/Ongoing Service.

26. Initiatives - Local
 H.O.P.E.
 Blood Drives
 All Abilities
 St. Agnes Day Room
 Great Valley Food Cupboard
 Montgomery County Food Bank
 Ministry to Seniors (Coming Soon)

27. Initiatives – On The Fringes
 Legacy of Life: Bristol
 St. Gabriel: Philadelphia
 Blessed Sarnelli House: Kensington
 Community Center of Visitation: Kensington
 Sisters of St. Joseph Welcome Center: Philadelphia
 Monthly St. Vincent Support

28. Initiatives – Parish Missionaries
 Jesuit Volunteer Corp in San Francisco: Elizabeth Lawton
 Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) in Stony Brook University, NY: Elisa
Torres
 Farm of the Child in Trujillo, Honduras: Megan Wilson

29. Encountering
Christ
Liturgy
Word
Mission
Community
God’s
Calling
Making
Disciples
STEWARDSHIP
STEWARDSHIP DISCIPLESHIP
DISCIPLESHIP

30. Fr. Zlock
Tom Phillips & Michael Wallace
KEY RESPONSIBILITY AREA:
DISCIPLESHIP & STEWARDSHIP

31. PURPOSE
 Use charisms of envisioning, pastoring, and leadership to preach/teach, sanctity,
and govern so that people become “the glory of God: men and women fully
alive.” (St. Irenaeus).
 Those who are searching, seeking and lost … find a safe place to start, (Matthew 11:28).
 Dull flames catch fire. (Matthew 12:20)
 People in the pews become Disciples. (John 1:39; 43)
 Disciples become Apostles. (aka, “disciple-makers” - Matthew 28:19)

32. 1. Priestly Sanctification
 Initiate personal accompaniment/discernment
group to journey with me over the next year.
 Craft a priesthood roadmap.
 Examine and engage pastor’s personal life and
ministry.

33. 2. Parish Vision & Mission
 Examine current circumstances.
 Discern & Modify
 Implement Vision/Mission:
 Grow disciples.
 Reorient ministries to vision/mission.
 Increase ministry effectiveness.

34. 3. Governance
 “Steward and focus parish
resources to allow and enhance
peoples’ encounter with Christ.”
 Oversee completion of 5-year
Parish Facilities Plan.
 Develop plan to manage generous
contributions.

35. 4. Pastor-Specific Ministry
 Align Pastor’s tasks to parish vision/mission.
 Reorient Pastor’s focus towards priest-specific
activities
 Example: Called and Gifted: Spiritual Gifts &
Charisms.
 Example: Varied days/times for Confession
 Address sacramental / pastoral needs of the parish
in light of Covid.

36. 5. Staff Development
 Cathy, Tom & Mike
 Transition staff as a team.
 Guide individual staff members
 Set clear expectations, increase ministry effectiveness,
retain morale, steward resources.

37. Parishioner-Specific Ministry

38. Parishioner-Specific Ministry
1. Prayer … for me. .. Strength, Wisdom, etc..
2. Prayer … for you. .. Discernment
3. Move to the Next Threshold .. Growth
4. Lead a Team .. Impact, Leverage
5. Ask A Staff Member .. Focused Wisdom
6. Do One Thing for One Year .. Discipleship
7. Bring Someone With You .. Apostleship

39. Encountering
Christ
Liturgy
Word
Charity
Community
God’s
Calling
Making
Disciples

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Version: April 16, 2021