Rooted & Built Up in Christ

St. Benilde Catholic Church
Parish Strategic Vision Goals & Action Items

A: Liturgy and Discipleship
A-1: To foster an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church by

• Creating and launching a parish-wide faith formation program for all ages and stages in life, bringing our community together as a parish family. This will allow us to better engage ALL ages of life and grow our middle and high school youth offerings.
• Launching a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd program for ages 3-5, fostering a greater love and reverence for the sacred liturgy and Church teaching.
• Continuing to grow and develop our sacramental prep programs through ongoing research; Personally reach out to families of children in sacramental years and touching base with them on their family’s sacramental and spiritual needs.
• Forming a St. Benilde School service-learning program which will provide more intentional outreach services to our local community.
• Continuing and offering more Bible Studies/Prayer Groups to fit various schedules and stages of life.
• Creating an official parish welcoming committee so as to do a better job of engaging new parishioners in our faith community.
• Fostering more intentional outreach to persons living within our parish boundaries through a variety of strategies (printed materials, door-to-door invitations, social media, etc.).
• Supporting parish leaders through retreats, workshops and appreciation events so as to better equip them for their ministerial roles.

• Providing more resources (books, holy hours, talks, presentations, etc.) with a Eucharistic focus.
• Hosting an annual Eucharistic procession.
• Involving more St. Benilde parishioners in our Divine Mercy Adoration Chapel.

• Offering more family-oriented faith formation programs and opportunities.
• Sending liturgical and spiritual resources home with our school and faith formation families.
• Greater promotion of Formed.org, highlighting resources specifically geared toward families and children.

• Continuing to work with Bernard Durmond, our architect, and other people with expertise on how best move forward with our proposed Master Plan and Capital Campaign.

• Creating a unified process for ministries to submit an annual budget to the Parish Finance Council, further ensuring good stewardship of all resources entrusted to us.

•   Publishing an Annual Report detailing the state of the parish.
• Publishing regular ministry spotlights via articles about parish ministries (finance council, money counters, parish council, SVDP).
• Publishing more articles in the Clarion Herald publicizing the good things happening in our parish.