• Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Goals and Objectives 2012-2015

  Goal	Objective	Results
  Celebrate the Sacraments, especially Sunday Eucharist, in a way that emphasizes our unity with each other in Christ.	Do a cost/benefits analysis of the parish budget with an eye towards adding a third priest to the parish staff, and recommend action on the results.	The recommendation was not to add a third priest for budgetary reasons. The pastor accepted the recommendation.
  	Develop a strategy to form the congregation in ways that open them more to the unifying, sanctifying power of the sacraments	These particular aspects of the sacraments were stressed in the Living the Eucharist faith sharing groups, and also in homilies.
  Increase participation in activities contained within our Education Life Center by 10%	Create, publicize and set up enforcement for user-friendly policies and procedures for use of parish facilities to ensure adequate physical space for all groups. Establish an effective working relationship among current ELC users and the expectations to use all space in the ELC, ASAP.	Such policies and procedures were created, resulting in significantly higher usage of the ELC space, especially rental of the gym for social events. The rental revenues have grown by 140% and the ELC usage has grown by 33% based on the number of scheduled meetings held.
  	Complete a study of whom we are serving and not serving and what would their needs be. Create an action plan based on the results of the study.	No study was completed.
  	Create and enact a publicity plan about the programs in the ELC, current and possible.	No such plan was created.
  Increase enrollment in our parish school to 514 students	Assess a strategy of utilizing the pre-k program as a feeder system into the school and analyze different pre-k tuition options that will help maximize pre-k enrollment. Present report to School Board.	Report was created and presented to the School Council. Progress has been made in connecting pre-K families with the rest of the school community, resulting in a higher retention rate.
  	Increase efforts to market our school and recruit new students for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years.	Increased marketing efforts have been made due to an increased marketing budget and the establishment of a part-time position for Director of development at the school.
  Embrace our diversity to create one family that grows together	Add three opportunities for effective sharing among diverse ethnic groups in the parish.	Multi-cultural potlucks were established, The Many Faces/Muchos Rostros initiative is underway.
  Be a welcoming community for both new and returning parishioners	Develop and implement a process that welcomes new parishioners with the goal of encouraging: a) regular participation in liturgy, b) enrollment in MQ school, c) retention in the parish, and d) evangelization to the broader community, by June 30, 2012.	Process was developed and approved for implementation. Implementation has been partial.
  	Educate the parish regarding the concept of evangelization as spreading the Good News.	Homilies have emphasized this point. :Homework” was given to each parishioner and the results were reported and discussed, as were people’s attitudes and needs regarding evangelization. Several programs have been presented in response to the expressed needs, and major programs are in the planning stages.
  Increase our outreach to serve the needs of those outside our parish, especially those supported by Diocesan efforts	No objectives	Over $900,000 has been given to needs within the diocese over the past three years.
  Continue to pay our bills and debts responsibly	No objectives	From May 2012 until May 2015, the parish has totally paid off the debt on the Priests’ House, the debt owed the diocese for the One in Faith and Mission Campaign, and the parish no longer borrows money each year to pay operating expenses. These total $963,161. We have also paid the debt on the ELC down from $5,518,280 to $5,307,731, without regard for the $412,000 swap penalty "new" loan.

  
  last updated 05/16/2015 jm