The 6 Mary Queen Parish Goals for 2012-2016 with The Mary Queen Parish Objectives for 2012
Goal 1: Celebrate the Sacraments, especially Sunday Eucharist, in a way that emphasizes our unity with each other in Christ.
OBJECTIVES
A. 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. C. Develop a strategy to form the congregation in ways that open them more to the unifying, sanctifying power of the sacraments
Goal 2: Increase participation in activities contained within our Education Life Center by 10%
OBJECTIVES A. 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. C. 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. D. Create and enact a publicity plan about the programs in the ELC, current and possible.
Goal 3: Increase enrollment in our parish school to 514 students
OBJECTIVES
E. 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. D. Increase efforts to market our school and recruit new students for the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic years. Goal 4: Embrace our diversity to create one family that grows together
OBJECTIVES D. Add three opportunities for effective sharing among diverse ethnic groups in the parish
Goal 5: Be a welcoming community for both new and returning parishioners
OBJECTIVES E. 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 F. Educate the parish regarding the concept of evangelization as spreading the Good News.
Goal 6: Increase our outreach to serve the needs of those outside our parish, especially those supported by Diocesan efforts
Goal 7: Continue to pay our bills and debts responsibly