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Title: Yakima Finance Policy Review Standards of Parish Excellence: Future Direction for Parish Growth


1
Yakima Finance Policy ReviewStandards
of Parish Excellence Future Direction for Parish
Growth
  • Bishop Joseph Tyson
  • February 22nd 2012

2
Questions to ask ourselves (every school and
every parish)
  • What are we doing well?
  • What can we do differently?
  • What should we stop doing?
  • What should we start doing?
  • How do we get everyone to excellence?
  • What does it take to grow, improve and develop?

3
Excellence
  • PARISHES
  • Parish Liturgical Excellence
  • Stewardship as a way of life for all parishioners
  • Accessibility for all kinds of parishioners of
    all kinds of backgrounds
  • Good Governance of the Parish and its School
    Mission
  • Catechetical Excellence for all ages and all
    learners.
  • SCHOOLS
  • Academic Excellence
  • Stewardship
  • Accessibility for All Kinds of Learners
  • Good Governance
  • Catholic Identity evident in School life

4
  • 5 STANDARDS of EXCELLENCE
  • Liturgical Excellence
  • Stewardship
  • Accessibility
  • Governance
  • Catechetical Excellence

5
Creating a Process to Achieve Excellence
What does Excellence look like? What Policies
support Excellence? How do we find our where we
have it and where we can improve? Who should be
involved? What are the leadership roles?
6
ROLES supporting Parish Excellence
  • Bishop
  • Key Governance Roles
  • Pastoral Center
  • Diocesan Finance Council
  • Diocesan Pastoral Council
  • Vicars / 6 Vicariates
  • Parish Visiting Teams

7
Bishops Role
  • As bishop I strive to teach, govern and sanctify
    in a manner that animates our ecclesial
    movements and assists the parish, schools and
    agencies of the Diocese of Yakima grow and
    flourish drawing all closer to Christ and His
    Church.

8
Pastoral Center Role
  • .pastoral center clergy and staff
  • to provide technical and catechetical
    consultation and support so that every parish can
    helps its parishioners grow closer to each other,
    to Jesus Christ and to His Church.

9
Diocesan Finance Council
  • assists the bishop in holding all parishes,
    schools and agencies to standards of financial
    transparency and good facility management so that
    they may become every better stewards of their
    parishioners gifts of time, treasure and talent.

10
Diocesan Pastoral Council Role
  • holds the parish, schools and agencies to
    standards of excellence based on commendations
    and recommendations provided to this bishop for
    his consideration as he teaches, preaches and
    governs the Diocese of Yakima.
  • Initial surfacing of names done by clergy this
    last year but will be surfacing names during our
    consultative processes on policies.

11
  • DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL ATTRIBUTES
  • Council members should have parish volunteer
    expertise in at least one of five standards
  • Liturgical Excellence
  • Stewardship
  • Accessibility
  • Governance
  • Catechetical Excellence
  • The Diocesan Pastoral Council should reflect the
    racial, cultural, geographic and age diversity of
    the diocese.
  • Who would you propose to be on the council?

12
6 Vicariates
2012 2013 Governance Msgr. Siler Charities Fr. Champoux
2013 2014 Teaching Fr. Chacon Schools Fr. Kuykendall
2014 - 2015 Sanctification Fr. Pulido Parish Life Fr. Aguirre
13
The Vicars of the Diocese of Yakima
  • The role of the Diocesan Vicars is to assist
    their community of brothers and sisters in
    embracing diocesan standards and developing key
    responsibility areas (KRAs) with clear SMART
    goals for their respective Diocesan ministerial
    areas.

14
Vicariate for Parish Life Father Osmar Aguirre
  • PARISH VISITING TEAMS
  • Formation of Visitation Teams Sister Kathleen
    Ross, Father Osmar Aguirre
  • Visiting Team Area Representative, Diocesan
    Pastoral Council Member, Visiting team members
  • Year-Two Review Diocesan Pastoral council member
    and visiting team members.
  • Visiting Team Findings Review Diocesan Pastoral
    Council, Area Representative, Father Osmar
    Aguirre
  • Report to Parish Final Recommendations and
    Commendations for Parish based on date to the
    bishop Father Osmar Aguirre

15
Visitation Teams 7-Year Plan
  • Each member of the Diocesan Pastoral Council
    will be an anchor for a Parish Visiting Team.
  • These teams of members will formed by Sister
    Kathleen Ross Fr. Osmar Aguirre to lead a
    review process of parishes and prepare findings
    for the Bishop in the form of commendations and
    recommendations for best practices.
  • When fully operational in 7 years there will be
    10 teams. A limited number of parishes each
    year.

16
Visitation Teams
  • Area Representative
  • One member from the Diocesan Pastoral Council or
    Finance Council
  • 3 members who are Parish Staff or Volunteers who
    align with expertise to the other standards
    (below) not covered by other members
  • Liturgical Excellence
  • Stewardship
  • Accessibility
  • Governance
  • Catechetical Excellence

17
Visitation Teams
  • A TEAM 5 persons
  • makes 3 or 4 visits in one year
  • visitation tied to 5 color standards
  • 2 years later 1 team member and the Area
    Representative checks for evidence that the
    parish is working on their self-identified
    recommendations for improvement

18
Excellence Recognized Best Practices
Expectations Shared
  • Commendations Pastoral initiatives to be
    uplifted from the local parish and shared with
    other parishes in the Diocese of Yakima as models
    and examples.
  • Recommendations Pastoral recommendations from
    the visiting team based on the best practices of
    other parishes and measured against policies of
    the Diocese of Yakima.
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