The Archdiocese is asking that we share the DMI results for survey questions that pertain to the “Four Factors of a Thriving Parish.” These include: Leadership Indicators, Sunday Experience, Spiritual Practices, and Missionary Impulse. This week’s summary are the results from “Leadership Indicators” for the Trinity Cluster as a whole (not individual parishes). The next three bulletins will feature the remaining factors. The Trinity Cluster Pastoral Council and I will be reviewing these results and communicating with the Archdiocese to help us do better.

Our strength within this factor shows that 89% would recommend their parish to others. I encourage you to continue to invite others to join our community. A personal invitation is a great way to engage others in their faith and help our parish grow as well.

The results show that we need to improve involvement from you in making decisions and having opportunities to serve, as well as being more financially transparent. For financial transparency, we can improve by sharing more than weekly giving in the bulletin, such as a year-end fiscal report. Some progress has been made in involvement and decision making when we rebooted the Trinity Cluster Pastoral Council last year. We have been meeting every-other-month. The Cluster Council serves as a consultative body for me and as key leaders to help meet the needs of the Cluster. I am grateful for their help, and I look forward to their role this year in working together and with the Archdiocese to act on these survey results. 

God bless you,

Fr. Martin