THE PARISH EVANGELIZING PROFILE FOR GOAL I OF GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES
IN YEAR I, GOAL II IN YEAR II , AND GOAL III IN YEAR III

GOAL I: To bring about in all Catholics such an enthusiasm for their faith that, in living their faith
in Jesus, they freely share it with others.

1. What does Goal I mean to our parishioners?

Responses to this question are categorized into five headings and presented in order of descending
appearance.  Results show that:

• nearly 42% of responses indicate that Goal 1 involves Faith Sharing;
• approximately 19% feel that Goal 1 is accomplished via the Sacraments;
• 13% interpret Goal 1 as actions/examples that demonstrate faith;  
• 13% show that renewal is the key to Goal 1; and
• 13% represent that faith traditions/history/etc. contributed to Goal 1.

Responses included both individual and group activities/suggestions.  The themes and specific
comments are captured below: 

I.  Theme: Faith Sharing – 13 responses
Be open in sharing your faith (4 responses)
Talk to non-Catholics about your faith life/Invite others to church (3 responses)
Faith is not private-it is to be shared
Share more personal stories, education
Living and express Faith together
Support community connection to God
Talk about Pope’s visit or other things in the ‘news’/Talk about things you do at
St. Bart’s that others might want to know about/do (2 responses)

II.  Theme: Faith via sacraments  - 6 responses
Sacraments/Eucharist/gifts of the spirit (4 responses)
Mass / liturgy (2 responses)

III. Theme: Demonstrate faith by example – 4 responses
By your actions, they should know you
Actions speak louder than words – be an example
Awareness of faith and carrying it out to all activities
Share through example, not soapbox

IV. Theme: Strengthen faith through renewal - 4 responses
Helping others helps me
Witnessing faith of others generates excitement and enthusiasm
Need to renew ourselves and share it
Show pride to be Catholic

V. Theme: Faith/history/tradition bring comfort – 4 responses
Sense of community – while traveling or at home
Historical integrity; comfort
Value antiquity of our faith
Value most – our religion is global – can go to mass anywhere  

2. What do you think are the most effective ways that our parish is achieving
this goal right now?

Responses to this question are grouped into three headings and presented in order of descending
appearance. Responses indicate that the parish is most effective (currently) in accomplishing Goal 1
as follows:

• Approximately 46% of responses show that community involvement and ministries are
   the way we achieve Goal 1 currently;
• 37% of responses indicate that Faith Sharing Opportunities are an effective way that
  we currently use to reach Goal 1; and
• 17% of responses indicate that Education is a way that we currently use to meet Goal 1.

The themes and specific comments are grouped and captured below:

I. Theme: Community/Ministries – 16 responses
Ministries-music, chorus, soup kitchen, bible study (9 responses)
Outreach Prison Ministry/Nursing Home visitation (4 responses)
Donating money
New parishioner sign up
Service Projects

II. Theme: Faith Sharing Opportunities – 13 responses
The way we live daily life (6 responses)
DIM (5 responses)
YM events
Personal contact/relationships

III. Theme: Educational Opportunities – 6 responses
Use of all resources - library, classes, people
Religious Ed/ CCD/YM  (2 responses)
Bible study (2 responses)
Website

3. On a scale of 1-7, to what degree do you think our parish is achieving 
Goal I?

NOT AT ALL             PARTIALLY                         COMPLETELY
         1          2               3                4             5                  6          7

Of those response sheets that provided an answer to this question, the average score was 4.625,
which indicates that, as a parish, we are partially meeting Goal 1.  Consider this when evaluating
responses to Question 2 (e.g., while 46% indicated that we achieve Goal 1 most effectively
through Community and Ministry Opportunities; overall, respondents felt that we only partially
met Goal 1.

General Comments applicable to this question:

• Offer a variety of opportunities for small groups/faith sharing
• Make the format simple-easy to attend-easy to sign up
  

4. Which two objectives would your group like to see us work on as a 
parish so that we could become even more renewed in Christ?

Objectives are grouped and reported, in descending order, as follows:

• Create small group experiences of prayer and study (7 responses)
• Foster > appreciation of God’s word in our lives  (3 responses)
• Foster a > sense of our homes as domestic churches (2 responses)
• Instill an understanding of the faith among Catholics (2 responses)
• Foster a sense of being disciples among others (2 responses)
• Develop a deeper life of prayer - benediction, vespers, adoration of blessed
  sacrament  (2 responses)
• Pastoral Ministries/St. Bart’s Spiritual Corp - bereavement, communion, visiting
  sick, outreach , family prayer (2 responses)

 35% of responses indicated that small group experiences involving prayer and study were a
primary objective.  Statistically insignificant differences in remaining categories may require more
discussion to determine a clear 2^nd objective.

5. Suggest one or two specific ways to accomplish each objective that 
your group selected

Note: Specific methods were not directly tied to corresponding objectives noted in
question 4; therefore, it is impossible to suggest that a particular “specific way”
(noted below) is applicable to a particular objective.  It is more accurate to interpret
the responses to this question in a general manner and consider that the primary
objective is to “become even more renewed in Christ” rather than “create small
group experiences…”.

Four themes were noted in the suggestions that participants made to “become even more
renewed in Christ”.  In addition, a miscellaneous category was added to bucket themes that
did not readily, or obviously, fit into another category.  Consider that we are partially meeting
the objective based on Community/Ministry and Faith Sharing (see Question 2).  Discussion
regarding best next steps should a two-pronged approach including:

• consideration for strengthening the ways that we currently meet the objective; AND
• consideration of new avenues to raise the partially meets rating.

Themes/suggestions are grouped below.

I. Theme: Small Groups –7 responses
Continue small groups – broaden topics to include group suggestions
Continue faith sharing groups (3 responses)
Small Groups - Find a curriculum to support good discussion at these meetings
Make different groups (continue after Lent)
Start teen bible study

II. Ministries/Service/Education – 5 responses
Mailings of prayer cards
Soup Kitchen
Education
Retreats/missions
Podcast Monsignor’s sermons and lessons from Faith Formation

III. Theme: Encourage participation/belonging/appreciation – 3 responses
Invite middle schoolers and kids in H. S. to come try a YM meeting
Better outreach to new people – phone calls, walk around church
More welcoming /greeting

IV. Theme: Home as Domestic Church – 3 responses
For those in study – commit to an action each week that related to what was studied as
a way to bring this into your homes.
Expand on small group experience to neighborhoods and homes via outreach.
Family activities to support ministries- based on family group.

V. Miscellaneous – 3 responses
Use the media – commercials/think of ways to combat negative publicity
Survey to determine needs of parishioners (2 responses)
Determine ways to eliminate fear of asking controversial questions

Important Note: Given the statistical insignificance of  one or few responses, care
should be taken throughout this evaluation to validate these responses, prior to
basing action on this  feedback.