Preparations for home visits

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Preparationsfor home visits
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Preparations for home visits

• Go through parish records, with parish priest and
  secretary and list
• Unknown Catholics
• Catholics known not to go to church
• Divide parish into manageable areas and deal with
  one area at a time

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Preparations for home visits

• Prepare a letter to send to listed households
• See KIT handbook page 32

• Prepare a bookmark/card with contact details to
  accompany letter

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Preparations for home visits

• Prepare materials to take with you on visits,
  which could include
• Calling card
• Prayer of blessing for the home
• Photo card signed by the parish priest
• Copy of weekly parish newsletter
• List of parish organisations with contact numbers
• List of help lines
• Little bookmarks or cards for any children

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Calling card

•  Keeping in Touch (KIT)
• We called on you today
• We are sorry we have missed you,
• But hope to call again shortly
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• St Josephs Catholic Church. Tel
• (address)
• KIT Tel ..

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I D Photo Card

• Mr Steve Wilcox has kindly agreed to supply ID
  Cards for use by members of parishes
• His address is 
• Synergraphics Ltd
• The Haymill Centre
• 112 Burnham Lane
• Slough, Bucks. SL1 6LZ Tel
  01628-666696  
• email steve_at_synergraphics.ltd.uk
• The charge would be 30 to set up and 3.00 for
  each coloured and laminated photo ID card bearing
  the signature of the Parish Priest. This is a
  discount on what he normally charges.
• Digital photos can be sent to him by email and he
  would need a separate black signature of the
  ParishPriest so this can be scanned on the card.

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A prayer of blessing for the home

• Heavenly Father, we ask you to visit this home
• all who live here.
• Drive far from them whatever has power
• to harm or divide them.
• May your Holy Spirit be with them to keep them
• in your harmony, love and peace
• and may your blessing be always upon them.
• We ask this, through your Son, Jesus Christ our
  Lord.
• AMEN

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Preparations for home visits

• Divide group into twos
• Go through coat hangers
• see KIT pages 14-15

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Home visits Statistics Parish N (1999)

• 392 letters
• 52 no visit please
• 340 visits made
• 21 not at home
• 20 not Catholic
• 33 not interested
• 39 other church
• 227 welcomed visitors

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Preparations for home visits

• The end
• Any questions?