Synod Mandate

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Synod Mandate

• Preparing for Mission

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Reflection

• When you think about the Synod process what do
  you feel?

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Reflection

• When you think about the Synod process what is
  the greatest challenge for your parish?

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Agenda

• Intro to synod mandate
• The Mission of the church
• Three pastoral Priorities
• The change in Paradigm
• Structuring for Mission
• The role of the Parish Implementation Team
• Role of the Parish Pastoral Council
• The Way forward

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Synod Implementation Team fulfilling the
Mission of the Church
New Evangelisation
Moral and Spiritual Values
Catholic Culture/ Identity
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THE JOURNEY
MISSION
Synod 2009 Three Pastoral priorities Synod
Implementation Parish Implementation Teams
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The Mission of the Archdiocese

• We are the People of God in Trinidad and Tobago,
  building the Civilization of Love -
  reconciliation with God, neighbour, creation and
  self - through The New Evangelization
  Revitalizing Catholic Culture and
• Identity
• Regenerating the Moral and Spiritual
• Values of our Society

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Three Pastoral Priorities

• The New Evangelization
• Revitalizing Catholic Culture and Identity
• Regenerating the Moral and Spiritual Values of
  our Society

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The Three Fold mission of the Church/ The Three
Pastoral Priorities

• The New Evangelization (Prophet/Teaching)
• Revitalized Catholic culture and identity
  (Priest/Gathering)
• A Deep Moral Renewal
• (King/ Governance)

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The Three Fold mission of the Church/ The Three
Pastoral Priorities

• The New Evangelization Evangelisation, Family
  Life, Youth, Catholic Education,
• Revitalized Catholic culture and identity
  Catechetics, Liturgy, Stewardship
• A Deep Moral Renewal Social Justice,
  Communications

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Evangelisation
Youth
Education
Family Life
Communications
Catechetics
Social Justice
Liturgy
Stewardship
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Role of a Pastoral Priority

• To act as a lens focusing the pastoral activity
  of the Church.
• To act as a coordinating hub holding the Church
  together in unity around its pastoral mission.
• To act as a point of evaluation to assess the
  impact of the pastoral ministry of the Church.

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A New Way of Being Church

• From
• Each parish decided its direction
• Each group did what it thought best
• Each Parish Priest set the direction by personal
  preference
• Turf protection within and between parishes

• To 
• The Archdiocese has a direction
• All groups work in collaboration to achieve the
  mission
• The Mission sets the direction.
• Collaboration is the new way to be Church

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Parish Implementation Team

• Be it resolved that every parish and ecclesial
  community appoint a Synod Implementation Team
  (Synod Implimentation2
• Parish Implementation Team
• Each Parish should appoint two people to lead
  each of the Three Pastoral Priorities.
• Other Criterion
• The Team should comprise 6 to 9 persons.
• Each gender is to be represented by at least a
  third of the team.
• It must include one young adult.
• Where possible it should include someone with
  Project Management skills or understanding and
  similarly someone with public relations and
  communications skills.

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Parish Implementation Team

• Parishes with multiple communities
• One parish team with members from each community
• A full team in main community supported by mini
  teams (3 people, 1 per priority) in each of the
  other communities.
• In the later case there will need to be a meeting
  of the coordinators of all of the teams to ensure
  a parish approach develops.

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• Parish Implementation team
• Directs the ministry
• Pastoral Coordination
• Focus on efficiency in achieving goal
• Coordinates the individual parts into a whole
• Focuses on monthly planning
• Reports to Parish Pastoral Council

• Parish Pastoral Council
• Leads the parish
• Leadership
• Focuses on direction and vision
• Focuses on the whole and ensures adequate
  recourses to the parts.
• Focuses on Annual to three year planning.

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• Parish Implementation team
• MINISTRY COORDINATION
• Finds the most efficient ways to coordinate minist
  ry
• Breaks mandate down into projects and manages the
  projects
• to accomplish mission.
• Reports to Parish Pastoral Council
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• Parish Pastoral Council
• LEADERSHIP
• Sets direction
• ensures the parish is moving in the right
  direction
• Ensures people are trained for the task
• Evaluates the journey and ensures resources are
  allocated to ministries which need them. 
• To find the best ways to organize the parish for
  mission. 
• Reports to the Parish Priest
• Finds the right people to take leadership

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Four Themes

• The Vocation to be Catholic The Vocation of
  Baptism and Confirmation the call to
  Discipleship. Easter 2009 to December 7, 2009
• New Evangelisation Christian Family Become What
  You Are. December 8 2009, to December 7, 2010
• Catholic Culture and Identity My Church, my
  Parish, My Family. December 8, 2010 to December
  7, 2011
• Moral and Spiritual Values Trinidad and Tobago,
  a Community of families. December 8, 2011 to
  December 7, 2012

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The Parish Work Plan 2009 around the theme The
Vocation To Be Catholic

• The purpose of this year is to prepare the
  parish, its people, groups, ministries,
  administration, and structure to align with,
  embrace and live the mission of the Archdiocese.
• This requires two specific sets of actions
• Facilitate all Catholics to rediscover the
  vocation to be Catholic so that the practice of
  the faith and parish involvement will lead to a
  deeper discipleship and commitment to church.
• To realign the structures of the parish to
  implement the threefold mission of the Synod.

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Work Plan for the Parish

• Setup Parish Implementation Team
• Parish Ministry Restructuring to reflect 3
  priorities.
• Stewardship Appeal.
• Parish Groups meet, study and discuss DVD
  Presentations on 3 Pastoral Priorities.
• Study and discuss Archbishop's Articles March 15,
  22, 29 in Families, Schools, Parish Groups,
  Ministries, and Confirmation Classes.
• Conduct reconciliation service.
• Reflection Retreats on the Theme.
• Use programs such as Alpha, Catholicism 201 to
  compliment theme.
• Prepare Pastoral Plan for offering on Dec 8th
  2009
• Initiate Youth Creativity Competition
• Conduct Parish Family Census (The parish
  welcomes, nurtures and forms and all catholic
  families living in the parish).
• Leadership training for Parish Leaders

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Group Discussion by Parish

• What are the next steps for successful
  implementation of the Synod in your parish?
• What resources are necessary for successful synod
  implementation in your parish?
• Who do you need to communicate with if the Synod
  implementation is going to be successful?

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Next Steps

• Call all people in ministry to a meeting
• Use this presentation to help them to understand.
• Create the three clusters, one around each
  pastoral priority.
• Watch the DVDs exploring the three priorities.
• Begin working on the Work Plan for the Parish.