Region 6 Area Faith Community Plan approved

all but three of twenty-three complete

In accordance with the New Ulm Diocesan Plan for Parishes 2003-2008, Bishop John C. Nienstedt has approved another Area Faith Community plan. Only 3 of the 23 Area Faith Communities in the diocese have yet to complete their plans. The new plan is:

REGION 2

Church of St. Anastasia, Hutchinson; Church of St. Boniface, Stewart; and Church of Holy Trinity, Winsted

Word

- Collaborate on opportunities for youth ministry

- Share opportunities for schools and religious education programs

- Develop a regional RCIA program

- Strengthen ongoing adult faith formation

Worship

- Create and publicize an area Mass and liturgical services schedule

- Collaborate on liturgical ministry training

- Introduce common liturgy aids, like missalettes with large print and Spanish translations

- Develop bilingual liturgies

Service

- Establish an area Social Concerns Committee

- Respond to the needs of the Hispanic community

- Reach out to the unchurched, fallen away, homebound, terminally ill, and elderly

Stewardship

- Establish an Area PastoralCouncil

- Explore the funding of collaborative ministers and ministries

- Combine purchasing power

- Share parish information

- Review staffing positions, buildings and equipment in all parishes