Office of Strategic Parish Planning Archdiocese of New York 1011 First Avenue New York, NY

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1 Office of Strategic Parish Planning Archdiocese of New York 1011 First Avenue New York, NY Making All Things New Implementation Update #7 February 20, 2015 Dear Cluster Core Team Members & Facilitators: While pastoral planning is not about money, and we will always want to devote money to poorer parishes and schools that can t make it on their own, we can t keep doing it to the extent that we have been. Why? First, because we don t have the finances to annually give $40 million to support unneeded parishes; and secondly, best practices and years of pastoral experience tell us that churches which are 10 to 20 percent full do not usually lead to meaningful and uplifting liturgies where we are drawn to give praise and thanks to our loving God. And, apostolates and ministries of education, service, and charity, the main way we witness to the world, cannot flourish where there are not significant membership and resources to support them so, some critical pastoral needs are not being met. Timothy Cardinal Dolan Pastoral Letter on Making All Things New If you have unanswered questions about the implementation process for your cluster, please contact your Reid Group consultant (names and contact information below). During this implementation phase of Making All Things New, parish and cluster implementation teams will develop action plans, present progress reports to the Archdiocesan Advisory Group and receive responses from them,all in order to continue to strengthen parish life and help more Catholic people grow in their faith. Other information: 1. The Pastoral Transition Manual for all parishes involved in implementation of Cardinal Dolan s decisions in Making All Things New was distributed at the training sessions for cluster teams. If you did not receive a copy, please contact Maryteresa McKenna at Maryteresa.McKenna@archny.org. 2. The Pastoral Transition Manual has been translated into Spanish and is posted on the archdiocesan website at you want a printed version of the manual in Spanish, please complete the enclosed form and return it to Helen Damitio athdamitio@thereidgroup.biz by Friday February 27 th.

2 3. The parishes that have received suggested proposals from Cardinal Dolan are asked to focus on their cluster reports that are due March 1, 2015.Feel free to send them early if they are ready. Just be sure to use the send back response form and return them to 4. Pastors and cluster chairs of the send back parishes will present their cluster responses to the Archdiocesan Advisory Group March 9 or 10 at Maryknoll in Ossining, New York. 5. Pastoral Transition Team members are available to assist parishes focusing on the August 1, 2015 mergers. Please contact your Reid Group consultants for assistance. 6. Parish facilitators are available to assist parishes who are focusing on collaboration. Please contact your Reid Group consultants for assistance. 7. If pastors/administrators have not already submitted the names and contact information for your Parish Implementation Team, please send the enclosed form to Helen Damitio at HDamitio@TheReidGroup.biz by Friday February 27 th. Thank You! 8. If a cluster has not already submitted the names and contact information for your Cluster Chair and Cluster Secretary, please send the enclosed form to Helen Damitio at HDamitio@TheReidGroup.biz by Friday February 27 th. Thank You! 9. The 3 Power Points used during last week s pastoral area training sessions (General Overview, For Collaboration and For Merger) will be posted on the websitethe week of February 23 rd. HAVE QUESTIONS? SEND THEM to KJohnson@TheReidGroup.bizand we will address them in future updates. Thank you again for all your good work. Please do not hesitate to call or one of your Reid Group consultants if you have questions. Bishop John O Hara, Vicar for Parish Planning, john.ohara@archny.org Sr. Eileen Clifford O.P., Vice Chancellor, sr.eileen.clifford@archny.org Eileen Mulcahy, Director of Parish Planning eileen.mulcahy@archny.org The Reid Group consultants: Pastoral Area #1: Charlotte McCorquodale, cmccorquodale@thereidgroup.biz ( ) Tom Reid, treid@thereidgroup.biz ( ) Pastoral Area #2: Karen Castellon, kcastellon@thereidgroup.biz ( ) John Reid, jreid@thereidgroup.biz ( ) Pastoral Area #3: Maureen Gallagher, mgallagher@thereidgroup.biz( ) Joe Orlando, jorlando@thereidgroup.biz( ) Pastoral Area #4: Anne Skorski, askorski@thereidgroup.biz( )

3 Greg Cascione, ( ) Pastoral Area #5: Joan Neal, Lucien Roy, Pastoral Area #6: Rick McCord, Noreen Welte,

4 PARISH IMPLEMENTATION TEAM CONTACT INFORMATION (PLEASE PRINT) NAME OF PARISH CITY COUNTY 1. PASTOR 2. TEAM MEMBER 3. TEAM MEMBER 4. TEAM MEMBER 5. TEAM MEMBER PLEASE return this form to Helen Damitio at by Friday February 20, Thank You!

5 FOR THOSE WHO NEED PRINTED SPANISH VERSIONS OF THE PARISH TRANSITION MANUAL PASTORAL AREA PASTOR PARISH CITY/TOWN NUMBER OF COPIES PLEASE return this form as soon as possible to Helen Damitio at IMPLEMENTATION CLUSTERS CHAIR AND SECRETARY CONTACT INFORMATION CLUSTER NUMBER PASTORAL AREA PARISH CITY/TOWN CLUSTER CHAIR PHONE CLUSTER SECRETARY PHONE PLEASE return this form as soon as possible to Helen Damitio at