“I can empathize with parishioners who would prefer maintaining the status quo at their parish because of their church’s beauty or the many memories it holds. Personally however, I am totally on-board with the goals of Pastoral Planning, and understand completely the need for a design of parishes which reflects the reality of the situations we face (both societal and ecclesial), and support a “visioning” process which is characterized by transparency, imagination, and prayer.”
- Ron Shea Parishioner, Saint John the Baptist (New Haven) |