Pastoral Planning

- Click HERE to learn about the Diocesan Pastoral Planning Process
- Click HERE to read Fr. Cronin's Announcement at Mass
- Key POints of Pastoral Planning
  
  All six churches will be a part of the St. Rose of Lima corporation. In ministry and conversation, each site will still be referenced by their Saint's name.
  
  Denison and Manning will still have Sunday Mass, Religious Education, and other parish groupings and events.
  
  When Fr. Jose leaves, Vail, Manilla, Charter Oak, and Dow City may be used for weddings and funerals.
  
  Vail, Manilla, Charter Oak, and Dow City may have conversations about what spiritual opportunites they wish to host in their churches. For this to be done, parishioners must demonstrate they are participating in Sunday Mass in Denison or Manning.
- Goals of Pastoral Planning
  
  Prepare our parishes for ministry with only one priest
  
  Create one new finance council with equal representation to monitor and assess the needs of our parishioners
  
  Adjust our ministerial methods to meet the needs of parishioners in the changing demographics of rural Iowa.

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