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St. Francis Xavier Growing together as a community of faith, learning, & care Drivers & Program Elements January 28, 2014 Monday, February 3, 14

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St. Francis XavierGrowing together as a

community of faith, learning, & careDrivers & Program Elements

January 28, 2014

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survey & synthesis

DISCOVERY

NOV2013

DEC 2013

FEB 2013

MARCH 2013

JAN2013

APRIL2013

insight days

STRATEGY:STRATEGIES & DRIVERS

ACTIVATION:WORKSHOPS & SALON

PLANNING:MASTER PLAN CONCEPT

findings, priorities, & community engagement

vision, drivers, strategy:presentation and refinement

masterplan & refinement

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

We’re here

Process

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3TOURS

ConversationsListening to your community

13GROUP INTERVIEWS & MEETINGS

ParishINTERVIEWS

Pastoral CouncilFinance CommitteeAdministrative StaffCare MinistryEducation Ministry PREP Parents

Father SheridanFather Harnett

4INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEWS

SchoolINTERVIEWS

LibrariansSpecials Teachers1 Student Hang out4 Teacher Groups2 Parent CoffeesSchool Board

EVENTS

Thanksgiving Feast

MEETINGS

St. Vincent DePaul Society

MASSES

Weekday Mass & fellowshipPREP MassChildren’s LiturgySunday Masses

3PARENT &PARISHIONERCOFFEES

5MASSES

6OBSERVATIONS

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Growth & Intimacystriking a balance

1. Growth and intimacy is delicate balance.

2. Parish growth is a priority.

3. School growth is an immediate reality.

• Accommodating for current, making room

for the future

• Creating a pipeline for parish growth

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“When you want to grow, you have to look like you’re ready to grow.”

-School Parent & Parishioner

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Total Parish Population Growth 2002-2013

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2900

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5800

2002 2013

4840

5783

Individual Parishioners

+~1,000

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Parish Population 2013

27203063

ChildrenAdults

1,034

154

108

172

Single (no children)Couple (no children)Single Parent (children)Two Parent (children)

Family composition Distribution of Adults and Children

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Grow ParishMaintenance & Modernization

Deepen engagementFellowship & gathering

Ease traffic & parkingIncrease capacity for learning at all levels

Enhance technology and toolsGrow ability to reach out to communities in need

Increase ability for parish to serve family needsGrow the school community

Increase accessibility of the physical campusExpand capacity for innovative learning

Increase capacity for small group reflectionEnhance internal and external communications

Grow the PREP community

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What goals should the master plan help the larger St. Francis Xavier community accomplish?

Response to December 2013 Survey155 participants Number of votes

Respondents asked to select 3-5 priorities

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1. Invite: Extend a sense of welcome

2. Engage: Engender agency and facilitate a collaborative Parish life

3. Intertwine: Cultivate an interconnected Parish

4. Celebrate: Gather in friendship, family, and fellowship

5. Seek: Uplift lifelong learning and spiritual growth

6. Nurture: Nourish relationships and reflection

7. Play: Move the body with the spirit and mind

Master Plan Drivers

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InviteExtend a sense of Welcome1

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INVITE ENGAGE INTERTWINE CELEBRATE SEEK NURTURE PLAY

“One of the biggest roadblocks to becoming a welcoming parish is the fact that some of us have a difficult time opening the church doors to come to Mass.”

–Parishioner Letter

+◦ “Welcoming” was the most

common word to describe the SFX culture (December 2013 survey)

◦ The ritual of “hello” was central to the school day

◦ “Plaza” and “foyer” were seen as favorite social areas (voting at workshops)

◦ Many doors and pathways lead to fragmentation of campus experience

◦ Welcome experience of chapel, Parish Office, and Preschool are all sub-optimal

◦ Key concerns? Accessibility, safety and parking.

Accessibility

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• Mobility and Navigational Flow◦ Accessibility◦ Wayfinding◦ Streamlining entry

• Foyer as Flexible Space◦ Launch projects and events◦ Graciously receive guests ◦ Support lingering

• Support a range of welcoming experiences◦ New family ◦ Lower mobility parishioners◦ School / PREP/ Church

Let’s create a campus that mirrors the warmth and accessibility of St. Francis’s culture.  

Gather

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EngageEngender agency and facilitate a collaborative Parish life2

“It’s a can-do community... there’s a sense of volunteerism. You get out of it what you put into it and that permeates throughout.”

–Parishioner

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“This feels like home.

But I often forget new families may not know everything that’s going on across our  Parish–– it can be spread out and hard to navigate if you aren’t at the school.”

-Parishioner at Workshop

“With more people there’s a desire to do different things...more things have been started in the recent years. We need both the money and personnel to support this diversity.”

-Pastoral Leadership

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Grow ParishMaintenance & Modernization

Deepen engagementFellowship & gathering

Ease traffic & parkingIncrease capacity for learning at all levels

Enhance technology and toolsGrow ability to reach out to communities in need

Increase ability for parish to serve family needsGrow the school community

Increase accessibility of the physical campusExpand capacity for innovative learning

Increase capacity for small group reflectionEnhance internal and external communications

Grow the PREP community

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What goals should the master plan help the larger St. Francis Xavier community accomplish?

Response to December 2013 Survey155 participants Number of votes

Respondents asked to select 3-5 priorities

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“We are always going to each other’s rooms to help each other and share ideas...I wish we had a space where you could really meet to work together.”

–Teacher

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INVITE ENGAGE INTERTWINE CELEBRATE SEEK NURTURE PLAY

+◦ School culture built on a

foundation of deep friendship, flexibility, and mutual support.

- multiple hats

- team teaching

◦ High-parental involvement

◦ School-originated events and activities fertile ground for full Parish involvement

◦ Diversity of ministries engage wide variety of interests

◦ Deepening Parish engagement was a top-ranked goal for the master plan (2013 Survey)

◦ Xavier Room acts as only mid-large size accessible meeting space

◦ Desire by ministries to engage younger members and new families in initiatives (listed by 6+ of 15 ministries)

◦ Striking a balance between traditional ministries and new needs

◦ Lack of or undesirable space for meeting often takes ministries (and energy) off campus

◦ Volunteer and extracurricular express storage and supply needs

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• Flexibility- Creation of second “Xavier Room”-

sized hub with increased flexibility- Multi-use and siting of “specials”

spaces for school for versatile use of full Parish

• Teaming & Volunteering- Shared work and storage spaces for

team teaching- Modernization of Parish Office with

flexibility for volunteers and PTE- Empowered volunteer work and

storage solutions

Let’s mirror the “can do” attitude of St. Francis Xavier community with places and tools that allow people to roll up their sleeves together.

Collaborative space imageryfrom Workshop Visual listening exercise

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IntertwineCultivate an interconnected and cohesive Parish3

“My goal is to make people feel included. That they are apart of a whole.”

–Priest

“It is difficult to see the community as a whole.  There are a lot of separate communities within the Parish.  Not sure if that is good or bad; there is something for everyone here.”

–Parishioner Survey Response

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INVITE ENGAGE INTERTWINE CELEBRATE SEEK NURTURE PLAY

+◦ Mutual pride and support within

Parish (between school, ministries, etc)

◦ Increased participation of whole Parish in large, school-originated events

◦ Emerging connection of School and PREP in sacraments of communion and confirmation

◦ Intergenerational families act as a foundation for an intergenerational culture

◦ Expressed desire for increased engagement across Parish and school lines (eg. MOMs, Scouts, Action, Gym mass, Ministry of Care, Eucharistic Ministry, etc.)

◦ Appetite for collaboration across School and PREP communities for religious education (teachers, school leadership, catechists)

◦ Occasional unideal adjacencies of adult programming and youth programming (gym/Xavier room, etc)

◦ Desire to make non-school groups feel at home in the school shared spaces and classroom spaces (Storage, technology, supplies, etc)

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“Whatever we do, it has to continue in the spirit of, ‘same team, same dream.’ We need to see each other as assets, as interconnected....It’s our base of understanding...so we can evolve the church for the next generation.”

-Parishioner

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“Our Goals: Improve faith-learning outcomes for PREP and school students through exploration of shared resources. Create channels for communication across all religious education programming.”

-SFX School Board Planning Reflection

“We are so busy building our own communities (PREP and School) that sometimes we forget to intersect our venn diagrams.”

–Parishioner

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• Communication & Centralization- Centralized Parish Life Area

• Enhanced Religious Launchpad in School

• Organizational Potential: Bridge community through shared infrastructure, tools, training, and personnel - Technology- Parish Life- Communications- Brand experience- Religious education- Digital presence

Let’s embrace a spirit of cross-pollination and inclusion across the Parish community.

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CelebrateGather in friendship, family, and fellowship4

“We’re very loved and appreciated by our families...It’s a unique place to work...I’ve never felt the collaborative and support nature with my co-workers that I’ve felt here.”

- Librarian

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“In general if you walk into a friends house and you’re Italian… you walk into the kitchen. It’s a warm place. It’s a gathering place… there are pictures on the refrigerator. We need that.”

– Parishioner

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“We don’t have family locally, so we have found our family through St. Francis.”

– Parishioner and School Parent

“I like getting a sense ofhistory with the pictures around the school.”

– Student

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INVITE ENGAGE INTERTWINE CELEBRATE SEEK NURTURE PLAY

+◦ Multi-generational family

involvement and large families

◦ Active post-Gym mass fellowship

◦ Network-based community of teachers

◦ Vibrant social community and annual events (Showcase, Summerfest, etc)

◦ Post-weekday morning mass coffee ritual

◦ Meetings in cafés and at homes could find home on the Parish campus

◦ No accessible “warm” homey spaces for aging or differently-abled Parishioners

◦ Disconnection between kitchen and gathering spaces

◦ Opportunity for more PREP-School family integration

◦ Opportunity to shared Mass gathering experiences

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• Home-like experiences- Kitchen- Front Porch- Living room

• Reveal history and future through design- Bring archives to life- Look forward together- Celebrate families of Parish

Let’s support the social as well as spiritual life of the community at the core of the St. Francis culture.

Interactive Kitchen Imageryfrom Workshop Visual listening exercise

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SeekUplift lifelong learning and spiritual growth5

“We are a community of lifelong learners. Not only do we focus in on the education of children, but the importance of the education of adults. We need to feed that spiritual life.”

Parish Staff

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Parish staff

“If we’re gathering in the Xavier room and there’s a basketball game, it’s not attractive for adults....It’s not conducive for reflection and spirituality.”

Parish Staff

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• Prepared learning environments

• New classroom growth with flexible collaboration space

• Flexible, adult-appropriate meeting and learning spaces

Let’s expand opportunities to study, seek, and createtogether.

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NurtureNourish relationships and reflection6

“I wish I could incorporate the reflection I have at Church on Sunday into my everyday life? How can I drop in and say a prayer?”

–Parishioner at a workshop

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“Make sure that even as we grow, each child has somebody who they have a relationship with... somebody knows them”

-Teacher

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“Nurture the growth of small faith-sharing communities, "little parishes" within the larger parish, that would meet regularly, in homes, for scripture study, faith sharing and prayer, support and socializing, family activities, outreach in service–being church in small face-to-face groups.”– Parishioner in Survey

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“Sometimes we need privacy... for phone calls, to meet with each other, parents, our students.”

– Teacher

“[In the office] what starts out as a simple conversation often turns into a private conversation.

Sometimes it can be hard to transition in the moment and give people the same comfort level. You want to shepherd those people [but the space prevents it].”

-Secretary on intimacy

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• Scales of intimacy and privacy - Parish office: Spiritual Guidance,

Ministry of Care, Informal counsel- School: Social worker, nurse, special

education, Religious Education- Small group and Private spaces

• Peaceful pockets inside and out- Reading and conversation nooks- Natural nooks

Let’s create a restorative atmosphere built on counseling relationships, peaceful pause, and a sense of continuity and intimacy.

“People are hungry for talking to one another about the struggles they’re having... to share wisdom between parents of all ages on parenting and relationships...

We have to keep nourishing and feeding people to give them what they need to continue their journeys in life.”

–Parish staff

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PlayMove the body with the spirit and mind7

“From the school side, focus on what is important…academics (mind), faith (spirit), and fitness (body).  SFX does a good job at the first two, but we are way behind other schools in nurturing our bodies.”- Parishioner in survey

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INVITE ENGAGE INTERTWINE CELEBRATE SEEK NURTURE PLAY

+◦ The gym is used from 8:00am to

8:00pm nearly all week long

◦ Active culture across SFX Parish

◦ Desire to increase natural play and learning, especially in early years

◦ Parishioners rate “Athletics” and “Outdoor play” least supported by the SFX physical campus

◦ Students have gym two days a week and compete with events and sports

◦ Outdoor field often out of commission due to conditions

◦ Parking lot as play lot and limited play areas

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Worship Holidays Social Adult Ed Reflection Collaboration PREP ACTION School Families Seniors Service Outdoor Play Athletics

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HOW WELL DO YOUR SPACES CURRENTLY SUPPORT?

TOTALLY SUPPORTS

DOES NOT SUPPORT

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