St. Josaphat Parishwide MeetingSurvey Results Highlights

November 18, 2007

Agenda

• Review Strategic Planning Process (5 min)• Share Highlights of Survey Responses (30 min)• Questions (15 min)• Next Steps

Our Strategic Planning Process

Strategic Planning

Committee Analysis & Discussion

April - September October - December December – February?

Gather Input Analyze Inputs Make and TransitionRecommendations

Parish Mission & Vision

Parish Input•Focus Groups•Survey

Input of Governing Boards

Best Practices of Other Parishes

Strategic (3-5 Year) Goals

Recommended Action Plan•Programs•Projects•Events•“Quick Wins”

Survey Results Overview• Overall, survey responses skewed positively• Satisfied with worship experience, extremely happy with

sacraments• Majority feel welcome and enjoy social aspects• Lower levels of interest in spiritual development events or

social justice forums, slightly more likely to participate in faith education or outreach

• Satisfied with SJS, but would like more involvement of parish priests and improvements to the facilities

• 1/3 of all respondents chose to comment• Survey Results Summaries will be published in bulletin

Who Took the Survey?General Statistics•471 Total Respondents•1183 Registered Households, 283 (24%) Participated•About 500 - 600 Weekend Mass Attendees•About 200 School Households, 119 (60%) Participated•164 Respondents (35%) have Children in the School

Who Took the Survey?

Keep in mind: Respondents more active, involved than average parishioners

Note: School has 20 hr/year volunteer requirement.

Parish Description• Parishioners most use these words to describe St. Josaphat:

– Family-Oriented (63%)– Welcoming (48%)– Community (42%)– Friendly (40%)– All other descriptors received < 20% of responses

• We believe– It is important for us as a parish to serve those less fortunate (4.3)– It is important to understand the financial condition of the parish (4.1)– Hospitality events after masses are enjoyable (4.1)– St. Josaphat Parish is “A Church to Come Home To” (4.0)

• We do not believe– St. Josaphat supports too many causes with time or money (2.8)– Sunday masses are too long (2.6)

Worship ExperienceImportance

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Beauty of Church

.Mass Schedule

.Welcoming Environment

.Music

.Overall Worship Experience.Priests.Homilies

Want in Homilies•How Gospel applies to life•Personal stories•Humor•Challenge/Deepen FaithNot•Fire/Brimstone•Props

Sacraments

Responses Instruction Logistics Celebration

RCIA 32 4.5 4.5 4.6

Baptism 100 4.4 4.3 4.5

1st Reconciliation 78 4.3 4.3 4.2

1st Communion 106 4.4 4.2 4.2

Confirmation 60 4.3 3.9 4.0

Marriage 32 4.4 4.3 4.7

Anointing of the Sick 17 3.8 3.8 3.9

High Satisfaction Ratings on All Aspects of SacramentsAnointing of the Sick rated slightly lower, but respondents still Satisfied

Outreach

Respondents would be most likely to participate in these types of outreach: 1. Soup Kitchen (65%) 2. Habitat for Humanity type program (57%)3. Homeless Shelter, Tutoring Children (48%)

St. Josaphat SchoolImportance

Satisfaction3 51

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Overall Rating: 4.2

.Integrating/Modeling Christian Values

.After School Programs

.Before School Programs

.Religious Education

.Faculty Education Level.Test Scores/High School Admittance

.Community

.Music/Choir

.Visibility in Parish

.Curriculum

.Visibility in Comm.Athletics

Involvement of Priests..Facilities

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Religious Education for ChildrenCCD Parents School Parents

Feel Religious Education is meeting their child’s needs and teaching them what they need to know about the Catholic faith

72% 71%

Understand child’s Religious Education curriculum 63% 58%

Ideas for Better Connecting St. Josaphat School and CCD Program:•Combined programs/activities/service projects for students outside of school hours (7 mentions)•More joint social activities (2 mentions)•Offer religious education at the same time (2 mentions)

Stewardship• 85% donate $ to the Parish through regular giving or fundraising• 35% say they volunteer at least 5 hours a month at the school or church

(answer not consistent with our Volunteering Hours question ;)• 35% want to better understand what Stewardship means• 19% try to get others to share their time, talent and treasure• 6% have a business and donate goods and services to the parish

Fundraising

• Summerfest: 83% Attend (Expected income $50K)• Unity Ball: 48% Attend (Expected income $100K)• Reasons that would make more people attend fundraisers

– 66%: if had more time– 45%: if different type of event – 29%: if more welcomed in established friend-groups

Facilities• Top Facilities Projects

– (8.7) Renovation of School and Rectory Infrastructures– (7.6) Renovation of the bathrooms in the Lower

Hall/Cafeteria– (7.0) Making the Lower Hall/Cafeteria and Rectory

handicap accessible– (6.8) Making the church handicap accessible– Least important: (3.4)Air conditioning in the church

Communications

• 74% believe they get enough info about what’s going on

• 54% read the bulletin every week, 82% at least a few times a month

• 44% prefer parish information through the bulletin, 18% through email

• School Communication is right on target– Adequate time in advance of action (2.9)– Adequate level of detail (3.0)– Adequate amount (3.0)

Questions

• We are taking questions on survey only• We will end our question session at 11:55• Still have a question?

– Come up after the session and we will help you– Or, send comments or suggestions to christine@frech.org

• Availability of information– We will be publishing summaries in bulletin– There will be a reference binder in rectory– This presentation is available on the website

Our Strategic Planning Process

Strategic Planning

Committee Analysis & Discussion

April - September October - December December – February?

Gather Input Analyze Inputs Make and TransitionRecommendations

Parish Mission & Vision

Parish Input•Focus Groups•Survey

Input of Governing Boards

Best Practices of Other Parishes

Strategic (3-5 Year) Goals

Recommended Action Plan•Programs•Projects•Events•“Quick Wins”

Next Steps

• Strategic Planning Committee will continue to analyze data and use all inputs to make recommendations

• Final Report will be presented in the new year• Recommendations will be transitioned to the

Parish Pastoral Council