Cohort Workshop 1
Planning & Activity Resources for
Pathways toward a Thriving Parish
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Cohort Workshop 1 - Guide PDF
To begin developing the strategic roadmap that will enable your parish to reach its goals, the Workshop 1 Guide for your Cohort outlines:
- Introduction to the Pathways toward a Thriving Parish Project
- Theological Foundations for the Pathways toward a Thriving Parish Project
- Activity #1. Experiences of Parish Life, Mission, and Flourishing
- Activity #2. Thriving Parish Characteristics & Assessment
- Activity #3: The Parish & the World
- Resource: Organizing Meetings
- Homework: Capacity Building
- Homework: Parish Listening Sessions
Workshop 1 Guide PDF
Guía del Taller PDF
Guide to Designing Questions for Listening Sessions - PDF
In this guide, you will find:
- Hosting CONVERSATIONS IN THE SPIRIT (CIS) to help test out your pathway
- Hosting LISTENING SESSIONS as a way to help people feel a greater sense of community and belonging in your church
- Listening Session
- Discernment Session
- Additional Questions by Topic or Audience
- Additional Resource: Sample Listening Session Outline
Questions Guide PDF
Guía de Preguntas PDF
Cohort Workshop 1 - Presentation PDF
Reflecting on Thriving in Our Parish Community
-- Now and Into the Future
This presentation from Cohort Workshop 1 mirrors the content in the Guide.
Presentation PDF
Download the MS Powerpoint: English
Video: Conversations in the Spirit
History, Spirituality, & Importance to Our Project
Presenter:
Dr. Tracey Lamont
Director and Associate Professor, Loyola Institute for Ministry
Co-director of Pathways toward a Thriving Parish Project
Video: Walking Together in the Spirit of Communion
Ecclesial and Scriptural Roots of Synodality
Presenter:
Dr. Jodi G. Hunt, Ph.D.
Executive Director, The Neuhoff Institute of Ministry & Evangelization -- University of Dallas