Excerpts from Initial Exercise: Future Parish Footprint October 22, 2011 Excerpts from Initial Exercise: Future Parish Footprint Presented to the Finance Council January 24, 2019 Presented to the Council of Priests February 21, 2019

National Sacramental Trends – 1990-2015 U.S. Sacramental 25 Year Trends (000’s) Catholic marriages are down 55% since 1990 1 in 5 children baptized do not receive 1st communion 2 in 5 children baptized are not confirmed 85% of children confirmed stop practicing their faith by age 21

The $5B Problem The current models of diocesan and parish life cannot be sustained when the number of Church goers in their 50’s and 60’s decline by 8.3 million people and the resources decline by almost $5 billion.

Beliefs: Local Weekly Mass Goers   Archdiocese of Philadelphia US/Canada Average "Jesus died and rose from the dead for my salvation" 79% 80% "the Eucharist really is the body and blood of Jesus Christ" 72% 73% “Scripture is the word of God" 69% 70% “In Jesus’ moral teachings for my life as taught by the Church” 56% 60% “the Church is critical to my relationship with God" 49% 53% “in the teaching authority of the Church" 45% 50% The above responses are representative of 11,904 parishioners from 41 parishes in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia between 2015-2018 who strongly agree with these statements compared to the total respondent set of 101,000 parishioners from 400 parishes in 22 dioceses.

# of Priests Relative to Parishes (2013)

2-Fold Approach: Parish Exercise Current Mass Attendance and Seating Capacity Best singular proxy for long term sustainability of parish community Projected on a deanery by deanery basis Viability Index 6 Criteria Areas: 3 Pastoral Areas, 3 Temporal Areas Each parish can earn 0-3 points per criteria area Total Potential Points: 18 Parishes w/10 points or more = Viable Parishes w/9 points or less = Not Viable

#1: Mass Attendance by Deanery Number of Weekend Masses Needed to Meet CURRENT Capacity 2017 October Deanery Mass Count Average Seating Capacity of Deanery Churches 4 Weekend Masses per parish

Viability Ratings <500 = 1 point 500-800 = 2 points October Mass Count <500 = 1 point 500-800 = 2 points >800 = 3 points Average # of Marriages over 3 Years <11 = 1 11-20 = 2 >20 = 3 Average Baptism to Funeral Ratio over Prior Three Years <1 = 1 1.0-1.25 = 2 1.25+ = 3 Contributing Households as a % of Registered Households <30% = 1 30%-50%= 2 >50% = 3 Offertory & Other Parish Collections $250k-$500k = 1 $500k-$750k = 2 $750k+ = 3 Offertory as a % of Operating Income <65% = 1 65%-75% = 2 75%-100% = 3

Suggested Next Steps (Next 3 years) Internally model potential scenarios of collaboration as a starting point for parish consultation in the future Assess Priest Capacity/Readiness on an individual and collective basis to ascertain projection of future pastors and training/development needs that can begin now Implement more dramatic parish consolidation in ad-hoc situations now to avoid reworking in the future Update facility assessments throughout Archdiocese Assess and ready chancery operations to be able to support change management and envisioned footprint Facilitate opportunities for parish ministry collaboration now in order to build greater comfort with future state possibilities Identify and train local volunteers who could serve as parish-based facilitators in the future. Invest in education/formation at the parish level about the purpose of a parish/evangelization