1. St. Isidore Parish Consultation
Archdiocesan Pastoral Planning Commission’s Proposal
On Ways to Strengthen Our Parishes

2. Who are you? Member of a Parish Pastoral Council
Member of a Parish Finance Council
Pastor of a Parish
Priest Staff
Other Staff
Parishioner

3. How long have you been a member of your current parish?
Less than 5 years
5 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
21 to 30 years
Greater than 30 years

4. In which mode do you think the Archdiocese has been since 2008?
Mission
Maintenance
Survival
Crisis
Not Sure

5. What is your level of agreement with Cardinal Sean’s exhortation that evangelization be the present and long term task of the Archdiocese?
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

6. What is your level of agreement with the goal that we must grow the Church of Boston by bringing Catholics back to the practice of the faith?
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

7. What is your level of agreement with the following statement: “The strengthening of parishes should NOT be achieved by another round of closing 100 or more parishes and churches.”
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

8. What is your level of agreement with the following statement: “The principles and criteria used for determining pastoral collaboratives are adequate.”
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

9. What is your level of agreement with the following statement: “Pastors, staffs, and council members should be properly trained for multiple parish pastoring situations.”
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree

10. Understanding the Following 3 Questions
1) How open are you of having a pastor from outside your proposed collaborative become your pastor? 
2) How open are you of having the pastor of another parish in your proposed pastoral collaborative become your pastor?  
3) How open are you of having your pastor become the pastor of the parishes in your proposed pastoral collaborative?  

11. How open are you to having a pastor from outside your proposed collaborative become your pastor?
Very Open
Open
Not Sure
Not Open
Strongly Not Open

12. How open are you to having the pastor of another parish in your proposed collaborative become your pastor?
Very Open
Open
Not Sure
Not Open
Strongly Not Open

13. How open are you to having your pastor become the pastor of the parishes in your proposed pastoral collaborative?
Very Open
Open
Not Sure
Not Open
Strongly Not Open

14. How willing are you to participate in a training program for the development of Pastoral Service Teams (PST)?
Very Willing
Willing
Neutral
Unwilling
Very Unwilling

15. If the Cardinal were to implement the Pastoral Service Team model, how do you think the implementation should take place?
All at once, throughout the Archdiocese
By Region
In phases, over a period of time
Not sure

16. Does this proposal of a Pastoral Service Team model take us in the direction you believe we need for the Archdiocese?
The Right Direction
Close to the Right Direction
Neutral
The Wrong Direction