Holy Cross Parish Community
225 Purchase Street South Easton, MA 02375
Directions
Pastoral Plan
Holy
Cross Parish Pastoral Plan 2011-2014
Vision: To strengthen Holy Cross Parish as a true
Eucharistic community
Pastoral Priority #1: Effect the renewal, conversion, and
spiritual growth of the parish.
1. Expand, if desired by parishioners, the frequency of the
monthly Benediction and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Implement by September 2011
2. Offer brief catechetical presentations after communion at
weekend masses on the meaning and significance of the mass
and the new mass translations. Implement September-November
2011
3. Develop a schedule of homilies focused
on the meaning and significance of Sunday Eucharist.
Implement September-November 2011
4. Develop a series of pastor’s columns on
the meaning and significance of the mass and the new mass
translations. Implement September 2011-June 2012
5. Rehearse one new hymn or responsorial
psalm at any mass where new music is being introduced.
Implement September 2011-June 2014
6. Implement the new Faith Formation
program. By October 2011
7. Offer a catechetical workshop for the
fall introductory family meetings of the Faith Formation
program on the meaning and significance of the mass.
Implement October 2011
8. Charge the Church Family Life
Commission to develop a preliminary three-year calendar of
several possible social events to be offered or supported
each year. By Fall 2011
9. Encourage people to lift their hands in
praise during the Lord’s Prayer. By Fall 2011
10. Offer an evening of reflection on the
pastoral plan’s vision of being a Eucharistic community.
Implement November 2011
11. Investigate the feasibility and
desirability of a monthly Eucharistic devotion geared for
the parish youth. Investigate by Spring 2012 Implement if
feasible by Fall 2012
12. Study the desirability of a parish
retreat/renewal program, and implement if found feasible.
Study by Spring 2012 Implement if feasible by Fall 2012
13. Investigate reinstating the Moms and
Tots program. By Spring 2012
14. Develop a parish-wide prayer ministry
through email and bulletin prayer requests. Implement by
Fall 2012
Pastoral Priority #2: Evangelize as a
means of outreach to both active and inactive parishioners.
1. Send a special invitation to new
families for the annual feast day reception and stewardship
fair. By August 2011
2. Develop a welcome packet for new and
returning parishioners. By Fall 2011
3. Form a Hospitality/Outreach committee
to coordinate parish outreach to new and inactive
parishioners. By Spring 2012
4. Investigate, and implement if feasible,
mailing a welcome postcard to all new families in Easton;
approach Immaculate Conception about a joint mailing.
Investigate by Spring 2012 Implement, if feasible, by Fall
2012
5. Expand the bi-annual mailing to
inactive parishioners to an annual mailing that will include
the stewardship brochure and other pertinent information. By
Spring 2012
6. Further develop the ushers into a
ministry of hospitality. By Spring 2012
7. Investigate creation of a parish
Facebook page and/or further development of the parish
website and parish email bulletin. Investigate by Spring
2012 Create Facebook page, if desirable, by Fall 2012
8. Create a team of households to form the
parish welcoming ministry. By Spring 2013
9. Charge the Hospitality/Outreach
Committee to study various outreach programs for inactive
Catholics and implement, if feasible, a suitable program for
one year. Study by Fall 2012 Implement by Fall 2013
Approved by the Pastoral Council June 6, 2011
Revised: 09/19/11
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