Best Practices in Adult Faith Formation. - Diocese of Pittsburgh

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Married CouplesMarriage Building Assessment ToolDescriptionThis tool, consisting of eight building blocks or key areas of a marriage- building parish, is designed to assistthe parish staff and pastoral council to assess your parish’s current efforts.ObjectiveTo assess the parish’s current efforts in each of the eight areas.To establish areas of priority.To consider resources and make a “building plan.”Who Should/Can AttendThis resource offers the parish staff, pastoral council, and marriage committee an opportunity to worktogether.Time FrameSet by those involved.CostThis will vary dependent upon decisions that are made.Suggestions/CommentsParishes may want to take one area at a time and develop a plan rather than try to accomplish too much atonce.Contact: Maureen WoodPhone: 412-456-3160Email: mwood@diopitt.org
Marriage Building Parishes Assessment ToolProduced by the National Association of Catholic Family Life Ministers for Implementing the U.S. Bishops’ PastoralInitiative for MarriageThe purpose of this Assessment Tool is to generate creative ideas, discussion and resources to helpimprove the way a parish intentionally views and strengthens marriage throughout the life cycle. Within eachparticular Building Block is a list of statements to help assess a given parishes current efforts, leading a Parishto selecting and prioritizing future steps to becoming more of a Marriage-Building Parish. Each containnumerous ideas and choices, and you may add ones that are not included.1. ASSESS PARISH’S CURRENT EFFORTS. Have the pastor, deacons, staff and marriage ministryteam complete the assessment for each Building Block independently and list their three top prioritiesfor each Building Block.2. ESTABLISH AREAS OF PRIORITY. If you are working with a committee, gather the committeeand compare priorities listed under each Building Block. Individually, or as a group select whichBuilding Block(s) will be your first priorities to develop. While each is important, it might be toooverwhelming to tackle all eight Building Blocks at one time. Once selected, invite members tocompare answers and share why they chose the answers they did. Second, have each individual givetheir top three priorities and why. After each person has had an opportunity to discuss, findcommonalities in the priorities chosen and come to a consensus on which three take precedence.3. CONSIDER RESOURCES AND MAKE BUILDING PLANS. Following each Building Blockthere is information on many of the Resources and Programs available to assist you in your BuildingPlans. Be certain to check out the USCCB website www.foryourmarriage.org for further ideas andwww. NACFLM.org for a sample scoring sheet to be used with this assessment, helpful worksheetsfor Building Plans and other information that will be available in the coming year.4. BUILD A “MARRIAGE-BUILDING” PARISH. Don’t forget to assign responsibilities(individuals/couples, committees, movements, etc); establish timelines, budgets, resource and materialneeds and your desired outcomes for each priority.* A copy of “Marriage Building Parishes Assessment and Resource Guide” has been sent to each parish.Many resources to assist parish staff with marriage ministry can be found in the guide.* See next eight pages for the Building Blocks: Building Leadership, Forming Youth and Young Adults,Preparing for Sacramental Marriage, Creating a Culture of Life, Strengthening the Married, PastoralCaring for those in Need, Divorce Healing for Spouses and Children, Worshipping and Prayer.
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FIFTH TASKPREPARE CHRISTIANS TO LIV
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First Task of Adult Faith Formation
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