Pastoral Plan for HisPanic Ministry / From Guests to Hosts Hispanic ...

Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry / From Guests to Hosts2. Develop pastoral plans by deaneries specifying the waysin which they will minister to the needs of Spanishspeakingpeoples within the deanery through the provisionof liturgies and sacraments.3. Provide parishes with materials to educate the parishcommunities to value and participate in bilingual celebrationsand appreciate the different ways and traditionsthe various communities celebrate.4. Train liturgical ministers and musicians for bilingual andmulticultural liturgical celebrations.5. Establish new Spanish language/bilingual choirs in parishcommunities and provide support for existing ones.Objective 10.2.2: Develop and support apostolic movementsthat have particular relevance in the prayer life of the Hispaniccommunity.Action Steps:1. Make facilities available, as appropriate, to church relatedapostolic groups that encourage the growth in faithof parishioners.2. Meet with the parish leadership of the apostolic movementson a regular basis to offer pastoral advice and supportand to promote both the unity of the parish and asense of welcome and belonging.Part IiiGo a l 10.2: Welcome Hispanic parishioners into allaspects of parish life.Objective 10.2.1: Welcome Hispanics into parish life throughcelebrations and sacraments sensitive to their needs, cultureand traditions.Action Steps:1. Celebrate blessings and other popular religious customsin parish settings, especially during regularly-scheduledparish liturgies.2. Identify or develop, and make available resources (rituals,prayers, blessings, and explanations) for populardevotions (e.g., presentaciones, tres años, novenas,promesas, processions, quinceañera celebrations, specialmasses, etc.) in collaboration with the Vicar for HispanicMinistry.3. Publicly recognize lay people, including Hispanics, forliturgical ministries in the presence of the entire community.4. Develop bicultural or multicultural planning committeesfor major liturgical celebrations during the liturgicalyear in parishes where the liturgies are celebrated inSpanish.5. Compile a list of major Hispanic religious feasts, to includethose specific to cultures other than Mexican, andrecommend ways in which these feasts should be celebratedat archdiocesan, deanery and/or parish levels, incollaboration with the Vicar for Hispanic Ministry andthe Office of the Vicar for Clergy.Objective 10.2.3: Develop and implement liturgical andspiritual formation programs for Spanish-speaking and bilingualmembers of the parish.Action Steps:1. Develop and offer days of reflection, retreats, seminarsand holy hours for Spanish-speaking parishioners andencourage their participation, in collaboration with thepastors.2. Develop and implement a series of workshops on prayerand spirituality for the Hispanic community.3. Develop and promote spiritual retreat opportunities inSpanish that will be offered to the general public, in collaborationwith The Palisades Retreat Center.4. Encourage Hispanic Catholics to work with the CatholicYouth Organization (CYO) for the use of archdiocesancamp facilities.Objective 10.2.4: Provide guidelines and programs that respondto particular sacramental needs of Hispanic Catholics.1. Develop celebrations in Spanish of sacraments, especiallythe sacraments of initiation when there are largenumbers.2. Develop guidelines for the celebration of sacramentalsas they relate to major feast days.3. Prepare guidelines for the celebration of Quinceañerasand Presentaciones.32