Goal: Increase Full, Conscious, and Active Participation in Sunday Mass
Objectives
- To evaluate evangelization efforts across the diocese and in each parish, and to provide training and resources to improve effectiveness
- To enhance teaching about and build the practice of prayer and liturgy in our Catholic schools, religious education programs, adult faith formation efforts, and all forms of sacramental preparation
- To provide resources for the ongoing liturgical formation of the assembly
- To implement a diocesan-wide media strategy for inviting people to gather each week for the celebration of the Eucharist
- To cultivate attitudes and practices of inclusivity and hospitality toward all
- To improve the skills of clergy, parish liturgy committees and liturgical ministers for preparing and celebrating the liturgy in ways which facilitate an encounter with Christ in the Eucharistic elements, in the Word, in the priest-celebrant and in the assembly when it sings and prays
- To strengthen the ability of clergy to preach effectively and in ways that are relevant to their parish communities
- To make explicit the connection between Eucharist and mission
