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Pastoral Plan

 

Transforming Our Lives; Building our Church 2023-2028

The Pastoral Plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peterborough is being launched at Pentecost in 2023.  The launch followed a robust process of engaged conversation online and in person that is detailed here.

In every time and place, the Church must discern how to live our Lord’s commission to his first disciples, “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations.” (Mt. 28:19).  Each Diocese determines how best to achieve this mission with its own set of local circumstances, challenges and resources.  The task of “Transforming our Lives and Building our Church,” is ultimately the action of God and can only be achieved with His grace.  

Read the Diocesan Pastoral Plan, study it carefully and prayerfully reflect on how you can become involved in its implementation at your parish.  Let us continue to rely on the grace of the Lord Jesus: for, as St. Paul reminds us, “In him you are also being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.” (Eph 4:22).    Trusting in the divine providence which has guided us in the development of the Pastoral Plan and will surely accompany us in its implementation, let us commit to making this Pastoral Plan a living reality in each parish of the Diocese of Peterborough.  

 

PASTORAL PLAN

 

 

LINK TO BISHOP MIEHM'S PASTORAL LETTER, May 28 2023

 

PASTORAL PLANNING PRAYER

 

Pastoral Planning Prayer

 

 

MESSAGE FROM MOST REVEREND BISHOP MIEHM

 

Message from Most Reverend Bishop Miehm

 

OVERARCHING PRINCIPLES

 

Overarching Principles

 

GOALS

 

Goals

 

 

NEXT STEPS

 

Next Steps

 

 

IMPLEMENTATION AND TIMELINE

Implementation and Timeline

 

GOAL 1

Goal 1

 

GOAL 2
Goal 2
GOAL 3

Goal 3

 

GOAL 4

Goal 4

 

GOAL 5

Goal 5

 

GOAL 6

Goal 6

 

ACTION WORKSHEETS
Diocese of Peterborough Worksheet

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A Microsoft Word Fillable version of the Diocesan Action Worksheet is available on the Dashboard (Intranet.)

 

Parish Worksheet

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A Microsoft Word Fillable version of the Parish Action Worksheet is available on the Dashboard (Intranet.)

 

RESOURCES

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Resources page 2

 

BISHOP MIEHM'S PASTORAL LETTER

Most Reverend Bishop Miehm's Pastoral Letter was read at the Sunday Masses for the Feast of Pentecost, 2023.  The text of His Excellency's Pastoral Letter follows:

 

May 28, 2023

Solemnity of Pentecost

 

Dear Brothers and Sisters in the Diocese of Peterborough,

The great feast of Pentecost celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles, empowering them to carry out the mission that Jesus had given them.  For this reason, it is often called the birthday of the Church since, under the Spirit’s influence, the followers of Jesus began to carry the message of his Gospel to the world.

In St. Luke’s description of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit’s presence was evident in the sound of a mighty wind and the tongues of flame.   In the Old Testament, God often revealed his presence in fire and wind – and the Hebrew word for wind can also be equated to breath.  These are beautiful images that speak of how the Holy Spirit animates the Church: breathing his very life into us and igniting the flame of faith so that the Church in every age may do God’s work and reveal His love to the world.

I am pleased that on this feast of Pentecost 2023, we are inaugurating our Diocesan Pastoral Plan which charts a course for our activity and ministry in the next five years.  Titled “Transforming our Lives; Building our Church,” it is the fruit of prayerful discussion and discernment over the past two years, in parish, regional and diocesan meetings.  In our listening to the Holy Spirit through those discussions with each other, we have identified six pastoral goals and specific strategies to help achieve them at the diocesan and parish levels.  Great autonomy has been given to each parish to determine the strategies that will best work in their circumstances.  It is my prayerful hope that clergy and parishioners in each parish will embrace this Diocesan Pastoral Plan and consider best how to make it “live and breathe” in their local community.  

The Diocesan Pastoral Plan has been published on our website.  It is concise and well laid out, so I encourage you to take a few moments to read it.  I also offer my sincere thanks to the members of the Diocesan Pastoral Planning Committee and to all those who offered input or joined in the discussion sessions that formed the basis of this plan. 

The Holy Spirit enabled the Apostles to do things they could not do on their own.  May that same Spirit empower us for the work of the Gospel, breathing life into this Diocesan Pastoral Plan and igniting us to realize its goals, as we carry on the mission of the Church. 

 

Yours in Christ,

 

Most Rev. Daniel Miehm

Bishop of Peterborough

 

DIOCESAN PASTORAL PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Diocesan Pastoral Planning Committee Members

These are the people who have served or continue to serve as members of the Diocesan Pastoral Planning Committee:

  • Most Reverend Bishop Miehm, Chair of the Committee
  • Msgr. Michael Heffernan, Vicar General, Diocesan Finance Council member
  • Jeannie Armstrong, Superintendent of Special Education and Faith/Equity, Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board
  • Fr. Gerard McMahon then Fr. Craig Cruikshank, Dean of the Southern Deanery
  • Fr. Ron Meyer then Fr. Joseph Devereaux, Dean of Central Deanery
  • Fr. Randy Foster, Dean of the City Deanery
  • Deacon Sean Gallagher
  • Anne Higgins, Southern Deanery layperson
  • Kathie Hogan. Northern Deanery layperson
  • Joanne Hough, Catholic Lay Organization Member, Past President CWL
  • Helena Lessard, Diocesan President of the Catholic Women's League / Central Deanery layperson
  • Fr. Tom Lynch, Priest and Principal of Sacred Heart College
  • Sr. Eileen McManus CSJ, Religious
  • Deb McRae, Director of Finance, Property, and Administration, Diocesan Finance Council member
  • Michael Nasello, Collaborative Consultation Resource
  • Fr. Jerry Tavares, Resource for Parishes
  • Deirdre Thomas, Assistant to the Bishop / Communications
  • Fr. Neil Campbell then Fr. Roy Villas, Dean of the Northern Deanery
  • Dr. Peter Dawson then Jacob Sullivan, City Deanery layperson

 

For more information, click PASTORAL PLANNING PROCESS.

For more resources, click PASTORAL PLANNING RESOURCES FOR PARISHES.

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