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Register for Listening Session
As part of the ongoing strategic process for "All Things New," the Archdiocese will be hosting listening sessions for each parish during the months of October and November. Each listening session will be facilitated by volunteers from a different parish. These trained facilitators will share pre-recorded messages from Archbishop Rozanski and Fr. Chris Martin, Vicar for Strategic Planning, with an overview of "All Things New," a planning area overview, multiple DRAFT model options to consider for the respective planning area, and facilitation of large-group feedback.
The listening sessions for St. Stephen Protomartyr are:
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 6 p.m-8 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 3, 6 p.m.-8 p.m.
You must register ahead of time in order to attend one of the sessions. Please register for only one. Space is limited, and the information presented at both is the same.
The goals of the listening sessions are to engage as many parishioners as possible in understanding the current state of our parishes and diocese and to solicit feedback about the DRAFT model options for their planning area.
After the final listening session in each planning area, the Archdiocese will make public the content presented at all of the listening sessions in that planning area and will offer an additional opportunity for open-ended feedback through an online survey. That survey will remain open until December 31, 2022. Feedback on the models is critical, as it will be used to help shape the future of the Archdiocese.
In order for you to be fully prepared with accurate information before our parish listening sessions, please review our Parish Workbook prior to attending a listening session. The Parish Workbooks are designed to provide relevant demographic, ministerial, and financial data about the Archdiocese, our local planning area, and our specific parish. The data contained in the Parish Workbook was created by the Pastoral Planning Committee and validated by pastors and Key Parish Leaders over the past several months. The workbooks incorporate data gathered over the past 20 years from parishes across the Archdiocese and highlight historical trends which inform future projections for parish life.
These workbooks lay out the important data that has led to the DRAFT models which will be presented.
The Archdiocesan "All Things New" team provided us this FAQ about the strategic initiative. These are clear and helpful descriptions of the reasons for this initiative and what to expect from the rest of the process. -
Education Survey Results
The Education Survey included questions for a variety of audiences including: school parents, alumni/volunteers/donors, school faculty and staff, PSR parents, and PSR catechists.
It was completed anonymously and did not require specification of any individual school or parish; therefore results are not specific to any school or religious education program. The results are overarching themes across the Archdiocese identified by survey respondents.
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Disciple Maker Index Survey REsults
This past Lenten season, our parish took part in a 75-question survey administered by the Catholic Leadership Institute, as part of the All Things New strategic plan for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. The Disciple Maker Index (DMI) survey is designed to capture information regarding attitudes, beliefs, relationships, satisfaction, participation, and demographics, using a quantitative tool that can be used for benchmarking and trending information.
At St. Stephen Protomartyr, 384 people participated in the survey. Thank you for letting your voices be heard! A summary of key strengths and opportunities is provided in the graphics below. Based on the average October Sunday Mass count from 2015-2021, about 60% of Mass-going Catholics participated in the DMI survey in the Archdiocese of St. Louis. This is above the national average for other dioceses who have taken the DMI.
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Our representatives
Father Ron Hopmeir, Pastor
Mary Regan, Pastoral Associate and Point of Contact
Christy Biundo, Key Parish Leader
Brooks Goedeker, Key Parish Leader
Leigh Manalang, Key Parish Leader
Andrew Rettig, Key Parish Leader
Gary Stoff, Key Parish Leader