On Thursday this past week, our strategic planning process received some renewed energy. After Listening Sessions held around the Archdiocese last spring, the Leadership Team (Department Heads of Archdiocesan Staff) spent several months studying and summarizing the results and developed from them the Mission, Vision, Values and a set of Read more
As reported on this blog, a few weeks ago, the Leadership and Management Teams met to further define each of the priorities of our pastoral plan. We now wish to publish the summary of this plan for one more round of public feedback. Besides this blog, we will publish on Read more
Today, our parish staffing task force met in Casper. Much information has been compiled through parish surveys, parish listening sessions, and deanery clergy sessions. I am very grateful for the work of this group. This is the “second lung” of our strategic planning process. This task force is charged with Read more
There were several significant gatherings in Casper, yesterday. The Diocesan Pastoral Council, in their role of Leadership Team for the Diocesan Pastoral Planning process along with the diocesan management team and priority task force leaders spent the afternoon together at St. Patrick. This was the first time the task forces Read more
Since communication is one of the age-old challenges of the human experience, especially as Church, I wish to speak to the two-fold nature of the present strategic planning efforts currently underway in the diocese. The better known phase of the strategic planning is just that, we are currently working hard Read more
Our Strategic Pastoral Planning has entered the next phase. All parish listening sessions are now complete. Last night I was in Casper for the first of five deanery listening sessions. There was good representation from the deanery parishes. Nearly forty people were in attendance. The next four days I will Read more
It is official. With the presentation of my Vision Statement to the clergy of the diocese this week, our strategic pastoral planning process is underway. To read the Vision Statement, click here. With this Vision Statement, I set forth what I believe are our priorities. This is our starting point. Read more
After a very brief day of rest, I hit the road again on Monday. The Casper Catholic Community is celebrating the completion of a beautiful, new Catholic School these days. Monday evening, a very joyous crowd gathered to dedicate the chapel. For several years, a dedicated group of visionaries and Read more