“Rebuild Our Parish” Committee  

The “Rebuild Our Parish” (ROP) committee was established from a core of skilled volunteers to address immediate needs and opportunities. It is a temporary committee charged with examining, and making recommendations for improving, all aspects of Parish functioning. The short-term functions have focused on establishing structures that will enable broader efforts. Those efforts are complementary to those of Parish Council, and are intended to ensure long-term capability and strength for SFA infrastructure.

Committee Tasks

Communications

- Establish a centralized communication “hub” system that can interface with existing systems and can be expanded as the Parish infrastructure changes and grows.

Mass Experience

- Ensure a meaningful experience for the breadth of the Parish

Committee Optimization

- Assess Parish needs and establish a committee structure, and member capabilities, to meet those needs.

Brand/Message

- Identify the Parish “personality”, building on strengths

Finance

- Assess needs and explore options for meeting current and future needs.

Engagement

- Build capabilities to support Parish and community engagement

Committee Values and Culture

Be curious, not judgmental . - Walt Whitman

• We will be open-minded and seeking of answers and input. We will not enter a decision or discussion assuming that we have the “right” or only answer.
• We will seek to learn from the past by understanding decisions and situations.
• We will seek to learn the present needs and desires of the Parish.
• We will build processes and policies accordingly.

Humble

• Our service is for the advancement of the Parish and the Catholic Church, not ourselves.

Inclusive

• We will be inclusive of people, ideas, opinions, and observations

Responsive

• We will endeavor to respond to input and questions among the committee and the parish, recognizing the impossibility (in the near term) of responding individually to everything.

Enabling

• We will work to provide the means and mechanisms for necessary interactions and exchanges.

Bold

• We believe that significant change is needed and will think and act accordingly, when required

Respectful

• We will be respectful of each other, of members of other committees, and the collective efforts of current and past committees and administrators.

“Assumption of Good Intent”

• We will assume that all people involved have, and had, good intent for the future of SFA and those working on its reform and maintenance.

Empirical and analytical

• We will endeavor, at reasonable cost, to
• work from data and not opinion
• ensure information is suitably assessed and analyzed

Refined

• We will endeavor to think, deliberate, and communicate in a refined manner, using outlets/forums that are amenable to thoughtful, inclusive, and respectful communication.

Open and Communicative

• We will endeavor, at reasonable cost, to provide relevant information to the Parish.