How is Planning Happening?

“With the help of God’s grace, the roadmap and pastoral plans will assist the archdiocese get to where it wants to go in developing a more effectual expression of its current and future state by asking: 

How are we doing?

Where do we want to enhance and enrich our community? 

and where do we need 
new adventures?”

Daniel Cardinal DiNardo, 
Previous Archbishop of 
Galveston-Houston

As our archdiocese grows in numbers and diversity, the archdiocese has been following a roadmap to promote active involvement and collaboration in achieving the mission of the Church - 

to address the hopes and needs of the faithful and positively impact our current reality. 

This roadmap, expressed in the Archdiocesan Pastoral Plan, is the reference Parish Pastoral Councils can use to assess their community’s spiritual needs that will then drive the planning process, and translate into more vibrant parish experiences that ultimately help us to fulfill the goal of the Universal Church: be one with Christ.

Click here to read Vibrant Parish Experiences from your fellow Catholics!

The Holy Spirit gives us gifts to strengthen us for the good works we are called to do.

Incredible things happen when we work together and are open to more possibilities. We can encourage people of all ages to build a spirituality of communion that resonates within parishes, across communities, and throughout the Archdiocese and the Catholic Church.

Consider we are heirs of a profound tradition that can be traced two thousand years back. 

From the most recent saints, popes and faithful, back to the Renaissance, to the early times of the Apostles dining with Jesus Christ, we strive to live in love, as he loves us. Your parish most likely is dedicated to a saint. How does your parish pastoral council honor his / her charism and exceptional qualities in your daily life?

Are you ready to hear God’s call, 

and lead the process that will take the spiritual life in your parish closer Him?  Community process and intentionality will get you there. You need a plan, and we want you to succeed. Start today.