Leadership Groups Talk about Chartering

Remember that perfectly warm weather we had about a week ago? Some fellow parishioners gave up half of their gorgeous Saturday to work on some important parish work. The Parish Finance Council, Parish Facilities Team, the School Board, the Parish Stewardship Council, Father Kastl, and Monsignor Dorney got together to write charters for each group. 

Father Kastl has been attending classes from the Catholic Leadership Institute for a program called Good Shepherds, Good Leaders since June 2009. (Side note: He graduated this past week. Congratulations, Father!)  He invited one of his teachers from this program to facilitate this Friday night/Saturday morning meeting.

The purpose of creating a charter for these parish leadership groups is to help establish or reassess their goals and purposes. It's something many businesses and individuals do every day to maintain a successful and productive focus on their work. A key part of the exact process these groups underwent is an emphasis on the spiritual aspect of each team; this brought up a lot of great conversations.

The chartering process is just a part of the work Monsignor and Father are doing to ensure a smooth transition through several new parish employees and a new head pastor in the coming months.

Thank you to all who attended!