A VISION FOR THE PARISH As our parish begins the work of pastoral planning, we will be charged to look to the future of the parish. In the next three to five years, how will our parish look and act differently? How will we be living out the purpose of the Church which was given to us by Christ: Go into the whole world and proclaim the Good News to all of creation. —Mark 16:15 The Envisioning Team, our pastoral planning leadership body, will work to create a parish vision that will answer these questions. The parish vision is a statement of hope that summarizes the way in which we will bring our mission to life. Accomplishing our parish vision for the future will not be a simple task. It will only be accomplished through much prayer, discernment, and work towards bringing about the mission of Christ. REMINDER: The universal distribution date for DMI results has been established for the weekend of August 19/20, 2023. All parishes in the diocese will use a common template to publish their individual results. The weekend of August 26/27, 2023 aggregate results for the entire diocese will be published in parish bulletins.