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Diocese of Worcester GROUP Questionnaire for Synod 2023

Consultative Experiences

The following questions are based on your experiences with a variety of consultations which occurred over the past decade in the Diocese of Worcester. Please read those examples online by clicking here and scrolling to "Local Input Efforts" before beginning the survey.
1.Please identify the name of your group, parish and town (e.g. Synod gathering at St. Elsewhere, in Anytown, MA) If you are seeking to provide input as an individual, please use the Survey For Individual Input available on the diocesan website.
2.After having read the examples of consultative experiences, were you aware of any of them?
3.Did you participate in any of them? If so, please identify which one(s)
4.In order to understand better that experience,  what fruits did it bear?  Name at least one positive experience or success. Name at least one negative experience or failure.
5.How might the Diocese do a better job of listening to parishioners? Please limit to a few phrases or sentences.
6.If you participated in a consultative process in your parish (e.g. Finance Council or Pastoral Council) what fruits did it bear? Name at least one positive experience. Name at least one Negative experience or failure.
7.How might your parish do a better job listening to the parishioners in your parish? Please limit to a few phrases or sentences.
8.Which of the following do you read or watch to know what is happening in your parish or the diocese?
9.How well do you think you know your fellow parishioners as "companions on the journey" to deepen and spread the Catholic faith?