From a Maintenance to a Missional Parish - Reading Guide

1. If you had only one word or phrase to describe the purpose of your parish, what would it be?
2. If your parishioners had only one word to describe the purpose of your parish, what would it be? (You may want to ask ten people after Mass.)
3. At present, what types of activities take up most of the time, talent, and treasure of your parish?
4. What does the Titanic story (p.18) suggest to us about the consequences of our own identity crisis?
5. How does your parish live out the command to make disciples? How do you personally live it out?
6. How do people in your parish speak about Jesus? Do they speak about a relationship with Jesus, or is it an intellectual knowledge about Jesus that is shared?
7. How have you encountered Jesus in your life (e.g., through Sacraments, prayer, people, ministry, devotion)?
8. What is the hope for the future of your parish, as you begin to dream of renewal in your Church?