Catholic Diocese of Biloxi

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Synod 2021 - 2023

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  We ask that you answer any or all of the below questions from the personal experiences you've had at your parish! None of the responses are required. If you would like to remain anonymous with your comments, please leave the information section at the end blank.
  
  We will leave this form active until the end of March 2022. After that date, we ask that you submit any further comments to your parish directly.
  
  WE GREATLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND YOUR PARISH LISTENING SESSION AND GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK THERE FIRST!
  To find out when your parish listening is scheduled, please check your parish web site/social media, bulletin, or contact your parish.
Synod 2021-2023 Survey
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  1a.) How are our parish communities (families, ministries, schools) in the service of Evangelization?
  
  1b.) How can our parish communities become more evangelizing?
  
  Evangelizing Parishes...
  
  are welcoming and accessible
  
  promote a sense of ownership of parish activities
  
  involve parishioners in setting a vision for the parish
  
  regularly assess their performance
  
  have Sunday liturgies that satisfy the spiritual needs of parishioners and send them forth for service
  
  address the needs of multilingual and multicultural communities at mass
  
  train parishioners to be evangelizers
  
  reach out to bring Catholics back to the Church
  
  reach out to attract new members
  
  are attentive to the needs of others
  
  engage in the work of justice and racial equality
  
  2a.) How are our parish communities (families, ministries, schools) forming missionary disciples who know Jesus’ love and respond to his call?
  
  2b.) How our parish communities increase their efforts to make disciples?
  
  Parishes that form missionary disciples...
  
  provide resources and experiences that facilitate a personal encounter with Jesus
  
  proclaim the core message of the faith (the “kerygma”)
  
  offer meaningful life-long formation for discipleship
  
  provide resources and experiences for learning how to pray, especially with sacred Scripture
  
  encourage faith-sharing in small groups
  
  effectively meet the need for adult faith formation
  
  accompany married couples in living out their vocation throughout their marriage
  
  help married couples recognize and respond to the call to discipleship in their marriage
  
  are responsive to the spiritual needs of those who are single, separated, divorced or widowed
  
  strengthen the tie between discipleship, love for neighbor, and joyful service
  
  3a.) How are our parish communities (families, ministries, schools) forming youth and young adults into missionary disciples?
  
  3b.) How can our parish communities improve their formation efforts?
  
  Parishes that form youth and young adults into missionary disciples:
  
  equip and assist families in forming children as disciples who know and love Jesus and his Church
  
  equip families to accompany other families on their discipleship journey
  
  give pre-teens and teenagers a personal encounter with Jesus
  
  teach pre-teens and teenagers how to pray
  
  recognize and teach that youth and young adults can and do experience Jesus’ call to discipleship
  
  have Catholic schools and religious education programs that facilitate a personal encounter with Jesus
  
  have sacramental preparation programs that open young hearts to God’s grace and his call to personal discipleship
  
  minister effectively to college-age Catholics, single young adults, young married couples, and young families
  
  open Church structures to the insights of young adults
  
  use social media to nourish young adults
  
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