1. Saint Teresa of Avila Meeting 2 Wednesday, March 9, 2016

2. AGENDA Opening Prayer Welcome and Introductions Making Christ’s Mission Our Own Pearls of Great Price Survey Results Questions and Next Steps Closing Prayer Meeting 2 1

3. INTRODUCTIONS Please share: Name Most meaningful Bible story Meeting 2 2

4. 3 Making Christ’s Mission Our Own Meeting 2

5. 4 MISSION AT THE HEART OF PARISH LIFE Small Group Discussion Questions (~7-8 minutes): What do I understand to be the mission and ministry of Jesus? How is our parish serving as a missionary today? What are the challenges / roadblocks that may be getting in the way of serving as missionaries in our communities? Meeting 2

6. 5 PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE Meeting 3

7. 6 PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE - EXAMPLE EXAMPLE: Parish: St. Barbara in Brookfield, IL Pearl of Great Price: Each year, the St. Barbara holds a Pentecost vigil. The parish keeps a fire burning from the Saturday evening Mass through the final Mass on Sunday morning. As a source of inspiration: St. Barbara used the Pentecost vigil as a source of inspiration for its Mission Narrative and action plan. They identified themselves as “People of the Pentecost” who are called to serve, evangelize, and catechize. Meeting 3

8. 7 PEARLS OF GREAT PRICE Small groups (15 minutes) Write down your ideas for Pearls of Great Price on post it notes. As a small group, discuss why you believe the idea on each post-it note it is a Pearl of Great Price for the parish Select the (2) ideas you believe are the parish’s greatest pearls and prepare to present them to the group Meeting 3

9. Powered by St. Teresa of Avila Survey Results

10.  Total Responses

11. French and Portuguese

17. Preferred Method to Contribute Appropriate amount of money to contribute to the parish (as a % of family income)? Is your parish in your will?

18. Marital Status

19. 18 Meeting 2 Qualitative Survey Responses

20. 19 Meeting 2 Questions?

21. 20 NEXT STEPS Read and reflect upon pages though 37 of the Mission Workbook in preparation for our next meeting Next Parish Transformation meeting: Wednesday, March 16 7-9pm Meeting 2