The next round of meetings throughout the Diocese, to take place from March 13 through April 6, will focus on Critical Issues . Over 900 invitations were sent out to those whose e-mail addresses were given to us. You will receive confirmation of your subscription. During the months of January and February, the Planning Team met with the Advisory Council, the Bishop's Executive Committee and the Council of Priests to review data and information gathered about projected population growth and changes in Santa Clara County and how they might be likely to impact the work of the churches. Members of these two groups offered helpful suggestions for refining the current data and for questions that need to be explored further.
Some demographic information is available online.
The month of January is very busy with SWOT meetings. Each of the Deaneries has been asked to schedule SWOT discussion times for their parishioners and parish staff. Additionally, there will be Spanish-language SWOTs and a few other meetings for groups in the Diocese that have expressed interest in participating. The other area of intensive work this January is in finalizing the data charts. The Advisory Council meets on January 27th and the Planning Team will have data to present to them.