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Catholic Family Services  • Catholic Schools •  Catholic Charities  • Vocation Awareness  •  Office of Adult Faith Formation and Evangelization  •  Sisters and Priest Retirement  •  At Home With the Church • Theology on Tap  • Discipleship Camp • Native American Ministries • St Thomas More Newman Center, Vermillion •  Friends of Faith  •  Project Rachel  •  Operation Andrew

How are Parish Goals Set
Methodology for Setting Parish Goals

The method for establishing parish and diocesan goals was presented to the Diocesan Presbyterial Council in the fall of 1994. This method was approved then by this council and put into place in 1995. The formula is as follows: 

STEP ONE:    This step will most accurately indicate a Parish’s ability to give its “CFSA Share” under current conditions.  Using the most current Fiscal Year Ending Reports, determine each Parish's Annual Ordinary = Income as a Percent of the Total Annual Ordinary Income of all Parishes in the Diocese.
 
Parish's Annual Ordinary = Income     

%

Total all Parishes' Annual Ordinary Income
 

STEP TWO: This step will most accurately indicate a Per-Capita "CFSA  Share". [Using an average of Reported Census and The Bishop's Bulletin Mailing List] determine each Parish's Census as a Percent of the Total Number of Households in the Diocese.

Number of Households in Parish      

%

Total Number of Households in Diocese 

STEP THREE: Average the Percents in Steps One and Two.  The result is the Percent of the Total Diocesan CFSA Goal that is the Parish's “CFSA Share".

Annual ordinary income is:

• Offerings collected (Cash and Envelopes)

• Interest Earnings (Checking, Savings, Endowments)

• Annual Fund-Raising Activities

• Group Activity transfers to Parish (Altar Society, KCs, etc.)

• Special Parish Collections (Fuel, Upkeep)

• Facility Rental Earnings

• Parish Owned Property Rental and Farm Income (Net of Expenses)

• Catholic School Income (School Expenses are paid from Ordinary Income)

Exclusions from Annual Ordinary Income are:

• Special Offerings/Collections that are "IN-OUT" (Missions, Peter's Pence, etc.)

• The “Corpus" or Principal of one-time Planned Deferred Gifts (Bequests, etc.) 

Deductions of paid from Annual Ordinary Income are:

• Debt Reduction Payments

• Catholic School Expenses

• Charitable Gifts of the Parish (Missions, Sister Parish, Parishioners in need, etc.) 

Goal increase/decrease limitation:

Parish Goals are limited to an increase or decrease of 15% in each of the next 3 years as a phase-in period of the Formula. (An exception may need to be made in Parishes experiencing large population changes, that is, increases or decreases exceeding 15%) The formula includes offertory income and parish household; not building funds or any other parish income source.

Goal Worksheet






Catholic Family Services  • Catholic Schools •  Catholic Charities  • Vocation Awareness  •  Office of Adult Faith Formation and Evangelization  •  Sisters and Priest Retirement  •  At Home With the Church • Theology on Tap  • Discipleship Camp • Native American Ministries • St Thomas More Newman Center, Vermillion •  Friends of Faith  •  Project Rachel  •  Operation Andrew
Catholic Family Services  • Catholic Schools •  Catholic Charities  • Vocation Awareness  •  Office of Adult Faith Formation and Evangelization  •  Sisters and Priest Retirement  •  At Home With the Church • Theology on Tap  • Discipleship Camp • Native American Ministries • St Thomas More Newman Center, Vermillion •  Friends of Faith  •  Project Rachel  •  Operation Andrew