The development of this new Parish Communicators group is one of the initiatives in the Strategic Vision that will move us toward our goal of “placing communications and technology on an equal level to other areas of ministry and congregational life and offering opportunities for professional development in every congregation and faith community across the diocese.”
On February 10, 2025, we gathered the lay and clergy leadership of our small and mid-sized congregations for their fourth
In the late summer, the Diocesan Youth Commission issued a congregational survey about ministry to children, families, youth, and young adults. The main purpose of the survey was to learn who was doing these ministries in our congregations and identify people to invite to an expanded First Third of Life Commission, one of the initiatives in the Strategic Vision.
As announced in October, the Strategic Visioning Team presented their recommendations to the diocese’s governing bodies. Diocesan Council has reviewed and discussed these recommendations, and at their November 8 meeting voted unanimously to approve them.
A year after the Diocese of Newark launched a visioning process in September 2022, the Strategic Visioning Team presented their recommendations to the diocese’s governing bodies. Their final report is now in the hands of Diocesan Council, which has principal oversight for deciding how the recommended goals and initiatives will be implemented.
