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Ideas that emerged from statements
such as:
- In what ways might we improve communication throughout the Archdiocese?
- In what ways might we promote inclusion with better communication?
- In what ways might we be better informed?
- Use of web site
- Update technology - maximize all methods
- Obtain electronic contributions - get into the future
- Establish an Archdiocese hotline to chat with diocese to become one community in kindness, understanding and love
- Publish youth activities (also on Web)
- Make media facilities available
- Improvement of communication, inter-diocesan and across the country - Bishop to Bishop (plus diocesan administration) to pastoral councils (the grassroots)
- Local communication improvement also, not just Archdiocese, not just priests, but all of us
- Use phone trees (home/school/parish)
- All of us encourage communication between the elderly and young to promote understanding
- Lay people need more information, consistently
- Personal communication to promote understanding, involvement and growth
- List Catholic Internet sites that parents/students can access
- Mass on T.V.
- Tune in to E.W.T.N. (Eternal Word Television Network)
- Have parish networks
- Information communication received on time
- Publish all necessary information in the bulletin of the parish
- When changes occur, consult the parishes, inform, explain. Example: reconciliation changes
- Improve dialogue with church hierarchy
- Decentralization
- Know how decisions are made
- When the parish makes a decision, the Diocese should support and follow through
- Letters to the priest only don't seem to be successful in getting information out to everyone
- Have clear direction from Archdiocese
- Remove the double standard in the Church
- Quit apologizing.
- Work together with common goal
- Have a consistent message from all Clergy
- Regain respect for the Clergy
- Be consistent
- One person on parish council to write to Bishop regularly - explaining needs, celebrations
- Keep people informed
- Listen to the laity - when a priest needs to be disciplined - parishioners know their priests
- Parish priests work hard with schools. Be more viable, accessible
- Empower our bishops to speak out publicly on topical issues
- We should get to know people in the Archdiocese to remove feeling of remoteness
- Clarification of Reconciliation - form - promote
- General Absolution is good for most - some priests do this, some do not
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