Priorities for 2009 - Outcome

Catechesis

• Continue recruitment and training/formation for Readers, including young readers
  •  Done and continuing
• Improve Eucharistic Ministers rosters, and continue training and recruitment.
  • Still needs work
• Develop adult formation within the parish.
  • Still needs work
• Continue to support Youth United, and develop further youth initiatives. 
  • Still needs work
• Continue youth masses. 
  • Not sufficient support
• Run Confirmation programme this year. 
  • Very successful
• Monitor new First Holy Communion plans with St Teresa's School. 
  • Very successful, and system for other schools (including Ludgrove) in place
• Make long term plans for Marriage Preparation.
  • Team strengthened

Liturgy

• Continue to consider parish music policy 
  • Still needs work
• Continue to develop parish liturgy 
  • Ongoing
• Consider future parish pilgrimages
  • Very successful
• Develop altar servers training and co-ordination
  • Coming on well

Outreach

• Improve publicity for and knowledge of CTW events and activities. 
  • Still needs work
• Continue to raise awareness and encourage support for Fairtrade. 
  • Done successfully
• Explore how Bamenda should fit with CCAF and CAFOD within Outreach. 
  • Done
• Consider establishing support for local needy in Wokingham.
  • Still needs work

Welcoming

• Update 'Welcome Pack' (annually).
  • Done
• Improve new parishioners' procedures.
  • Pending
• Run New Parishioners Party (biennial).
  • Done
• Continue to introduce more social activities.
  • Done successfully
• Consider ways to make church porch more 'welcoming'.
  • Church Improvements Committee set up
• Consider improving the church exterior.
  • Church Improvements Committee set up

Pastoral Care

• Continue to monitor parish special needs.
  • New plans under way
• Examine the need for a Carers Support Group and establish when necessary. 
  • Still pending
• Develop co-ordinated sick visiting/assistance system. 
  • Under consideration
• Continue to support all parish activities where children are involved (CP). 
  • Very busy
• Continue to build bereavement support activities.
  • Very active

Administration

• Refresh and re-publicise Keenan Rooms procedures, and introduce changes where necessary.
  • Done
• Review Keenan Rooms storage.
  • Done
• Review support for parish secretary.
  • In hand

Communications

• Develop a feedback mechanism from parishioners to PPC.
• Re-organise notice boards.
• Continue to develop parish web site.
• Increase awareness & use of the parish calendar.
  • Communications now revamped with new web site launched, Magazine suspended.  Newsletter may be changed, notice boards need work

St Teresa's School

• Continue to improve parish/school liaison.
  • In hand

PPC General

• Continue to ensure PPC members are known to the parish.
  • Ongoing

Pastoral Area

• Continue to develop the PA, in accordance with Diocesan plans.
  • In hand.  Bishop generally happy with progress