Monday, March 11, 2019

Diocesan Multi-Deanery Meeting to discuss the Fair Share of Sacred Gifts to the Diocese

Parish Clergy and Lay Leaders of St. Mary's Church, Cathedral Road

On Tuesday, March 19th at 6:30 at St. Peters, Glenside, will be the last of three multi-Deanery meetings (Bucks, Pennypack, Montgomery, Wissahickon) to discuss the Fair Share of Sacred Gifts the parishes give to the Offices of the Diocese.  These meetings are in response to the Bishop’s 2019 Budget request to work with the parishes to develop a multi-year plan to eliminate the deficit in the Diocesan budget while maintaining the Diocesan commitment to mission and vision.  It will be a unique opportunity for parish clergy and lay leaders to understand the issues facing the Diocese financially and to most importantly have their voices heard in how their participation will be developed for the next several years to help balance the Diocesan Budget.

As the title of the meeting suggests, this meeting is a discussion.  We will be sharing information on the financial issues of the Diocese and soliciting input & comment from parishes on how they think they can participate in helping with issues.  Once all three meetings have been held we will use that information received from the parishes to develop the 2020 Diocesan budget and a multi-year strategy to finally balance the Diocesan budget.

The link to the event

I encourage the clergy and lay leaders of your Parish to attend this important event. If any are unable to attend the second to last scheduled Discussion on Fair Share meeting is scheduled as follows and open to all:

Thursday, March 14th – Good Samaritan, 212 West Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, 6.30
Deaneries: Brandywine, Merion, & Valley Forge

The link to the March 14th event

I look forward to any questions you may have.

Thank you for your support.

Doug
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Douglas J. Horner
Canon for Finance & Business
3717 Chestnut Street, Suite 300
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215.621.8318

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