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Dear Parishioner:
Again this year, the Parish Pastoral Council asks for your feedback about Immaculate Heart of Mary and many facets of parish life. Your assistance in providing periodic feedback and direction to IHM is important. It helps us understand how effectively the parish ministers to you, gives us actionable guidance on a range of important topics and allows us to monitor the “pulse of the parish.”
Last year, your thoughtful feedback resulted in several important projects and changes. We re-energized our Newcomers Group to ensure we integrate effectively new parishioners into parish life. We made significant enhancements to our website to improve communication across the parish as well as within our many committees and ministries. And we made several changes to the way our school communicates with parents.
We don’t know what you’ll tell us this year, but be assured that we will respond prayerfully to your feedback. With your help, we will continue to make IHM a vibrant Catholic community with the Gospel of Jesus Christ as our guide where we strengthen our spirituality and deepen our relationships with God.
All adults 18 years and older are invited to complete the survey, which should take approximately 20-25 minutes to complete. Your participation in the survey is voluntary and your responses are strictly confidential. Data from this research will be reported only in the aggregate. We will share a summary report with the parish in late summer. In addition, the Parish Pastoral Council will review the report and create specific follow-up action plans where appropriate.
If you have questions at any time about the survey or the procedures, please contact Joe Meyer by email at [email protected] or 251-6162.
Thank you very much for your time and support. To complete the survey once, please click on the Continue button below.
Yours in Christ,
Fr. Bob Sims Pastor Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
Ray Kennedy President, Pastoral Council Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION Demographics and Parish Information |
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Please complete this survey by clicking on the answer or answers that best represent your situation, impression or opinion for the question. This first section covers some background and demographic data that will be aggregated and used to analyze the responses by selected groups to help us in identifying any concerns or opportunities by various demographic or parish groups. |
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How long have you been a member of IHM parish? |
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Please fill in ages for you and your family.
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Please rate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statements.
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In which ministry/ministries or programs are you currently involved? PLEASE CHECK ALL THAT APPLY. |
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Worship/Liturgy (Eucharistic Minister, Liturgical Music, Usher, Lector, etc.)
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Community (Scouts, parish school sports, MOMS, Newcomers, Men's Group, etc.)
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Outreach/Sharing (Lucious, soup kitchen, community garden, Honduras, Refugees, St. Anthony, etc.)
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Administration - Pastoral Council, Parish commissions, HSA,etc.)
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Education/Formation (Parish school/activities, Religious education, Christ Renews His Parish, Sunday Family Faith, Adult education-RCIA, Youth Ministry, Home and School Association, etc.)
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I am not currently involved in any parish ministry
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Please tell us in the questions below in which of the parish outreach programs you currently participate OR those you would be interested in learning more about.
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Please indicate how likely you would be to recommend IHM to your friends or relatives as a good parish to join? |
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| You said you would be "extremely or very likely" to recommend IHM as a parish. What does the IHM parish and the people in the parish do particularly well to earn your recommendation? | | |
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| You said that you would NOT be "extremely or very likely" to recommend IHM parish, what would IHM parish and parish members need to do for you to be more likely to recommend the parish? | | |
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Do you have a child at IHM School? |
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Please check for which grades you have children in at IHM school.
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Do you have a child that attends a K-8th grade school OTHER than IHM School? |
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Which school or schools do your children attend? Please check all that apply. |
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Overall Positives and Areas for Improvement |
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| Overall, what do you feel are the strengths of the parish? What do we do really well? | | |
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The final question is: Are there any areas you are passionate about and would like to be involved in? If so, please check as many circles below as appropriate, and enter your name and phone number or email address in the box below. You will be contacted by the appropriate person for that ministry. |
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