September 27, 2024

Orientation session aims to assist those new to parish ministry

Anita Bardo, left, the archdiocese’s coordinator of evangelization and discipleship, explains a point to Alejandra Aguilar, associate youth minister at St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis, during a ministry fair for new parish ministry leaders at the Archbishop Edward T. O’ Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis on Sept. 17. (Photo by John Shaughnessy)

Anita Bardo, left, the archdiocese’s coordinator of evangelization and discipleship, explains a point to Alejandra Aguilar, associate youth minister at St. Simon the Apostle Parish in Indianapolis, during a ministry fair for new parish ministry leaders at the Archbishop Edward T. O’ Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis on Sept. 17. (Photo by John Shaughnessy)

Criterion staff report

The archdiocese’s Department of Parish Leadership hosted an orientation session for new parish ministry leaders at the Archbishop Edward T. O’ Meara Catholic Center in Indianapolis on Sept. 17.

Focusing on leaders with less than three years of experience in their position, the orientation began with a morning Mass in the Blessed Sacrament chapel of SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis, followed by presentations on effective parish leadership, and included a fair featuring many of the archdiocesan ministries that offer support for parish leaders.

“We had two main hopes,” said Paul Sifuentes, senior director for the archdiocese’s Department of Parish Leadership, about the orientation session. “Number one was to help our parish leaders be familiar with different resources here at the Catholic Center. The archdiocese wants to provide the ways in which Archbishop Charles C. Thompson and his staff can help them as parish leaders. We also want to give them resources on what it means to be a parish leader where they are.” †

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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