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Show moreThis qualitative research study was designed to examine eight Roman Catholic parishes to determine both from a pastor’s and a parishioner’s viewpoint what makes a parish vibrant. The study was able to formulate, test and modify a conceptual model for a vibrant parish. The model demonstrates how the pastoral leadership style interacts with the parish organizational factors to influence parish vibrancy. However, certain parish characteristics can modify parish vibrancy. Parish vibrancy was determined to be a parish where there is a sense of community, in which parishioners give freely of their time, talents and treasure, experience spiritual growth, reach out and care for each other and the neighboring community and share a common vision with their fellow parishioners.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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Show moreThe number of Catholic priests available to lead and administer Catholic parishes is declining. The Roman Catholic Church is facing a leadership crises. To help understand the nature of pastoral leadership, this study was designed to examine the impact of pastoral leadership on parishioner satisfaction and parishoner support in 135 Catholic parishes in the Cleveland Diocese. Parishoner satisfaction was assessed from 52,786 Vibrant Parish Life surveys collected from these parishes. Parishioner support was defined as mult-year trends in the parishes' financial and sacramental data. Pastoral leadership was measured through the frequency use of emotional intelligence competencies by pastors from 32 of these parishes. The results showed that five variables emerged constituting parishoner satisfactions: outreach, sense of community, sacramental, faith formation and stewardship. Emotional intelligence competencies of thepastor significantly predicted parish vibrancy as measured by parishioner satisfaction. It did not predict parish vibrancy as measured by parishoner support. The hypothesized moderating effects concerning the presence of a parish school and size of the parish were found not to alter the impact of the pastor's leadership on parishoner satisfaction.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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Show moreIn the U.S Roman Catholic Church, there is a concern that incoming pastors are ill-prepared to manage parishes. In the past 40 years, the number of men entering the priesthood has dropped dramatically. In many dioceses across the country, this dwindling supply of priests has led to priests becoming pastors after only two or three years from ordination. With the declining number of priests, the traditional apprenticeship model for training priests to develop into pastors is becoming severely challenged. Historically, priests worked under the tutelage of a number of pastors (4 or 5) over a number of years (20 to 30 years) and served with a number of associate priests (apprentices) to gain and develop their skills to manage a parish. This study examines how this apprenticeship model has changed in three critical areas; shrinkage of time spent as associate priest (apprentice), number and quality of pastors (masters) served under and lack of living with and learning from other associates (apprentices). Not only has this apprenticeship model changed but there are a myriad of other complex and interrelated issues coming to bear on the incoming pastor. These issues include the transition of the parish from the old pastor to the new one, the parish setting, involvement of lay people, restrictions of Canon Law and lack of diocesan control over the parishes. This lack of formalized training, coupled with these other complicated issues, is leading to numerous problems for these incoming new pastors adjusting to and managing their parishes effectively. This ethnographic study will explore, through the experiences of three newly appointed pastors, their transition from priest to pastor.
Doctorate of Management Programs
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