Saint Frances Cabrini Parish

Envisioning Ministry

Contact Information
Joe Basko: 724-728-4702

It is projected that the Diocese of Pittsburgh
will have 86 priests in the year 2015 to serve 213 parishes.

The parish Envisioning Ministry involves a group of area parish members who addressed the issue of fewer priests and how the parish would respond to that scenario. Within our local cluster, two persons represent St. Frances Cabrini. Parish Cluster #38 includes: St. Catherine of Siena, St. Frances Cabrini, St. John the Baptist, Our Lady of Fatima, and St. Titus Churches.
Representatives are responsible for addressing future concerns and proposing substantial but modest proposals for pastoral plans of action. The consultation proposals are then submitted to the County Deanery, and finally the Bishop.
First steps are to unite resources for various ministry needs. Both effective past ministries and old rivalries must die and give birth to a new spirit of cooperation, centered in Christ, and lived through the grace of the Holy Spirit.

Diocese of Pittsburgh Statistics - 2006

The Diocese was established on August 8, 1843
The Diocese comprises six counties: Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Greene, Lawrence, and Washington
Total population of the six counties: 1,944,764
Catholic population of the six county Diocese: 764,438 (39.31% of total population)
Total number of parishes in Diocese: 214
Number of clusters: 54
Number of clusters in Beaver county: 4
Parishes in Cluster #38:

St. Catherine of Siena, Crescent
St. Frances Cabrini, Center Township
St. John the Baptist, Monaca
Our Lady of Fatima, Hopewell Township
St. Titus, Aliquippa

Priests, Diocesan (as of 6/2006)
Active in Diocese: 282
Active outside of Diocese: 16
In foreign missions: 1
Retired, sick, or absent: 107
Total Diocesan priests: 410
Religious priests: 108
Total priests in Diocese: 518
Extern priests in Diocese: 37

This is our moment. In every age in the life of the Church it has fallen to the faithful and clergy of that specific time to respond to the issues and the circumstances of the hour. This is our moment. These are our circumstances and we need to address them motivated by faith, guided by the power of the Spirit and directed by the teaching and received tradition of the Church. Out of this will come, with God's grace, a fruitful development that will only enrich this diocesan Church and those whom we serve now and in the future. - Bishop Donald Wuerl, Envisioning Ministry for the Future
FOR FULL TEXT: http://www.diopitt.org/tea_envisioningministry.php

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