Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan: Work together, expect change

From The Superior Catholic Herald...

Editor’s note: This article is second in a series on the Diocese of Superior’s new Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan.

In the parish hall at St. Peter, Cameron, on the afternoon of Tuesday, Feb. 18, Bishop James P. Powers and members of his Diocesan Planning Committee rolled out the new Maintenance to Mission Pastoral Plan before a crowd of deacons and priests from across the diocese.

“This has been a long, arduous” process, Bishop Powers said, acknowledging the hundreds of hours of work committee members have contributed in guiding the Diocese of Superior’s move from Maintenance to Mission. In addition to Bishop Powers, committee members include Fr. John Gerritts, Fr. Gerald Harris, Fr. Andrew Ricci, Dcn. John Grek and Chancery office directors Peggy Schoenfuss, Dan Blank, Chris Hurtubise, Christine Newkirk and Steve Tarnowski.

Gifted a plaque on behalf of the diocese on the occasion of his ninth anniversary as a bishop, Bishop Powers said the effort to map out the revitalization of the local church began years before the efforts were made public, but there were also other matters to attend to along the way – the U.S. Bishops’ Eucharistic Revival, the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality, the limitations wrought by the COVID pandemic.

Despite any delays, the bishop said there was never a question of where to begin: “Where we needed to start was evangelization.”

Read the rest of this news story on The Superior Catholic Herald (official publication of the Diocese of Superior) website here...