Parish Grouping Snapshot Published

In the bulletin for Sunday, May 3, we published a Parish Grouping Snapshot.  It's pages 7 and 8 in the bulletin, or you can find it on our website here.

In order to present the information fairly, we included several components:

• All 3 churches presented in the same way.
• Multiple periods to show changes over time.
• More than just financial. Attendance and Sacraments included.

It is also extremely important that we not look at this as a comparative or competitive look. Each parish has its own financial history, demographic and socioeconomic factors, and so they can never be 'compared' in this way.  That being said, we do want to be as transparent as possible, and so we will share the information that we have so that you can 'know what we know' as we journey through our transition process. Any questions regarding this snapshot can be sent to transition@bellworthparkcc.org.