Best Practices for Shared Parishes

Book excerpt: Best Practices for Shared Parishes seeks to assist pastors of culturally diverse parishes in the challenging yet rewarding task of building unity in diversity. Developed from a study of pastors who successfully increased parishioner integration and inclusion in their parishes, the recommendations in this book can help pastors and parish leadership teams respond to challenging ministerial situations and growing demographic changes. This bilingual English and Spanish guide identifies pastoral responses and proven approaches to intercultural competencies in attitudes, knowledge, and skills. This book helps parishes discern pastoral planning strategies and opportunities that can lead to a higher level of stewardship and engagement.