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¡Evangelicemos Juntos!
Let´s Evangelize Together!
Plan Pastoral Hispano
2014 - 2020
Diócesis de Palm Beach
¡Evangelicemos Juntos!
Let´s Evangelize Together!
Plan Pastoral Hispano 2014 -2020
Hispanic Pastoral Plan 2014 – 2020
Bilingual Edition
Office of Hispanic Ministry
Diocese of Palm Beach
Carta del Obispo…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. i
Introducción………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ii
¿Por qué es Necesario un Plan Pastoral?………………………………………………………………………………… iii
Declaración de Misión……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ….. iv
Metodología del Plan Pastoral…………………………………………………………………………………………. ….. v
I. Pastoral de la Familia Eclesial…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
II. Pastoral de Adolescentes y Jóvenes Adultos………………………………………………………………… …… 4
III. Pastoral de Formación Permanente y Dinámica para Evangelizar……………………………….. …… 8
IV. Vida Litúrgica y Espiritualidad…………………………………………………………………………………….. …… 11
V. Pastoral Social: Caridad y Justicia………………………………………………………………………………… ….. 14
VI. Pastoral de Conjunto.(Comunión y Misión)……….……………………………………………………….. ….. 17
Oración Pastoral………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ….. 20
Créditos…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ….. 21
Letter of the Bishop……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… i-i
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. ii-ii
Why Do We Need a Pastoral Plan?............................................................................................ iii-iii
Mission Statement……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. v-v
Methodology of the Pastoral Plan……………………………………………………………………………………….. vi-vi
I. Pastoral of the Ecclesial Family…………………………………………………………………………………………. 22
II. Ministry of Teens and Young Adults…………………………………………………………………………………. 25
III. Pastoral Formation and Dynamics for Evangelize…………………………………………………………….. 28
IV. Liturgical Life and Spirituality…………………………………………………………………………………………… 30
V. Social Justice and Charity / Social Pastoral……………………………………………………………………….. 32
VI. Communion in Mission……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 35
Pastoral Prayer…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 38
Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39
CONTENIDO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
i-i
The disciples were sent by the Lord with a plan. They carried out precise instructions (Lk. 10: 3-
8). They had a clear goal in mind: heal the sick and announce the Kingdom of God (Lk. 10:9) ;
make all the nations disciples; baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
(Mt. 28: 17-20). Once again, the Lord is sending us out to evangelize, to transform with the
force of the Gospel the social structures and traditions. We want to do it; we are ready to go.
What is the plan? A plan to be a joint pastoral action of the whole Church.
The plan we present today is a result of a long way run by the people of God in the Diocese of
Palm Beach. Three previous plans were applied following the mandate of the U.S Conference of
Catholic Bishops (Hispanic Pastoral Plan 1987; Encuentro y Misión, 2002). These plans have
been fashioned in ecclesial unity from the people, with the people, for the people, considering
the pastoral needs by consultation with the community liaisons by deaneries, and delegates
from the parishes at the Encuentros, to determine the priorities and main lines of pastoral work.
Parishes will adopt this plan as a guide to be applied to the specific circumstances, and adapt it
to the point of pastoral development and maturity of their communities.
INTRODUCTION
ii-ii
Why do we need a Pastoral Plan?
COMMUNION AND MISSION
These are two dimensions of our evangelizing work to strengthen the Kingdom of God in our
midst.
Surely we all know what we should do in terms of evangelization, but are we doing it? And to
what extent? Are we pleased with the presence of the Lord in the fellowship, in charity, in the
liturgy of our communities? Are we pleased with the number of brothers and sisters in our
communities? (Only 10% of our Hispanic population is attending our parishes in the Diocese of
Palm Beach).
To carry out the process of evangelization we need to show UNITY. "That all may be one, as
You Father and I are One, so that the world may believe ..." Jn. 17, 21. The unity of the
Church is an expression of Trinitarian Unity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We ourselves are not
the architects of the unity, but sometimes we hinder attitudes contrary to the spirit and
meaning of The Gospel.
The unity that comes from CHURCH COMMUNION is what makes us the Holy Catholic and
apostolic Church. This unity in building the Kingdom of God helps feel the Body of Christ and
identify with the strategies of the Universal Church. This is Pastoral Action , because it is
unified in the inspiring work of the Holy Spirit in our pastors, in the Magisterium of the Church
and is carried through all means available in parishes and in our places of evangelization.
Pastoral work means to follow the guidelines provided to us by our pastors, beginning with the
Holy Father, the bishops conference, our Diocesan Bishop in union with the priests. They are
the guides of pastoral strategies that point us to fulfill the Mission that the Lord entrusted to
the apostles and all his disciples: to perform the MISSION we all are called. The mission of
evangelizing the world is no individual task; it is natural within the Church Community. The
testimony of unity and communion in church is only made in "clusters".
WHY A PASTORAL PLAN?
If no action is planned in terms of goals, objectives, strategies, resources, and if not
evaluated to see the horizon and the path, an action becomes scattered and ineffective,
and can stay stagnant or backward in relation to the new requirements of the reality in
which we live.
A Pastoral Plan is an organized and methodical proposal that shows steps to follow. A
Pastoral Plan gives us the opportunity to review our work and know if we are making
progress on a safe road.
The Pastoral work usually results in PROGRAMS. The parishes have a range of programs
for every need of their parishioners, and pastoral work is usually limited to those programs
just like a medicine cabinet answers to every need. These programs have served for several
years, usually administered by the same people, without questioning its effectiveness.
Therefore, a proposal for a Pastoral Plan generally stops with the phrase: "why re-invent
the wheel?" Or, "we do not need more programs and more headaches." iii-iii
iv-iv
COMMUNION, MISSION, PARTICIPATION
The answer to these questions, we insist, is Pastoral Plan based on PROCESSES rather than
programs. This means that although the programs are necessary and should always be
kept, the purpose of a Pastoral Plan is fundamental to integrating many faithful in the
process of Evangelization and Mission of the Church.
The document "Encuentro and Mission" by the Conference of the catholic Bishops (2002)
begins to articulate the areas of pastoral plan with the phrase: New Evangelization and .
New Evangelization and Training, New Evangelization and Missionary Option, New
Evangelization and Pastoral de Conjunto, New Evangelization and Liturgy and Life of Prayer,
to "build vibrant communities of faith, making them more welcoming, evangelizing,
missionary and solidarity with the poor." (Encuentro and Mission, # 39.)
The Pastoral Plan is therefore a process that integrates the entire community in the
evangelization of families, youth, adults, the unchurched, and the marginalized, to
participate in the spiritual and sacramental life of the Church. Therefore, a proposal for a
Pastoral Plan generally stops with the phrase: "why re-invent the wheel?" Or, "we do not
need more programs and more headaches."
Mission Statement
Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida
2014-2020
We the Hispanic faithful of the Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida,
enkindled by the realities and needs of our parish communities
undertake as its mission to:
Proclaim the Good News of the Gospel and is committed to work
and give a response to the most urgent pastoral needs :
Pastoral of the ecclesial family, youth and
vocation.
Strengthen faith formation, prayer life and
liturgical celebration.
Promote social justice .
Work in communion with our Bishop, priests, deacons, religious and people of God to bring out Communion in Mission and expand the Kingdom of God in our diocese.
Hispanic Ministry
9995 North Military Trail
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
Ph: 561-775-9544
v-v
vi-vi
METHODOLOGY OF THE PASTORAL PLAN
1. This is a Plan originated in the People of God, guided by the Magisterium of the Church
and made for the establishment of the Kingdom of God, the growth of the People of God,
and the consolidation of the Catholic Church from the domestic Church, as member of the
Church-parish community, in communion with the diocesan Church and finally projecting
the Universal Church.
2. It is a plan based on PROCESSES, rather than PROGRAMS. The processes have a
beginning, get fed, get motivated, make the people participate so they feel involved,
recognized and fostered. Part of this process is the programs or services offered as
evidence of the suitability and availability to the communities to serve and offer solutions to
their problems or difficult situations in life. When the parishes in this pastoral work is limited
to only organizing and delivering programs, they become a model of "supermarket"
meaning people seek for sacramental services or charitable aid; they take the service and
return for what they need next. The dimensions of Evangelization, conversion, or belonging
to a community are lost.
3.The Pastoral Plan is different from a Corporate Plan. Corporate Plans are based on
production models: Input, program or action, result or product. Therefore, the design of
goals and objectives are based on achievement, measured in time, cost and statistics. The
goals and objectives in these corporate plans must be measurable short and long term.
Instead, Pastoral Plans have other evaluation parameters: GOALS ARE A HORIZON which
means vision based in the gospel values that build the kingdom of god. This cannot be
measured in figures or statistics. The OBJECTIVES are STEPS to get CLOSER TO THE
GOALS. Steps to be taken in community, in unity of purpose, in communion with the
Magisterium of the Church, the priests, the People of God (not a few "helpers of the
priest"). The objectives are community indicators that tell us that we are walking together
toward goals. communion and mission are great indicators of evaluation of a Pastoral Plan:
is there unity in the parish community? Does the community participate in the Mission of
the Church? Do the Spanish evangelize?
4.The Pastoral Plan represents the spiritual leadership and the evangelization of the pastor.
The Good Shepherd is Christ who sends us His Holy Spirit to encourage, console,
strengthen and unite. The Good Shepherd has delegated to Peter, his vicar, his Bishops,
diocesan pastors and priests, to be pastors of a concrete flock. The Pastoral work is Church
work by excellence. Ministries and Movements should be part of a Diocesan and Pastoral
Plan and don’t become small parallel churches. Similarly, the Hispanic Ministry should be
INTEGRATED (not assimilated) to the Parochial Pastoral Total Multicultural Church as one
unit. It cannot be converted in parallel churches. You have to work hard for one
COMMUNION IN MISSION (PASTORAL DE CONJUNTO).
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Conceptual Framework
“Considering that the family is the image of the
Trinitarian God, and a stepping stone for
evangelization, it is required an immediate
pastoral action facing the spiritual, psychological,
and material needs of families fostering unity and
strengthening life together guided by the love of
God and the teachings of the Church.”
(Aparecida’s final document #431-435).
Definition of the Goal:
To make of Family Pastoral in its different areas a
priority in Evangelization in order to have living
and vibrant communities generating many agents
of evangelization.
Objective 1
Create in the parishes a Family Life Pastoral
Team which will be composed of married
couples, divorced, widows –with or without
children, single parents, singles adults (30
and over), elders, and common law couples,
with the purpose of fostering the growth
and strengthening of the nuclear family to
become a truly “Domestic Church”.
I. PASTORAL OF THE ECCLESIAL FAMILY
"The family heart of God, the center of Evangelization"
Strategies
• Select and train people to form the Family Life
Pastoral team by personal invitation from the
priest or community leaders, motivating one by
one from their own experience of ecclesial
commitment.
• The training of the members of this Family
Pastoral Team will be done through training
workshops, retreats, meetings and conferences.
• In order to help members to commit to the
task, the community should pray for them, find
the ways to explain the importance of the
ministry (through readings and personal
conversations with the priest), and invite them to
the trainings offered by the Diocesan office..
Objective 2
Define specific processes of evangelization
for families and create specific programs
for the different situations of family life
(married by the Sacrament, common law,
widows, single parents, single adults, and
elders).
Strategies
• Make a reliable database of families in each
parish (for potential needs).
• Approach by the Family Pastoral Team promptly
the needs of each family by showing care, ways
to refer to appropriate professionals, and follow
up.
• Identify common family problems in each
parish.
• Create in the parish a group to gather divorced,
separated, and widows, and invite candidates to
join this group and look for a “Post-Marital
Spirituality”. (This group already exists in three
parishes of the Diocese)
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• Organize and invite families to pray in couples
(three couples) in the homes, with the intent for
the participants to continue to be agents of
evangelization to other couples.
• Promote participation of spouses in parish
retreats led by the Diocese.
• Coordinate and encourage participation in the
annual Grandparents Pilgrimage, organized by
the Family Life Office of the Diocese.
• Identify men (35 and over) with a vocation to
the permanent diaconate, provide support, advice
and invite them into the process of discernment.
Objective 3
Identify critical situations in the life of
families and couples, to find and promote
the best solutions.
Strategies
• Find and refer the best ways of solution to
the problems of couples and families.
• Improve communication between couples
through prayer, directed dialogue, mediations,
lectures, workshops, spiritual guidance and
offering confession.
• Provide psychological counseling through
Catholic Charities, facilitate spiritual direction,
and motivate confession and reconciliation.
Objective 4
Promote participation of families in the
parishes in the programs offered by the
Diocese for the Formation of Agents of
Family Pastoral.
St. Ignatius Loyola
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Strategies
• Encourage the prospect candidates to attend
meetings, retreats, lectures and training.
• Find accurate and effective ways to
communicate the formation programs offered by
the Diocese.
• Promote the participation and commitment in
training workshops of Agents of Evangelization of
families (pastoral team members).
Objective 5
Encourage the reception of the Sacrament
of Holy Matrimony in common law or civil
union couples.
Strategies
• Provide opportunities for married couples in the
Catholic faith to speak out (especially in their
anniversaries) their testimony of living the
Sacrament in order to help other couples make
the decision to trust God and promote
sacramental union in all irregular unions.
• Provide parochial and diocesan advice in the
annulment processes.
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Strategies
• Facilitate retreats, camps for Hispanic teens.
• Encourage youth to meet with elders, making
visits to the sick.
• Organize working teams for the community
(Habitat for Humanity, arranging gardens,
painting houses for people in need).
• Make young people aware of the help they can
provide to the elderly to teach the new
communication social networks.
II. PASTORAL ACTIONS OF TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS
"Teens and young adults formed in evangelization"
Strategies
• Invite youth to participate in the formation of
Teen Pastoral Team with young, dynamic and
motivating members, and under the direction of
responsible, caring adults, who together will
strongly promote their participation in retreats,
workshops, retreat camps, and will identify
candidates to join the team.
• Encourage youth leadership through courses
(like the Rotary Jr. Club) and through exchange
with youth from other parishes and/or
organizations.
• Create responsibilities within the Teen Pastoral
Team (media, sports, concerts, spirituality, and
community work).
Conceptual Framework:
“It is imperative to empower the pastoral for
adolescents, according to their own style, to
guarantee their perseverance and growth in faith.
Adolescents look for an experience of friendship
with Jesus. We should provide pastoral actions
for young people, education and nurturing of
their faith as a response to the meaning and
direction of their life, and a guarantee of the
missionary commitment.” (Aparecida #442-446).
Definition of the Goal:
To bring young adults and teenagers to a
personal encounter with Jesus Christ that
transforms their lives and help them to discover
their mission and vocation in the Church and
society.
1. PASTORAL PROCESSES WITH TEENAGERS
Objective 1
Create in parishes Teen Pastoral team (13-
20 years) that fosters an environment of
youth outreach with the Risen Lord, alive
and present in their lives.
Objective 2
Provide teens the opportunity to participate
in the parish community, to live and
identify with their family and cultural
tradition.
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Objective 3
Design and implement ongoing activities
(group meetings, retreats and deepening of
faith, personal growth workshops)
Strategies
• Design through The School of Christian
Formation courses and workshops programs for
adolescents using the YOUCAT Catechism.
• Promote Theology of the Body workshops.
• Create a network (Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, etc.) with information of interest for
teenagers: soccer tournaments, volleyball, movies
of interest, special trips and excursions for teens..
Objective 4
Promote and encourage the parishes within
the participation of adolescents (Middle
and High School) in all activities of the
Hispanic Ministry and the programs offered
by the diocese for their formation and
spiritual growth.
Strategies
• Promote events for teens giving them the
opportunity of leadership and organization,
through the parish bulletin, text messages, email,
website of the diocese.
• Encourage teens to participate in diocesan
programs: School of Christian formation, RICA,
and especially in the activities and programs of
the Social Justice Teams.
• Invite teens to join the Parish Social Justice
Team, especially in the area of internet lobbying.
• Inform and invite on the activities offered by
the diocesan Office of Youth: retreats, meetings,
camps, and training.
Strategies
• Provide workshops for high school students and
vocational discernment groups.
• Through posters and text messages promote
priestly and religious vocations.
• To support and encourage those teens who
have heard the call.
• Report diocesan resources available in the
discernment process.
Objective 5
Provide advice and guidance in conjunction
with the Office of Vocations in the process
of vocational discernment.
San Juan Diego
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Objective 6
Organize and promote an annual gathering
of teenagers.
Strategies
• Bring together young leaders to organize this
event.
• Encourage participation of adolescents in each
parish.
• This encounter could be outdoors (or in a Gym)
including different activities, dynamic games,
sports, music and Mass.
• To coordinate this meeting with the diocesan
Office of Youth Ministry
2. PASTORAL OF YOUNG ADULTS
(Note: This Ministry is conducted by a Priest assigned by the diocese, in conjunction
with the Office of Hispanic Ministry)
Objective 1
Encourage the participation of young adults
(21 to 35) from each parish in the programs
organized by the diocesan Pastoral for
Young Adults, and offer opportunities of
prayer, service and formation, being aware
that many working Hispanic young adults
who live by themselves, develop a sense of
belonging to the Catholic Church through
pastoral activities, prayer groups, and
service to the Church.
Strategies
• Each parish will assign responsible servers who
will bring other young adults to participate in
parish and diocesan programs specially designed
for them.
• Sponsor the participation of young adults in
leadership training by the South East Pastoral
Institute (SEPI) in programs like Pastoral
Leadership, Farm workers’ Ministry, and Young
Adult Easter program).
• Provide permanent spiritual growth programs
for young adults (retreats, days of evangelization,
concerts, prayer groups).
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III. PASTORAL FORMATION AND DYNAMICS FOR EVANGELIZATION
"To Prepare the people of God according to the service each one is called to serve" (Aparecida
#27)
Definition of the goal:
To promote and expand the coverage and
attendance of the diocesan and parish formation
programs: School of Christian Formation, Ministry
training, Catechist formation, parenting,
parenting school, in order to have a better
theological educated laity in our parishes.
Objective 1
Spread information on diocesan Workshops
and courses of the School of Christian
Formation, through the means available to
parishes (Web page, newsletter, parish
announcements, meetings of ministries,
groups and movements, billboard, etc.) and
seek to expand the existing programs in
latest formats.
Strategies
• Create in the parishes a dedicated study team
with parishioners who would like to update their
knowledge in theological matters, in new
encyclicals and documents from the Magisterium
of the Church. This team will be responsible for
motivating others to read and discuss new
materials, and transmitting all the information
about the diocesan liturgical workshops and
School of Christian Formation courses through
seminars, internet, facebook, text messages,
emails, website of the parish, and newsletter.
• Granting this team endorsement and permission
from the pastor to perform his duties, and to
motivate the parish community on the need to
update their theological knowledge.
• This team will be the facilitator between
parishes for sharing workshops and activities.
• Use of external media, such as radio,
newspaper and television, to promote the
workshops.
Conceptual Framework:
“Since the laity participate in the Curch’s
mission in their own way, their apostolic
training acquires a special character
precisely from the secularity proper to
the lay state and from its particular type
of spirituality.” (Vat. II Apostolicamn
Actuositatesm # 29)
Holy Name
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Objective 2
Offer incentives that encourage greater
participation in educational programs that
help strengthen the faith and knowledge of
the teachings of the Church, in all its
orders.
Strategies
• Form groups of parents and youth to motivate
the community to learn more about their faith.
• Create a flexible Schedule to offer workshops
depending on the parish.
• Offer workshops according to the needs and
requests of the parish.
• Provide spiritual, personal, and educational
growth workshops.
• Promote the integration between parishes, of
events aimed to update the study and
development of theological topics.
Objective 3
Offer parochial and diocesan youth
leadership training, cultural integration and
school dropout prevention workshops.
• Work in coordination with the diocesan
youth ministry, parish youth ministry, and their
leaders.
• Provide motivational talks delivered by
educators to explain to young people the
importance of the attending school.
Objective 4
Identify the people in the parochial
community who have completed the
program of the SCF to attend the Second
Level, and for qualified participants to
apply to the Teaching Tutoring Program
that enables them as possible SCF
instructors in certain areas of teaching.
Strategies
• Parishes gather students who have completed
the School of Christian Formation, consulting the
records of graduates.
• Encourage these graduates to put their
knowledge at the service of the faithful
(Catechesis, RICA, SCF).
• Organize SCF graduates annual conference that
meet and commit to encourage the community to
participate in the study of faith through the SCF.
Strategies
• Offer topics and methods for teaching
workshops that could be of interest to today's
youth.
• Workshops are to be taught by youth for youth
• Work in coordination with the diocesan youth
ministry, parish youth ministry, and their leaders.
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IV. LITURGICAL LIFE AND SPIRITUALITY
"Celebrating and developing the encounter with Jesus Christ" Aparecida 240
Conceptual Framework:
“The liturgy and prayer life of the Church are
privileged opportunities for the faithful to
experience a true spirit of community … so that
the liturgy may be the summit and source of
Christian life, the celebration of the sacraments ,
particularly the Eucharist, must foster a feeling of
“being at home”. The pastoral plan seeks to
promote liturgical celebrations that are
inculturated in the reality of the community that
celebrates them, while bringing the many faces of
God’s house into a greater communion.” (USCCB,
Encuentro y Mision, # 34).
Definition of the goal:
Encourage a vibrant participation of all faithful in
the Holy Mass by active liturgical ministries, and
eventual liturgical explanations or lectures, by a
vivid music ministry, and a warming welcome to
the Eucharistic celebration, and other well
prepared reception of the sacraments
Objective 1
Increase participation and understanding in
the liturgical life of the Church.
Strategies
• Deepen the experience of acceptance, and
communion in the parochial liturgy, by forming
stable, rotating liturgical ministries (ushers, altar
servers, lectors of the Word, extraordinary
ministers of the Holy Communion, choirs).
• Provide a solid sacramental catechesis for
baptisms, confirmation, reconciliation, and for
teenagers who request a Quinceañera Mass.
These would be a privileged and real opportunity
for evangelization of the entire family.
• Identify cultural events and important moments
in the life of the local community in which the
liturgy would be more relevant (Patron Saints,
National Migration week.)
Objective 2
Initiate or continue to develop the
emphasis on evangelization at every
liturgy, and the proper use of traditional
popular devotions.
Strategies
• Give the importance and recognition to
particular traditions of the people by providing
initial and brief talks prior to important
celebrations. (Guadalupana, Marian devotions by
countries of origin.)
.
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• Incorporate popular expressions of faith to the
liturgy (Marian devotions, Patron Saints,
Novenas) by providing appropriate catechesis of
these celebrations.
Objective 3
Provide permanent liturgical formation to
the ministries of music and choir for their
participation in the Mass in line with what
is established by the Church.
Objective 4
Provide opportunities to all parishioners for
a personal encounter with Christ that
transforms the faithful into disciples and
can continue to grow in the spiritual path.
Strategies
• Provide a range of different spiritual retreats for
every age and life situation.
• Accompany and guide the prayer groups in
each parish.
• Provide moments of intimacy and contemplation
of the Blessed Sacrament.
• Provide training workshops on prayer ("Lectio
Divina" and various forms of prayer).
• Provide guides and train people to create small
communities of faith.
• Provide opportunities for vocational discernment
for the priesthood and permanent diaconate
working in communion with the Office of Hispanic
Ministry, Vocations Office, and the Permanent
Diaconate Office.
Strategies
• Continue to provide the Annual Gathering of
Liturgical Musicians and encourage the
participation of all groups and choirs in the
diocese.
• Encourage participation by those with musical
interests through direct personal invitation of the
priest and director of musical groups.
• Provide opportunities to new musicians and
cantors to be trained by expert.
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V. SOCIAL PASTORAL: CHARITY AND JUSTICE
"Blessed are those who work for peace and justice, for they shall be called sons of God."
Mt 5, 9
Conceptual Framework:
Catholic Social Doctrine has also a value as a tool
for evangelization (Cfr. Centessimus Annus #54),
because it connects the human person and the
society on the light of the Gospel. We should
work with all people of good will in the building of
the kingdom of God, keeping a renewed effort on
the preferential option for the poor.” (Aparecida,
Final Message #5).
Definition of the goal:
To raise awareness of Christian consciences to
the commitment of solidarity with oppressed
brothers and sisters and to the Common Good.
Objective 1
To insist on creating Social Justice Teams
(SJT) in each parish to investigate and
evaluate the conditions that generate
injustice in their environment.
Strategies
• Introduce the need for the creation of a Social
Justice Team as an important part of the parish
pastoral team so that together with the
parishioners, the most appropriate group of
people are chosen.
• Involve youth in the Social Justice Team's
formation.
• Counsel with the parishes, that have created
the Social Ministry Team or Social Pastoral Group
or Outreach Office, to assist in the parishes
where such or Social Justice Team has not been
formed.
• Create, through commitment with God and
society, solid foundations of criteria to help the
parishes in the configuration of the Social Justice
Team.
Objective 2
Generate information networks at parochial
and diocesan level to raise awareness of
the strategies from organizations
supported by the Church to work for
justice. (USCCB/JIF, Peace, Hope, Etc.)
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Strategies
• Appoint a media supervisor (to keep a record of
all persons in the network).
• Communicate to the pastor about the plans and
work done by the diocesan Social Justice team.
• Create a directory with all the information from
different organizations, (USCCB/JIF, PEACE,
HOPE, etc.).
• Have access to the websites of the different
organizations to know their strategies.
• Share all this information to the parishioners
and all those who need it.
Objective 3
Promote participation in the events of
Church supported organizations working
with social concerns and seeking the
common good.
Strategies
• Utilize flyers, parish bulletin, website of the
diocese and the parish, meetings, and social
networks.
• The Social Justice Team will organize "Justice
and Charity Fairs" with the support of different
organizations (Catholic Charities of DPB, and
other diocesan offices).
Objective 4
Arrange at the parishes the workshops on
leadership training for social justice, and
participate in training offered by the
diocese.
Strategies
• Organize and work with the School of Christian
Formation Workshops on Social Leadership, and
Social Doctrine.
• Promote participation in those workshop
trainings offered by the diocese.
Objective 5
Inform and guide the community about the
programs offered by the diocese through
Catholic Charities in the different legal
aspects of immigration.
Strategies
• Create a committee to compile a database of
immigrant assistance offered by the diocese
through Catholic Charities.
• Keep the community informed of the progress
and achievements on immigration reform.
• Promote the appropriate use of the Office of
Social Ministry (Outreach) of each parish..
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Objective 6
Provide to the parochial community
existing information of legal resources and
assistance available on the website of the
diocese
Strategies
• Encourage the use of resources such as the
website of the diocese to keep parishioners
informed about the legal and counseling services
offered by Catholic Charities of the diocese.
• Seek the cooperation of parishioners to
distribute all relevant information through social
networks.
Objective 7
Create channels of political participation by
the standards of the United States
Conference of Catholic Bishops leading to
improved quality of life of our brothers and
sisters.
Strategies
• Identify political leaders within the Hispanic
community in our parishes.
• Encourage them to participate in the political
arena.
• Help these leaders in participating as
representatives of the Church, according to the
parameters of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops, Florida Conference of Catholic
Bishops, particularly in the areas of respect for
life, rights of immigrants, poverty, and bioethics.
• The Social Justice leaders inform the
community about the moral and ethical standards
that the Church promotes especially at election
time.
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VI. COMMUNION IN MISSION (PASTORAL DE CONJUNTO)
"One Lord, one Faith, one Spirit in the DIVERSITY of the people"
Conceptual Framework:
“Build relationships with leaders in all ministries
to achieve a common vision and pastoral
planning process. Such relationships should lead
to common projects and programs that build the
unity of the Church and gather Catholics from
different ethnic and cultural groups.” (USCCB
Encuentro y Mision #57 b.)
The dimension of togetherness is intrinsic to the
mystery and the reality of the Church, that at the
same time reflects the mystery of the Holy
Trinity. The parish should nurture this sense of
community formation. People have to feel the
parish as their family in faith and charity, in which
all together accompany each other in following
the Lord.” (Aparecida #304-306).
Definition of the goal:
To achieve the coordination and integration of all
parish activities of all groups, movements and
ministries in accordance with the Pastoral Plan,
and coordinated by the Pastoral Team, always
seeking the evangelization in communion of the
whole parish.
Objective 1
The pastor and the Parochial Pastoral
Council will create and/or reinforce the
Hispanic Pastoral Team (composed by the
Hispanic coordinators of each ministry,
movements and diocesan liaisons) in each
parish, under the direction of the priest in
charge of the Hispanic Community. A
representative of the Hispanic Pastoral
Team should be a member of the Parochial
Pastoral.
St Ignatius Loyola
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Strategies
• This Hispanic Pastoral Team should always be
chaired by the priest or the deacon in charge of
the Hispanic Ministry.
• The coordinators of ministries and movements
will be periodically rotated (to other ministries)
every 3 years and the former coordinator will
postulate and train the new coordinators.
• Identify and assign the liaison with the diocesan
Office of Hispanic Ministry to transmit and
promote all information of programs coming from
the diocese.
• Liaisons take an active role in the programs
generated in the diocese as a way of witnessing
the communion in mission of the whole Catholic
Church.
• Appoint a representative for the Parochial
Council that can be a bridge between the
Hispanic Pastoral team and the Parochial Council.
• Maintain a flow of communication between the
Hispanic Pastoral team and the community at
large (Internet, newsletters, telephones, emails).
Objective 2
Collect and make known information about
the programs and activities of different
ministries and other groups from the parish
in order to avoid scheduling conflicts.
Strategies
• Gather information from activities of different
ministries and groups and report it to the website
of the diocese (Para Ti Hispano).
• Make a calendar of ministries and movements
activities and distribute it in all ministries.
• Provide the information of activities both in
English and Spanish.
Objective 3
Share and coordinate pastoral and
evangelization programs between parishes
of each deanery and between different
ministries of the parish.
Strategies
• The diocesan Hispanic liaison of each parish will
share the information with the Pastoral Team,
and with the different areas of pastoral work
(ministries) of the parish.
• Promote participation in the different pastoral
activities that are planned by other adjacent
parishes.
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Objective 4
Promote activities where different
ministries and apostolic movements can
work together (family, youth, liturgical,
social), both in English and Spanish.
Strategies
• The Pastoral Team will plan activities (retreats,
picnics, missions, Stations of the Cross, Holy
Hours) where the participation of different areas
of pastoral work will enhance the pastoral
purpose of the event and that involves the whole
parish.
• The Hispanic community will make a special
effort to participate, attend and share activities
that are planned by the American community and
other communities to help in integration, and
share the activities generated in the Hispanic
community.
• The Pastoral Team should make an effort to
have representatives from apostolic groups and
movements approved by the diocese to work in
communion on evangelization and growth of the
unity of the Church.
Objective 5
Generate evangelization programs in
conjunction with different sectors of the
parish community.
• Organize programs to evangelize together in
both languages together with the Prison Ministry,
Respect Life, visits to hospitals, etc.).
• Coordinate and motivate participation in the
annual program of Grandparents Pilgrimage
organized by the diocesan Office of Marriage and
Family Life.
Objective 6
Participate in the annual Encuentro where
the pulse, motivation, evaluation and new
directions for implementing this Pastoral
Plan will be given to all parishes and
pastoral teams.
Strategies
• Parish diocesan liaisons will be responsible for
informing and motivating about the Encuentro,
during the months previous to the event.
• All Hispanic Pastoral Teams are the primary
participants to the Encuentro. Coordinators of
other ministries in the parishes are strongly
encouraged to attend the Encuentro as a token of
the willingness to work in communion.
Strategies
• Reinforce cultural exchange between different
communities.
• Invite other communities to the recreational
and social events (fiestas and celebrations)
generated by the Hispanic community.
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PASTORAL PRAYER
Merciful Father,
we come into your presence in the Lord Jesus Christ, the good shepherd,
and with the prayer in our hearts inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Look at our sincere disposition to serve you,
and our purpose to extend your Kingdom of justice, peace, and love
in your people, and in the people who are far away from your apostolic Church.
We are your people, your Holy Catholic Church, and we want to affirm our unity
with the Holy Father our Pope, and with all the magisterium of the Church
in one heart and one Spirit.
Give us always the bread of the Eucharist, and send us priests,
worthy servers of your Church.
Forgive our rivalries and divisions. Give us the strength of your Trinitarian unity.
We offer you this diocesan Pastoral Plan, and our fervor to apply it
so it will become another tool for evangelization of our families, children, youth,
and especially for those who suffer any form of injustice, or exploitation.
Help us not to leave behind the opportunities to serve you
in the most vulnerable of your children.
Loving Father, move the hearts of all pastoral agents, those who are responsible
for the implementation of this plan:
priests, deacons, religious, servers, leaders of movements,
and all those who will participate in congregating in unity
their communities and parishes.
Increase, Lord our faith, hope, and charity to give a strong testimony
of your light and your truth,
and help us to witness your action within us transforming everything
with the force of the Gospel.
Renew us through Jesus Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
and by the intercession of Mary, mother of the Church.
Amen.
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AKNOWLEDGMENTS
Office of Hispanic Ministry
Director: Deacon Jaime Zapata
Administrative Assistant: Beatriz Urrea
Diocesan Pastoral Team
North Deanery: Yolanda and Cipriano Cardenas, Gloria Castaneda
Cathedral Deanery: Norma Asencio, Guadalupana Sisters
Center Deanery: Gilberto and Gloria Rodríguez, Jesús and Ligia López,
Ariani De León
South Deanery: Constanza Preble.
Plan Drafting Committee
Gloria Castaneda, Ariani De León, Gilberto Rodríguez
Proofreading and editing
Dianne Laubert, Director of Communications, Diocese of Palm Beach
Layout and design
Maria Consuelo Robayo
We thank all those who contributed to the development of this Pastoral Plan, especially the
liaisons in each parish community. God bless you always.
OFICINA DE PASTORAL HISPANA TELS: 561-775-9544 / 561-775-9506