Some of the information on that brochure was published in the Feb. 8 issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald. Below are the plan’s “recommended actions” which were also printed on the brochure.

1. Leadership Development of Clergy, Lay staff, and Volunters

• Appoint an ad hoc task force that

• Reviews and develops leadership training programs
• Gives priority attention to preparing best practice manuals for parish and school business managers

• Works with Hawaii Catholic Schools to monitor, evaluate, and assist schools with sound financial practices and recruitment strategies
• Parishes and the diocese provide funding for training programs

2. Youth and Young Adult Programs

• An ad hoc task force reviews programs and helps establish an Office for Youth and Young Adult Resources
• The new Office for Youth and Young Adult Resources provides resources, training, and best practice help to the parishes and vicariates
• The existing Youth and Young Adult Board becomes advisory to the new office
• The director of the new office develops diocese-wide strategy to involve youth and young adults in parish life
• Hawaii Catholic Schools place priority on increasing the involvement of students and parents in their parishes

3. Faith Formation

• The Office of Religious Education, in collaboration with Hawaii Catholic Schools, works with pastors, parishes, and schools to

• Assess the strengths and needs of current faith formation programs and assist with the establishment of new programs where needed
  • Establish, educate, and train parish and school faith formation leadership teams
  • Parishes and Catholic schools collaborate to formulate, fund, staff, and implement a comprehensive parish/school faith formation plan
• The Office of Religious Education works with parish faith formation leaders to provide education and training in faith formation for members of parish pastoral councils

4. Homelessness

• The existing Diocesan Affordable Housing Task Force, on its own and with other organizations, works to increase the supply of affordable housing in Hawaii
• Catholic Charities Hawaii and the Office for Social Ministry meet, coordinate activities, and improve the delivery of services for the homeless
• The Office for Social Ministry reviews existing programs, shares with vicariates and parishes findings about gaps in services for the homeless, and suggests follow-up actions
• Using information provided by the Office for Social Ministry, vicariates track and help publicize parish work

5. Repair and Maintenance of Church and School Facilities

• The Diocesan Planning and Building Commission prepares and disseminates to parishes and schools best practice manuals for short- and long-term repair/maintenance and budgeting
• The commission implements parish and school best practice training programs
• The commission assesses the renovation needs of schools
• The Diocesan Office of Development assists parishes and schools with developing capital resources

6. New Parishes and Facilities and Management of Land Assets

• Appoint a new Diocesan Land Asset Management and Acquisition Committee that reports and makes recommendations to the Diocesan Finance Council. The committee
  • Updates land inventories
  • Considers best use of existing land
  • Studies parish facility and land needs
  • Works with parishes and schools to acquire land
  • Gives attention to the realignment of existing parish boundaries, establishment of new parishes, building of new churches, and replacement of existing churches, and considers mega-churches in areas of high population density and growth
  • Gives priority attention to overcrowded areas on Oahu and Maui
  • Considers building retreat facilities
  • Works with Hawaii Catholic Schools on the planning and building of new schools