News - Parish

For the planning process, All Things New, the Archdiocese has been divided into 15 Planning Areas. We are in Planning Area #9. Read more on the demographics of our planning area as well as information on Planning Area #10.

In this installment we will be sharing some of the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) data as it pertains to spiritual practices of our parishioners as well as a link to resources and ways to participate at J&A to help you continue on your Catholic journey.

In this installment, we are sharing some history of our parish regarding registered households and sacramental celebrations as well as current totals and parish boundaries. It is especially interesting to see that 44% of registered parishioners live outside our parish boundaries which means our parish has become an intentional one more than a strictly territorial one for many.

This installment is a combination of data from the archdiocese along with some benchmarks to compare J&A against all other parishes who are part of the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) data set.

At present the Archdiocese of St. Louis has a limited number of priests to appropriately serve parish pastoral needs. Priests serving in parishes need to be realigned to better provide pastoral care. Take a look at the archdiocesan data as well as our parishioners responses to questions around inviting others to religious life.

This week’s installment is all about evangelization. During our three-night Pentecost mission, we heard from Fr. Patrick Baikaukas. He called us to be more creative evangelists. He shared that God didn’t intend for evangelization to be orderly especially when he is trying to break through to us. We are not teaching new things; we just need more personal effort and intentionality to take opportunities to share our faith with those we encounter. Sometimes we miss these opportunities to evangelize but we can always try again! We invite you to take some time to review these stats around missionary impulse and consider how you might make a personal effort to evangelize in your life.

We have a lot to be proud of as reported by parishioners on the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) Survey. We are continuing to report weekly both survey feedback and parish data. This week we are focusing on feedback around parish life. Take a look at what parishioners told us on the survey.

While we are reporting on the specifics of data as it pertains to J&A, we also want to share archdiocesan wide data so that you can get a full understanding of what is being experienced across our region.Take a look at the following summary of the St. Louis Archdiocese.

On the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) Survey, there is a lot of great deal to sift through including top strengths, opportunities, benchmarks, key drivers and more. Over the next few months, we will continue to share more of our results and parish data to keep all informed. Let's take a look at our strengths and opportunities by highest and lowest percentage of a strongly agree response.

We are so thankful for the incredible participation on the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) Survey. There is so much great data to share and we will be breaking it up into installments over the next few months to keep all informed. We thought we would start with demographics - who took the survey? Click to learn more.

Please review the candidates and cast your vote today.

"Let me tell you about my Jesus ..."

"I think as Catholics we are all called to help fill pews."

"How beautiful would it be to extend that invitation and share all eternity with these friends and family members in the presence of God, our Divine Host?"

"...God kept revealing to us that J&A is home to our family!"

"I feel that God is inviting us to join Him and renew our Faith."

"My awareness of God deepened my desire for the Eucharist, and my love for Him."

Evangelization - In A Whisper

While some parishes were unable to hold fish frys this year due to product availability and cost, J&A was able to make it happen!