Pre-Mission Meeting
A minimum of four months prior to the
agreed-upon missions dates a special meeting with the mission committee
as well as the pastor, representatives from the staff and pastoral
council, the school principal, the religious education director, and the
youth minister, should the parish have one, will be held. The meeting
will be most beneficial if all the members on the mission committee are
present and know their assigned ministry together with the other key
people mentioned. This will energize the mission committee members: give
the missionaries and parish the chance to familiarize themselves with
one another; and increase communication, ownership for the mission, and
support for committee work.
The meeting lasts about ninety minutes.
The Redemptorist will chair the meeting, and the mission should be the
only item on the agenda.
