The Catholic Discipleship Profile for Newman Hall - Holy Spirit Parish
Summary of 5 Main Expressions of Catholic Discipleship Behavior
Your parish profile shows the parishioners' average responses in terms of five common expressions of Catholic discipleship. The graph above gives you a summary of the average behavior frequencies of parishioners completing the CDP for all 5 expressions on a percentage scale from 0% (Almost Never/Never) to 100% (Almost Always/Always).
According to the responses, parishioners most often express their discipleship through Encountering God followed by Integrating Faith and Life.
Encountering God: This expression exhibits itself in your lives in many ways from trusting in God's forgiveness for your sins and failings to giving thanks to God when you receive blessings. Parishioners also encounter God by praying daily.
Integrating Faith and Life: As disciples, you integrate faith by relying on your faith for guidance in your life and being influenced by the life and teachings of Jesus when making important decisions.
The next three expressions parishioners indicated, in order, are Serving Others, Living as a Catholic, and Accompanying and Being Accompanied. You may find certain behaviors within these expressions that can be opportunities for the parishioners to grow in their discipleship.
As parish leaders communicate the aggregated responses of those who took the Catholic Discipleship Profile, you might invite your parishioners to compare their individual responses with the combined responses in this parish report.
