ParishSurveyResults

Analysis:
Assumptions:
     Mailed (families)        1400
     Returned (families)        111
     % returned        7.9%
     - It is unknown as to whether the returned surveys were completed by one member in a family or multiples. Therefore, the general assumption will be that each survey represents one family

Purpose of Survey
The goal of the survey is to identify what the Parish is doing well, and where there are developmental needs (what we are not doing, or not doing well (i.e. publicizing our ministries, events, etc.))

Since we are looking to evaluate what we are doing well, the results need to be analyzed in a variety of ways:

Overall results
     Raw results purely quantitative - no qualitative analysis
     Categorize by three categories: Excellent - Good; Fair to Poor; Not Applicable and Not Aware.
     More qualitative - Exclusion of Not Aware and Not Applicable from analysis of Satisfaction
     Where ministries are known and utilized, the level of satisfaction needs to be analyzed; therefore, to not skew the data, it is necessary to omit the "Not Applicable" and "Not Aware" replies as follows:

     - Not applicable - Most likely represents responses to topics that are not applicable to the respondent (ex: Religious Program, respondee does not have children utilizing the program.) and therefore cannot reply knowledgeably to
the question.
     - Not aware - Most likely represents topics that the respondent did not know existed within the parish, therefore, the respondent is not able to knowledgeably reply. This however prompts that we further explore "why" the
respondent is not aware.

General Results
Based on QUALITATIVE data
     The Parish, its Liturgies and sense of community:
     - Overall 86% of the respondents are generally happy
     - Respondents rated the Parish and liturgies as being good (48%) to excellent (37%); improvement was needed as to a sense of community with responses of fair (20%) and poor (5%).

     The Religious Education Program (Adult, youth and RCIA), preparation for the Sacraments and other related ministries
     - Overall 90% of the respondents rated these ministries and programs as good to excellent.
     - Respondents felt however that improvement was needed in the areas of Small Faith Sharing Groups and Adult Education with 26% and 45% (respectively) returning a rating of poor to fair.


Analysis of Not Aware and Not Applicable.
     - Overall 68% of the respondents were not aware of the programs offered for Religious Education or sacrament preparation with 39% not being aware and 29% responding that they were not applicable

     - The programs that most respondents were unaware of were: RCIA (40%), Small Faith Sharing Groups (59%), Wedding (46%) and Baptism(46%) preparation and Adult Education (49%).




Question #16 Qualitative verbiage provided
     -        Restart Faith Sharing Groups was suggested by 2 parishioners (Ann Wall)
     -        Join other parishes in the Soup Kitchen efforts
     -        Provide Adult Formation Classes (Claire Poli)
     -        Change junior high CCD to Sunday
     -        Change Confirmation to 8th grade
     -        Put extra effort into ALL categories - both Lay and Clergy
     -        The church/parish should be about community - not cliques
     -        Keep up the GOOD WORK!!
     -        Provide Bible Study - 2 parishioners (Ann Dugan)
     -        Provide Grief Sharing/Bereavement ministry
     -        Sermons should relate to the Bible/Gospel, not everyday life
     -        More must be demanded from parishioners.
     -        Father Rich must shorten his sermons! ;-)