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Mooney Real Estate Holding Company and Parish Incorporations

Will there be a corporate board of directors? Will laity be involved? What is the role of the Pastor and the Archbishop?

How will this affect the day-to-day life of the parish?

Will parish incorporation result in greater accountability to civil authorities?

Will parishes in a Family of Parishes be separately incorporated?

Will schools be separately incorporated?

How will parishes be incorporated?

Why is this being done at this time in the Archdiocese of Detroit?

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Parish Finances

How is the archdiocesan assessment different from the Catholic Services Appeal?

Parish Finances

Does the Archdiocese of Detroit offer financial assistance to parishes?

Are parishes audited? Who does the audits and on what basis?

How do special collections work in the Archdiocese of Detroit?

How is the CSA goal determined for each parish?

Can CSA fundraising be used for parish capital expenditure projects?

How much has been contributed to the Catholic Services Appeal in recent years?

Is the assessment unique to the Archdiocese of Detroit? How often does it change?

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Parishioner Data Management and Privacy

Parishioner Data Management and Privacy

Is the information contained in ParishSOFT sold for advertising purposes?

How does the Archdiocese of Detroit and its parishes protect personal data?

Why use a Church (Parish) Management System?

Why have a single, centralized database?

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Priests' Pension Plan

Has the Detroit priest retirement plan changed in recent years?

What retirement benefits do senior priests receive through the Priests’ Pension Plan?

What do senior priests do in their retirement years?

How are priest retirement benefits funded in the Detroit Archdiocese?

Priests' Pension Plan

Do priests receive benefits through the special collection for retired religious?

How are priest benefits determined and how is the Priests’ Pension Plan administered? Who oversees Plan monies?

How has the Priests’ Pension Plan investment portfolio performed in recent years?

Is the Priests’ Pension Plan sufficient to cover pension and retirement benefits for all priests, including today’s younger priests?

Have priests in the Detroit Archdiocese always received their retirement benefits?

What happens if a senior priest requires care at an assisted living facility?

How many diocesan priests are there? How many are receiving pensions?

Do suspended, permanently suspended, or laicized clergy still receive pensions?

If priests leave ministry or are removed because of financial irregularities, sexual misconduct, or other causes, do they receive archdiocesan priest benefits?

Are Priests’ Pension Plan funds used for other purposes? Are the Pension Plan monies invested with other archdiocesan monies?

What is the financial status of the assets of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Priests’ Pension Plan? Is it stable?

Does the Priests’ Pension Plan cover all the living costs incurred by senior priests?

When do priests retire? How do they qualify for retirement benefits from the Detroit Archdiocese?

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Stewards for Tomorrow/Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation

Stewards for Tomorrow / Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation

Who qualifies for the Catholic schools’ tuition assistance?

What is the process for applying for archdiocesan tuition assistance?

Who oversees the Foundation and who manages the endowment funds?

How have the investments performed?

Has the Archdiocese ever tapped the endowment to support the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in D.C., to pay for lawsuits, or for any purposes other than those for which those funds were established

What is the difference between the Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation and the Sent on Mission fundraising initiative?

What is the difference between The Catholic Foundation of Michigan and the Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation?

What is the relationship between the Catholic Foundation of Michigan and the Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation?

How does the Endowment support training for youth and family ministers?

How does the Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation work?

Who received the tuition assistance?

How much is currently in the Endowment?

Do any parishes or schools invest their funds in the archdiocesan Endowment?

Are endowment funds combined with other accounts in the Archdiocese?

What programs and services receive Endowment funding?

What has been allocated to the above four areas since the Endowment was established?

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St. John's Plymouth

Why did the Archdiocese invest in redeveloping St. John's?

What revenue does the Archdiocese realize from the for-profit hotel, conference center, and golf course operations?

Is the Archdiocese considering new plans for the St. John's complex, or will it close?

What is the background of St. John's?

What happened after the St. John's seminary was closed?

How much money has the Archdiocese put into the St. John's complex?

Where did the AOD funds come from?

Why did the Retreat Center at St. John's close?

Who is overseeing operations at St. John's?

What is next for the Inn at St. John's?

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Synod 16

What are the fruits of Synod 16?

Will there be another synod?

Why was the scope of Synod 16 limited to evangelization?

Why is Synod 16 important?

What is a diocesan synod?

What is evangelization? Why is it important?

What happened in the lead-up to the Synod?

Who were the members of Synod 16?

Have there been other diocesan synods in the Archdiocese of Detroit?

When and where was Synod 16 held?

Synod '16

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Unleash the Gospel

Unleash the Gospel

Was the six-day challenge part of the effort to unleash the Gospel?

How come I haven’t heard about Unleash the Gospel at my parish or school?

Where can I get more information and resources?

What can I do to help unleash the Gospel in the Archdiocese of Detroit?

Why did he write it now?

What is a pastoral letter?

Is this some sort of membership drive to swell the ranks of the Catholic Church?

Why did Archbishop Vigneron write this letter?

Is Unleash the Gospel a document? An initiative? Both? Something else?

Where can I read Unleash the Gospel?

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Compartiendo la Luz

Sínodo 16

Protegiendo a los Niños de Dios

Plan de Pensión Sacerdotal

Privacidad y manejo de datos personales de los miembros de la parroquia

Abuso Sexual del Clero

Llamado al Servicio Católico

Finanzas arquidiocesanas

San Juan Plymouth

Finanzas Parroquiales

Centro Cultural San Juan Pablo II

Cambiando vidas juntos

Haz Llegar el Evangelio

Fundación para la Dotación de la arquidiócesis de Detroit

El Programa de Préstamos y Depósitos

La Fundación Católica de Michigan

Caridades católicas del sureste de Michigan

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