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Mooney Real Estate Holding Company and Parish Incorporations

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

How will parishes be incorporated?

Will schools be separately incorporated?

Will parishes in a Family of Parishes be separately incorporated?

Will parish incorporation result in greater accountability to civil authorities?

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

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

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Parish Finances

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

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

Can CSA fundraising be used for parish capital expenditure projects?

How is the CSA goal determined for each parish?

How do special collections work in the Archdiocese of Detroit?

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

Does the Archdiocese of Detroit offer financial assistance to parishes?

Parish Finances

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

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Parishioner Data Management and Privacy

Why have a single, centralized database?

Why use a Church (Parish) Management System?

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

Is the information contained in ParishSOFT sold for advertising purposes?

Parishioner Data Management and Privacy

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Priests' Pension Plan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Priests' Pension Plan

How are priest retirement benefits funded in the Detroit Archdiocese?

What do senior priests do in their retirement years?

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

Has the Detroit priest retirement plan changed in recent years?

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Stewards for Tomorrow/Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation

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

What programs and services receive Endowment funding?

Are endowment funds combined with other accounts in the Archdiocese?

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

How much is currently in the Endowment?

Who received the tuition assistance?

How does the Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation work?

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

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

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

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

How have the investments performed?

Who oversees the Foundation and who manages the endowment funds?

What is the process for applying for archdiocesan tuition assistance?

Who qualifies for the Catholic schools’ tuition assistance?

Stewards for Tomorrow / Archdiocese of Detroit Endowment Foundation

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

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St. John's Plymouth

Who is overseeing operations at St. John's?

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

Where did the AOD funds come from?

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

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

What is the background of St. John's?

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

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

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

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

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Synod 16

When and where was Synod 16 held?

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

Who were the members of Synod 16?

What happened in the lead-up to the Synod?

What is evangelization? Why is it important?

What is a diocesan synod?

Why is Synod 16 important?

Why was the scope of Synod 16 limited to evangelization?

Will there be another synod?

What are the fruits of Synod 16?

Synod '16

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Unleash the Gospel

Where can I read Unleash the Gospel?

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

Why did Archbishop Vigneron write this letter?

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

What is a pastoral letter?

Why did he write it now?

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

Where can I get more information and resources?

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

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

Unleash the Gospel

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Compartiendo la Luz

Caridades católicas del sureste de Michigan

La Fundación Católica de Michigan

El Programa de Préstamos y Depósitos

Fundación para la Dotación de la arquidiócesis de Detroit

Haz Llegar el Evangelio

Cambiando vidas juntos

Centro Cultural San Juan Pablo II

Finanzas Parroquiales

San Juan Plymouth

Finanzas arquidiocesanas

Llamado al Servicio Católico

Abuso Sexual del Clero

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

Plan de Pensión Sacerdotal

Protegiendo a los Niños de Dios

Sínodo 16

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