In September, the Perg deanery entered into the “structural process” of the Linz diocese. The aim is to merge the 14 parishes to date into a common organizational unit and to ensure the best possible pastoral care despite the increasing shortage of personnel – both among priests and lay theologians.
After the kick-off meeting in Mauthausen at the end of September, a core team developed several key points for the new parish. These will be further specified at a vision retreat in Naarn on Saturday, January 27th. “We also carried out an as-is analysis using questionnaires and interviews. People from the parish’s immediate surroundings were interviewed as well as clubs and people who were at a greater distance from the church,” says Martin Kapplmüller, deacon in Schwertberg and team leader of the structural process. At the vision meeting, the aim is to further flesh out those points that have so far emerged as central in order to formulate a pastoral concept for the entire new parish and its 14 parishes in the coming months. While the name for the new parish is still open, the deanery council has already voted on the location of the future parish office. A majority voted for Perg.
Like the starting meeting, the vision retreat is not only aimed at active parish councils and parish employees. Kapplmüller: “Everyone who is interested in the parish environment in which they would like to live in the future should feel addressed.” It starts at 11:30 a.m. in the Gasthaus Walterer with a shared lunch. The end of the exam is scheduled for 4:30 p.m.
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Bernhard Leitner
Local editor Mühlviertel
Bernhard Leitner
