SWOT+Issues+-+Catholic+Identity

__**These are the compilation of all the important issues from the SWOT analyses**__:  1. Publicizing in the tri-parish communities the distinct advantage of having the children profess, experience, and live our Catholic faith in their daily school lives under the auspices of teachers who believe in and nurture the Catholic Catechisms.  2. Publicizing in the tri-parish communities and the community at-large the Christian service activities of the school community – students, staff, parents, to promote and enhance SFA’s Christian and Catholic image.  3. SFA Administration must continue to support opportunities to practice and enhance the Catholic faith of its students, faculty, staff and parents. Such opportunities include prayer services, masses, Christian service activities, to name a few.  4  Highlight Catholic education & culture of faith, (prayer, sacraments, service, campus ministry & achievements) to tri-parish/local community to encourage support & enrollment. Invite tri-parish/local community to prayer groups/speakers, Masses, celebrations  5  Weekly Mass attendance with big/little buddies as prayer partners & encourage prayer partnership with classmates. Add Eucharistic Adoration to faith formation 1-2 x /year.  6  Plan/facilitate student retreats through teachers/parent volunteers in Santa Clara Hall or Church to use community resources and lower costs of off-site retreats.  7  Low levels of SFA student involvement and visibility in the tri-parish community.  8  Develop a new family/ new student mentoring program.  9   Increase Tri-parish presence (bulletin articles, service projects, SFA feast day, Catholic schools week, etc…)  10  Develop a community volunteer program made up of SFA students.  11  To establish a strong parish and school communications and involvement.  12  Publicize Catholic Identity to broader community not just the Tri-parishes.  13  Grade level retreats each year for the spiritual growth of the families.  14  Increase the role of Spiritual Room Parents with defined tasks and schedule to be distributed to the class room teachers  15  Increase and define the role of Parish Liaisons with defined tasks and responsibilities of spreading information and happenings of the school to the Parishes  16  Relationship tot he parishes and the religious community <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msobidifontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msolist: Ignore;"> 17  Service programs <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msobidifontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msolist: Ignore;"> 18  Integration of school religious schedule with parish schedules <span style="mso-list: Ignore; msofareastfontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msobidifontfamily: 'Book Antiqua'; msolist: Ignore;"> 19