Leaders' Responsibilities

Mission Commitment Plan

Focused Formation + Good Governance = Effective Evangelization

Focused formation

Pastoral formation, training, and leadership development.

• • Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. - Matthew 28:20

  • Strong Marriages = Strong Families = Strong Communities

    • Sundays and Long Weekends (per provincial holiday guidelines) ideally ought to be reserved for the family

  • Caring and shepherding our members

    • Household Heads are to conduct their lower household 2x/month and attend their upper household 2x/month.

    • Household Heads are to conduct 1-on-1's or 2-on-2's with their members 2x/year at a minimum.

    • Conduct household fellowship when possible.

  • Faithful and fruitful financial stewardship.

    • Conduct Financial Stewardship Teaching at least 1x/year for CFC and Family Ministry members.

    • All leaders to give their monthly tithes.

  • Strengthen the Mission Core.

    • Mission Core Assembly / Teaching is to be conducted 1x/month, alternating assembly and teaching.

  • Commitment to monthly Chapter Assemblies and Teachings.

    • Chapter Prayer Assembly and Chapter Teaching is to be conducted 1x/month.

  • Regular monthly service meetings.

    • All leaders are to conduct regular monthly service meetings 1x/month.

  • Train, develop, and raise up spiritual leaders in CFC and the Family Ministries.

    • Be Holy - Put our personal lives in order and grow in personal holiness.

    • Conduct Mission Core Retreat for all new CFC Chapter Heads and Family Ministries Cluster Coordinators and up.

    • All leaders need to complete their required leaders formation for their respective service position.

    • Encourage and inspire leaders to go on mission at least 1x/year.

  • All CFC and Family Ministry members are to attend the required regular formation track.

    • Conduct respective regular formation track.

    • Conduct Loving the Poor Seminar at least 1x/year.

    • Conduct Gift of Life, Theology of the Body, Christian Life Program v2.0 Training, and other theme-related teachings.

Good governance

Structure, financial management, monitoring, and reporting

• • Strong financial structure and prudent stewardship.

    • Make the Financial Reports available to all members on a quarterly basis.

    • Areas will come up with an annual budget based on the new National (60%) and Local (40%) Funding Model starting January 2021.

  • Full implementation and use of the One Global Data (OGD) as a pastoral tool.

    • Implementation of Phases determined by the National One Global Data (OGD) Team.

    • Effective and timely update of information in One Global Data.

  • Catholic faith as a lifestyle proclaimed through Ablaze.

    • Effective monitoring and recording of Ablaze inventory of all areas.

    • Support a centralized approach of sourcing and ordering Ablaze products.

Effective evangelization

Personal and family renewal, growth in membership, tithing, helping the poor

• • One with the Catholic Church

    • CFC Canada is to have presence in at least 40 new parishes nationally by end of 2021 and another 40 new parishes by end of 2022.

    • Every member ought to maintain good relationships with the parish and the clergy.

  • Seamless transition (womb-to-tomb)

    • All CFC and Family Ministries to collaborate and implement Seamless Transition Guidelines.

    • Strive to achieve 99% retention of members.

    • All CFC, SOLD, HOLD, SFC, and CFCY Chapters are to bring back at least 8 inactive members a year.

  • Build the Church of the Poor.

    • All CFC, SOLD, HOLD, and SFC leaders are to have at least one ANCOP Scholar.

    • Increased participation of all CFC & Family Ministry members in our annual ANCOP Walk.

    • Increased support of the ANCOP Lenten Card and Give Love Campaign.

  • CFC as a diverse Catholic Canada Community.

    • CFC Canada is to bring Christ to all Canadians of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

    • All CFC & Family Ministries to implement the InterCultural Evangelization (ICE) Guidelines.

  • CFC as a Gift to Families

    • Implementation of Phases as determined by Family is a Gift Core Team (Young Couples Program and Seniors Program).

  • Bring Christ to All

    • Every member is to bring at least one person every year to the CLP/Camp or Gateway Evangelization event.

  • Pre-Evangelization Events

    • Implement Gateway Programs and Events as discerned by the CFC Area or the Family Ministry National Core Teams.