NCCL Executive Director Report

May, 2013

Cleveland, Ohio

Membership – A Challenge 2011 2012 2013

•Diocesan Directors 173 185 164

•Diocesan Staff 515 605 510

•Parish Cat. Leaders 1095 1299 992

•Academics 49 46 66

•Publishers 134 156 173

•Students 36 38 15

•Students – PT 6 6 12

•Other (Retired/Lifetime) 34 52 22

TOTAL 2042 2387 1954

National Collaborations

PAC– NIAC – Transforming Adolescent Catechesis has six sites for this year

*Are accepting applicants for 2014

*Confirmation Project is full for 2013. Open for applications for 2014.

*Ela Milewska will move to part-time status and become Project Coordinator. The PAC members have accepted various leadership roles. http://adolescentcatechesis.org/

National CollaborationsACLEM – ALLIANCE for the Certification of Lay Ecclesial Ministers

*NCCL has received three applications for Admission to Applicant status.

7 people have been nationally certified. We have two of the 8 candidates who will be advanced to the NCRC for national certification

*Gary Pokorny serves on the Alliance Board along with the Ex. Dir. and as the NCCL Rep on the NCRC

National Collaborations

Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute

•Webinars are now FREE

•Track One – New Leadership

•Track Two – Veteran Leadership

•Track Three – New Evangelization

•Track IV

•Webinars are now listed under ten topics. Go to Leadership Institute at www.usccb.org.

Leadership Institute• Administrative

• Adolescent Catechesis

• Adult Catechesis

• Catechist as Evangelizer

• Cultural Diversity

• Diocesan Directors Formation

• Family

• Moral Life

• New Evangelization

• Spiritual Life

• Strong Catechesis

National CollaborationsStrong Catholic Families, Strong Catholic Youth

•Over 60 diocese are participating

•NCEA has joined as a full partner

•Redesigning Take Home

booklet with more

practical ideas

•Effective Practice

Digest grows to meet

the needs of participants.

National CollaborationsStrong Catholic Families, Strong Catholic Youth

•Four Step Parish Process – The current “three step” parish process has been revised to four steps to include a first step of “Parish Assessment/Readiness”.

•Develop a shortened PPT version (15-20 minutes) of the Parish Leader Session.

•Short videos being produced to be used in Phase One and Diocesan preparedness

National CollaborationsWebinars

•NCPD – Catechesis: Persons with Disabilites, Autistic, Symbolic

•Ave Maria Press– Professional Development (over 35)– Technology

•Paulist Press

•Loyola Press

•AFF Committee and Sadlier Publishing

Small Successes• Gina has prepared Conference 2014 on-line

• Increased sales through the NCCL Amazon Bookstore - $326.43 in first 10 months, $463.98 last ten months, latest - $480.91

• NCCL Conference Registration on-line

• NCCL Registration payment on-line

• National Certification is growing.

• CL Weekly has had a consistent record – 335 issues

• Committee work and participation grows in work completed

Commendable Committee Work• Adult Faith Formation

• Conference Planning

• Editorial

• Evangelization: 21st Century Catholic Evangelization Website

• Product Development: Begun process of updating of the DRE series

• Rural Catechesis: Several podcast invitations to NCCL membership.

• Standards and Certification

• Technology

THANK YOUWithout you, the members, the work could easily become drudgery but your own spiritual lives, your commitment to the ministry, your willingness to be creative and innovative is a sign of hope and a source of inspiration to Gina and me.

We are grateful to the

witness you are to us.

It is a pleasure to serve

you in this ministry.