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Utilization Metrics Bulletin Announcement
The second Viability Metric the PFAC looked at was Utilization Metrics. This involves looking at church utilization and capacity at each location. The general goal for a parish family is a utilization between 50%-80%. In this metric we also looked at the number of weekend Masses per priest.
• Church utilization and capacity: This identifies how full the churches in a parish family are on a given weekend. To determine utilization, count the participants at each Mass on a weekend, then divide by the total weekend capacity (number of Masses x total seating capacity). The general goal for a parish family is a utilization between 50% and 80%.
• Number of Sunday Masses per priest: As is stated in canon law, “A priest is not permitted to celebrate the Eucharist more than once a day except in cases where the law permits him to celebrate or concelebrate more than once on the same day. If there is a shortage of priests, the local ordinary can allow priests to celebrate twice a day for a just cause, or if pastoral necessity requires it, even three times on Sundays and holy days of obligation.” B1: Who Are We Overview | 1 (Can 905 §1-2) Given local realities, Archbishop Etienne has determined that pastoral necessity requires permitting celebrating up to one Saturday Vigil and three Sunday Masses. The goal, therefore, is that priests celebrate no more than three Sunday Masses and one Saturday Vigil Mass. This metric determines whether the Sunday Mass schedule meets this goal.
Prior to the Challenges and Opportunities Listening Sessions in April the Utilization Metric information will be shared.