GOAL 1: TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF ALL FACILITIES AND LAND OWNED BY THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER AND LEVERAGE THOSE GIFTS TO ALLOW US TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH, LEADING PEOPLE CLOSER TO CHRIST.
Action Step 1.1
Build the appropriate staff and volunteer leadership structure to oversee land and facilities.
Action Step 1.2
Adopt policies and procedures for the staff and the Diocesan Facilities and Real Estate (DFRE) Council, to lead the Office of Facilities and Real Estate.
Action Step 1.3
Determine needed staffing and budget for Building Dept.
Action Step 1.4
Establish a Diocesan Facilities and Real Estate Council, (DFRE Council) made up of lay and clergy who meet quarterly. Define roles and responsibilities of this newly formed council.
Action Step 1.5
Create a database of all buildings and land.
Action Step 1.6
Formalize protocol with the DFRE Council to determine a plan as buildings become vacant: to sell, lease, or determine an adaptive re-use.
As the most obvious beneficiary of vacant properties, Catholic Social Services (CSS) will establish a buildings and facilities committee to assist the CEO to assess current vacant buildings for adaptive re-use options in order to advance the CSS mission.
Action Step 1.7
DFRE Council establishes protocols and procedures for the stewardship of sacred spaces / closed churches.
Action Step 1.8
Secure a 10,000 square foot, climate-controlled storage facility to warehouse contents of closed churches.
Action Step 1.9
Establish an inventory database of all contents of closed churches
Action Step 1.10
Create a page on diocesan website and market inventory that is for sale or donation, to manage and move inventory on an ongoing basis.
Action Step 1.11
Assess and streamline the # of diocesan property contracts.
Organize inventory of property and facility contracts – e.g., property and building insurance, mechanical, maintenance, copiers, landscaping, trash removal, snow removal, et al – and rebid.
GOAL 2: IMPROVE SERVICE AND SUPPORT TO THE PARISHES, SCHOOLS AND MINISTRIES OF THE DIOCESE BY STRENGTHENING THE WAY DIOCESAN DEPARTMENTS COORDINATE, COLLABORATE AND USE TECHNOLOGY, TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE DIOCESE OF FALL RIVER.
Action Step 2.1
Survey current diocesan department leadership regarding space requirements – including Catholic Social Services and Diocesan Healthcare Facilities and estimate future needs for Diocesan Ministry and Administrative space.
Action Step 2.2
Benchmark other dioceses who have undergone similar consolidation and identify potential sites.
Action Step 2.3
Formalize a Chancery Relocation Committee that will eventually serve as a subcommittee of the Diocesan Facilities and Real Estate Council to provide ongoing leadership for this process. This committee shall meet monthly with staff and the Bishop to the determine feasibility of relocation and to establish a detailed relocation and development plan.
COMMISSION MEMBERS
Chairs: Chris & Bob Long
St. Mary’s, So. Dartmouth
Joseph Amaral
St. Elizabeth Seton, No. Falmouth
Marcos Assis
Nossa Senhora de Assunção, Fall River
Blair Bailey
St. Mary’s, Dartmouth
Sean Baker
St. Mary’s, Dartmouth
Joseph Booth
St. Mary’s, Fairhaven
Christopher Borba
St. Francis Xavier, Acushnet
Joe Capobianco
Good Shepherd Parish, Martha’s Vineyard
Ann J. Chapdelaine
Sacred Heart, North Attleborough
Paul Desrocher
St. Ann’s, Raynham
Jevon DeSena
St. Lawrence, New Bedford
Nancy Emond
St. John of God, Somerset
David Ferguson
St. Bernard’s, Assonet
Joseph Fingliss
St. Louis de France, Swansea
Richard Fournier
St. Julie’s, N. Dartmouth
Jeffrey Gallant
St. Julie’s, N Dartmouth
Ralph Grassia
St. Mary’s, Onset
Walter Henry
Our Lady of the Assumption, Osterville
Frank Howard
St. Patrick’s, Falmouth
Joann Johnson
Christ the King, Mashpee
Norman Lamontagne
St George’s, Westport
Peter Landry
St. John the Baptist, Westport
Dennis Lydon
Esq., St. Anthony of Padua, New Bedford
Robert Mascali
St Anthony, East Falmouth
Jim McKeon
Corpus Christi, E. Sandwich
Lloyd Mendes
St. John of God, Somerset
William Moran
St. Pius X & St Mary – Our Lady of the Isle,
W Yarmouth & Nantucket
Adam Morin
Holy Name, Fall River
Joseph O’Keefe
St Pius X, S. Yarmouth
Peter Prygocki
Christ the King, Mashpee
Thomas Quinn III
Holy Name, Fall River
Joseph Reidy, Jr.
St. Thomas More, Somerset
James Riley
St. Mary, Norton
Richard R. Rivard
St. Joseph, Fall River
Colby Rottler
St. Anthony, Mattapoisett
Stephen Seery
St. Francis of Assisi, Swansea
Suzanne Smith Saulniers
St Lawrence Martyr, New Bedford
Daniel Sullivan
St Patrick, Falmouth
Frank Szedlak Jr.
Our Lady of Lourdes, Wellfleet
Taylor Torres
St. Mary’s, TauntonJoe Voci,
St Elizabeth Seton, N. Falmouth