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A WyCo Deanery initiative

Renewal from the Heartland

The road to a deanery pastoral plan

November 2026–July 2027

“We have begun to hear God speaking to us through one another.”

Archbishop Shawn McKnight, A Pastoral Letter on Synodality (September 12, 2026), §38.

The road through our planning year

  1. Listen and Gather

    November–December 2026

    Hear our communities and bring parish leaders together.

  2. Develop and Participate

    January–Lent 2027

    Prepare the survey with CARA and invite participation.

  3. Discern and Plan

    March 28–May 16, 2027

    Pray with the results and turn shared priorities into a pastoral plan.

  4. Summer follow-through

    June–July 2027

    Review the plans and begin implementation in our parishes.

Coming up

Selected local listening sessions · November 2026

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Were not our hearts burning [within us] while he spoke to us on the way and opened the scriptures to us?

Luke 24:32 (NABRE)