Toward Shaping the Agenda: A National Survey of Catholic Religious Education, Survey of Diocesan Leaders, 1993

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APPRO1 One purpose of this study is to contribute to planning for the future of Catholic religious education. Sketched briefly here are several possibilities or new approaches. Please give your rating on each of these possibilities. -- Home Video/Family Discussion Approach: A parent would lead a family discussion periodically on a religious/moral theme. To assist this discussion, a top-quality video including print materials/discussion guides on the subject would be rented from the parish and shown on a VCR, provided, if needed by the parish.   1) Extremely promising   2) Definitely promising   3) Somewhat promising   4) Not promising   5) To be avoided

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely promising	22	11.3%	11.3%	-1.88
Definitely promising	49	25.3%	36.6%	-.78
Somewhat promising	88	45.4%	82%	.32
Not promising	34	17.5%	99.5%	1.43
To be avoided	1	.5%	100%	2.53

Variable Comparisons

Tenure Vocation Education Number of students

Tenure (I-TENURE)

	Less than two years	2-4 years	5-10 years	Over 10 years	TOTAL
Extremely promising	9.7% 3	8.0% 4	17.1% 12	7.1% 3	11.4% 22
Definitely promising	22.6% 7	26.0% 13	18.6% 13	35.7% 15	24.9% 48
Somewhat promising	45.2% 14	44.0% 22	47.1% 33	45.2% 19	45.6% 88
Not promising	22.6% 7	20.0% 10	17.1% 12	11.9% 5	17.6% 34
To be avoided	0.0% 0	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 50	100.0% 70	100.0% 42	193

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely promising	17.9% 5	0.0% 0	10.4% 8	11.1% 4	10.4% 5	11.4% 22
Definitely promising	17.9% 5	25.0% 1	24.7% 19	36.1% 13	22.9% 11	25.4% 49
Somewhat promising	39.3% 11	75.0% 3	49.4% 38	50.0% 18	37.5% 18	45.6% 88
Not promising	21.4% 6	0.0% 0	15.6% 12	2.8% 1	29.2% 14	17.1% 33
To be avoided	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 77	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	193

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely promising	10.9% 15	13.5% 7	11.6% 22
Definitely promising	23.2% 32	28.8% 15	24.7% 47
Somewhat promising	49.3% 68	34.6% 18	45.3% 86
Not promising	15.9% 22	23.1% 12	17.9% 34
To be avoided	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 52	190

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely promising	18.4% 9	9.4% 3	18.5% 5	6.7% 1	8.1% 3	13.1% 21
Definitely promising	26.5% 13	37.5% 12	7.4% 2	20.0% 3	21.6% 8	23.8% 38
Somewhat promising	44.9% 22	34.4% 11	51.9% 14	26.7% 4	54.1% 20	44.4% 71
Not promising	10.2% 5	18.8% 6	22.2% 6	46.7% 7	13.5% 5	18.1% 29
To be avoided	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	0.6% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 49	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	100.0% 37	160