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

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APPRO6 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. -- National Program for New Technology: The U.S. Bishops would establish a National Religious Education Consortium funded in the range of $5 million-$8 million a year by advance diocesan subscriptions and a national collection in parishes on Catechetical Sunday. This consortium would plan and develop a top-quality video-based religious education program by funding proposals submitted by commercial firms responding to a competitive bidding procedure.   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	18	9.3%	9.3%	-1.85
Definitely promising	36	18.7%	28%	-.99
Somewhat promising	66	34.2%	62.2%	-.13
Not promising	46	23.8%	86%	.74
To be avoided	27	14%	100%	1.6

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	3.2% 1	17.6% 9	11.8% 8	0.0% 0	9.4% 18
Definitely promising	22.6% 7	15.7% 8	16.2% 11	21.4% 9	18.2% 35
Somewhat promising	29.0% 9	39.2% 20	30.9% 21	38.1% 16	34.4% 66
Not promising	19.4% 6	19.6% 10	30.9% 21	21.4% 9	24.0% 46
To be avoided	25.8% 8	7.8% 4	10.3% 7	19.0% 8	14.1% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 51	100.0% 68	100.0% 42	192

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely promising	14.3% 4	0.0% 0	11.7% 9	2.9% 1	8.3% 4	9.4% 18
Definitely promising	14.3% 4	25.0% 1	15.6% 12	25.7% 9	20.8% 10	18.8% 36
Somewhat promising	32.1% 9	50.0% 2	39.0% 30	34.3% 12	27.1% 13	34.4% 66
Not promising	21.4% 6	25.0% 1	24.7% 19	20.0% 7	25.0% 12	23.4% 45
To be avoided	17.9% 5	0.0% 0	9.1% 7	17.1% 6	18.8% 9	14.1% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 28	100.0% 4	100.0% 77	100.0% 35	100.0% 48	192

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely promising	5.8% 8	15.4% 8	8.5% 16
Definitely promising	17.5% 24	21.2% 11	18.5% 35
Somewhat promising	35.0% 48	34.6% 18	34.9% 66
Not promising	25.5% 35	19.2% 10	23.8% 45
To be avoided	16.1% 22	9.6% 5	14.3% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 52	189

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely promising	10.4% 5	9.4% 3	0.0% 0	20.0% 3	5.3% 2	8.1% 13
Definitely promising	16.7% 8	21.9% 7	33.3% 9	20.0% 3	18.4% 7	21.3% 34
Somewhat promising	41.7% 20	34.4% 11	29.6% 8	33.3% 5	36.8% 14	36.3% 58
Not promising	18.8% 9	25.0% 8	18.5% 5	13.3% 2	26.3% 10	21.3% 34
To be avoided	12.5% 6	9.4% 3	18.5% 5	13.3% 2	13.2% 5	13.1% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	100.0% 38	160