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

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APPRO8 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. -- Lectionary-Based/Liturgical Approach: In place of traditional weekly classes, children would receive their instruction in the context of a separate Children's Liturgy of the Word each Sunday throughout the year. The content of the instruction would be based on the Lectionary Readings for the Church year.   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	16	8.4%	8.4%	-1.72
Definitely promising	50	26.2%	34.6%	-.88
Somewhat promising	68	35.6%	70.2%	-.03
Not promising	26	13.6%	83.8%	.82
To be avoided	31	16.2%	100%	1.67

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	0.0% 0	9.8% 5	10.3% 7	9.8% 4	8.4% 16
Definitely promising	30.0% 9	27.5% 14	23.5% 16	26.8% 11	26.3% 50
Somewhat promising	20.0% 6	43.1% 22	42.6% 29	26.8% 11	35.8% 68
Not promising	20.0% 6	7.8% 4	7.4% 5	24.4% 10	13.2% 25
To be avoided	30.0% 9	11.8% 6	16.2% 11	12.2% 5	16.3% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 51	100.0% 68	100.0% 41	190

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely promising	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.2% 9	5.6% 2	10.2% 5	8.4% 16
Definitely promising	25.9% 7	0.0% 0	24.3% 18	38.9% 14	22.4% 11	26.3% 50
Somewhat promising	37.0% 10	50.0% 2	37.8% 28	25.0% 9	38.8% 19	35.8% 68
Not promising	11.1% 3	50.0% 2	17.6% 13	16.7% 6	4.1% 2	13.7% 26
To be avoided	25.9% 7	0.0% 0	8.1% 6	13.9% 5	24.5% 12	15.8% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 4	100.0% 74	100.0% 36	100.0% 49	190

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely promising	4.4% 6	19.2% 10	8.6% 16
Definitely promising	25.9% 35	26.9% 14	26.2% 49
Somewhat promising	34.8% 47	36.5% 19	35.3% 66
Not promising	15.6% 21	7.7% 4	13.4% 25
To be avoided	19.3% 26	9.6% 5	16.6% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 52	187

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely promising	10.6% 5	15.6% 5	3.7% 1	6.7% 1	5.4% 2	8.9% 14
Definitely promising	34.0% 16	21.9% 7	33.3% 9	33.3% 5	18.9% 7	27.8% 44
Somewhat promising	31.9% 15	37.5% 12	33.3% 9	40.0% 6	43.2% 16	36.7% 58
Not promising	14.9% 7	12.5% 4	11.1% 3	13.3% 2	13.5% 5	13.3% 21
To be avoided	8.5% 4	12.5% 4	18.5% 5	6.7% 1	18.9% 7	13.3% 21
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	100.0% 37	158