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

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APPRO9 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. -- Youth Activities Approach: In place of traditional weekly classes for high school age, youth parish religious education would take the form of a youth ministry in which students meet periodically in an informal group format for socializing, service activities, group discussions, group prayer, and group counseling. Major aspects of religious education (sacraments, morality, scripture) would be included in the group discussions. Students would be actively involved in planning and conducting these youth ministry sessions under the supervision of a well-prepared youth minister.   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	57	29.7%	29.7%	-1.14
Definitely promising	63	32.8%	62.5%	-.24
Somewhat promising	43	22.4%	84.9%	.66
Not promising	22	11.5%	96.4%	1.56
To be avoided	7	3.6%	100%	2.45

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	23.3% 7	29.4% 15	37.7% 26	22.0% 9	29.8% 57
Definitely promising	36.7% 11	39.2% 20	30.4% 21	26.8% 11	33.0% 63
Somewhat promising	13.3% 4	19.6% 10	21.7% 15	34.1% 14	22.5% 43
Not promising	23.3% 7	9.8% 5	5.8% 4	12.2% 5	11.0% 21
To be avoided	3.3% 1	2.0% 1	4.3% 3	4.9% 2	3.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 30	100.0% 51	100.0% 69	100.0% 41	191

Vocation (I-STATUS)

	Priest	Brother	Sister	Layman	Laywoman	TOTAL
Extremely promising	22.2% 6	0.0% 0	30.7% 23	27.8% 10	36.7% 18	29.8% 57
Definitely promising	25.9% 7	0.0% 0	34.7% 26	44.4% 16	28.6% 14	33.0% 63
Somewhat promising	25.9% 7	50.0% 2	24.0% 18	11.1% 4	24.5% 12	22.5% 43
Not promising	18.5% 5	50.0% 2	8.0% 6	13.9% 5	8.2% 4	11.5% 22
To be avoided	7.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	2.8% 1	2.0% 1	3.1% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 4	100.0% 75	100.0% 36	100.0% 49	191

Education (I-DEGREE)

	Advanced degree	No advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely promising	29.4% 40	30.8% 16	29.8% 56
Definitely promising	33.8% 46	30.8% 16	33.0% 62
Somewhat promising	20.6% 28	25.0% 13	21.8% 41
Not promising	12.5% 17	9.6% 5	11.7% 22
To be avoided	3.7% 5	3.8% 2	3.7% 7
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 52	188

Number of students (I-#STUDNTS)

	5K & under	5001-10K	10001-15K	15001-20K	Over 20K	TOTAL
Extremely promising	27.7% 13	28.1% 9	51.9% 14	6.7% 1	29.7% 11	30.4% 48
Definitely promising	29.8% 14	34.4% 11	22.2% 6	26.7% 4	29.7% 11	29.1% 46
Somewhat promising	29.8% 14	25.0% 8	7.4% 2	40.0% 6	27.0% 10	25.3% 40
Not promising	10.6% 5	9.4% 3	14.8% 4	20.0% 3	10.8% 4	12.0% 19
To be avoided	2.1% 1	3.1% 1	3.7% 1	6.7% 1	2.7% 1	3.2% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 32	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	100.0% 37	158