New Parish Ministers Survey of Lay and Religious, 1992

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FUTURE1 Rank the two factors most in need of improvement for the future of lay/religious parish ministry. - First factor   1) Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry   2) Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry   3) Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers   4) Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers   5) Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers   6) Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	55	17%	17%	-1.66
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	20	6.2%	23.1%	-1.04
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	46	14.2%	37.3%	-.41
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	114	35.2%	72.5%	.21
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	36	11.1%	83.6%	.83
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	53	16.4%	100%	1.46

Variable Comparisons

Gender Year of birth Race Marital status Education Status Baptized?

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Female	Male	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	18.1% 48	11.9% 7	17.0% 55
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	6.8% 18	3.4% 2	6.2% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	14.7% 39	11.9% 7	14.2% 46
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	33.2% 88	44.1% 26	35.2% 114
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	11.7% 31	8.5% 5	11.1% 36
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	15.5% 41	20.3% 12	16.4% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 265	100.0% 59	324

Year of birth (I-BORN)

	1916-1930	1931-1940	1941-1950	1951-1960	1961-1975	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	35.0% 7	14.1% 9	12.0% 13	18.8% 16	20.9% 9	16.9% 54
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	5.0% 1	6.3% 4	4.6% 5	4.7% 4	14.0% 6	6.3% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	10.0% 2	14.1% 9	16.7% 18	12.9% 11	14.0% 6	14.4% 46
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	30.0% 6	45.3% 29	30.6% 33	36.5% 31	27.9% 12	34.7% 111
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	15.0% 3	7.8% 5	15.7% 17	10.6% 9	4.7% 2	11.3% 36
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	5.0% 1	12.5% 8	20.4% 22	16.5% 14	18.6% 8	16.6% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 64	100.0% 108	100.0% 85	100.0% 43	320

Race (I-RACE)

	Euro-Amer	NonEuroAmr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	16.2% 47	22.6% 7	16.8% 54
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	5.8% 17	9.7% 3	6.2% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	14.1% 41	16.1% 5	14.3% 46
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	36.8% 107	19.4% 6	35.1% 113
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	10.3% 30	19.4% 6	11.2% 36
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	16.8% 49	12.9% 4	16.5% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 291	100.0% 31	322

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Never marr	Married	Div/sep	Widowed	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	17.3% 24	16.4% 26	23.8% 5	0.0% 0	17.0% 55
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	7.2% 10	5.7% 9	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	6.2% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	9.4% 13	16.4% 26	23.8% 5	50.0% 2	14.2% 46
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	40.3% 56	32.7% 52	19.0% 4	50.0% 2	35.3% 114
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	10.8% 15	11.3% 18	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	11.1% 36
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	15.1% 21	17.6% 28	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	16.1% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 159	100.0% 21	100.0% 4	323

Education (I-EDUC)

		College	MA/MDiv	DMin/PhD	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	13.6% 8	19.1% 18	14.5% 23	50.0% 4	16.6% 53
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	5.1% 3	6.4% 6	6.9% 11	0.0% 0	6.3% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	25.4% 15	9.6% 9	13.8% 22	0.0% 0	14.4% 46
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	16.9% 10	38.3% 36	40.9% 65	12.5% 1	35.0% 112
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	15.3% 9	10.6% 10	10.1% 16	12.5% 1	11.3% 36
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	23.7% 14	16.0% 15	13.8% 22	25.0% 2	16.6% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 59	100.0% 94	100.0% 159	100.0% 8	320

Status (I-RELSTAT)

	Lay person	Religious sister	Religious brother	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	17.9% 42	14.5% 12	0.0% 0	17.0% 54
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	5.6% 13	8.4% 7	0.0% 0	6.3% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	15.8% 37	9.6% 8	0.0% 0	14.2% 45
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	33.3% 78	42.2% 35	0.0% 0	35.5% 113
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	9.0% 21	14.5% 12	0.0% 0	10.4% 33
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	18.4% 43	10.8% 9	100.0% 1	16.7% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 83	100.0% 1	318

Baptized? (I-BAPTISM)

	RC as kid	RC adult	Other Chr	TOTAL
Current preparation of lay/religious for parish ministry	16.7% 50	19.0% 4	33.3% 1	17.0% 55
Integration of lay/religious ministers into lay/religious parish ministry	5.7% 17	14.3% 3	0.0% 0	6.2% 20
Structures and policies for lay/religious ministers	13.7% 41	19.0% 4	33.3% 1	14.2% 46
Readiness of priests for lay/religious parish ministers	36.0% 108	28.6% 6	0.0% 0	35.2% 114
Readiness of parishioners for lay/religious parish ministers	11.7% 35	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	11.1% 36
Current support structures for lay/religious parish ministers	16.3% 49	14.3% 3	33.3% 1	16.4% 53
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 21	100.0% 3	324