What is the All Things New Initiative?

All Things New is a new strategic pastoral planning effort focused on evangelization efforts in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

A new strategic pastoral planning effort for the Archdiocese of St. Louis seeks to boost evangelization efforts and re-envision current structures.


Who is leading the effort?

Father Christopher Martin has been appointed as vicar for strategic planning. He will work closely with   Catholic Leadership Institute and other stakeholders to oversee the planning process, which is expected to take several years.







What are the Strategic Pastoral Planning Process Goals?






What is the Process Scope of this Initiative?

All aspects of the Archdiocese of St Louis will be affected by this effort to some degree. 







Top Fifteen Feedback Themes

During August and September of 2021, nearly 650 members of the clergy and the laity provided feedback and the top fifteen themes that emerged are summarized below.









High-Level Timeline of the All Things New Initiative





From now until June 5, 2022, Planning Socialization and Data Collection will be taking place.  From June 5, 2022, until May 28, 2023, there will be feedback received on the model and final decisions will be made.  From the fall of 2023 until 2028, implementation of the plan will take place.

There is expected to be two years of prayer, discernment, and planning, including collecting data and feedback on all aspects within the archdiocese. Within parishes, that includes looking at registered parishioners, sacraments, and Mass attendance, as well as stories of the people in those parishes. Resources for prayer and evangelization will be shared on the archdiocesan, parish, and individual levels to guide the discernment process. Eventually, several models will be proposed to facilitate the work of evangelization, with implementation expected to begin by the fall of 2023.

January 29, 2022 - a new website for the All Things New Initiative will be launched



Three Goals:







Why Intentional Stewardship?

Not only are we seeing a decline in population but the number of weddings and baptisms are declining as well.  Thus, the need for a new evangelization to spread the good news as missionary disciples.