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1.) VOCATION: What is your vocational status? 2.) DIACONAT: In the diaconate program, what does your role involve? 3.) COMMITTD: How commit to diocese to process of supervise, provide counsel & give direction to permanent deacons 4.) TRAINING: Have you had formal training which has prepared you for your role? 5.) EVALTRNG: Please evaluate the training for your role. 6.) SATSTRNG: Was there preparation for your role? 8.) ROLEPREP: In light or your experience, how was the time you spent preparing for your role? 9.) APPTROLE: Who appointed you to your role? 11.) PICKROLE: If you had a choice, would you be in this role? 12.) RSPNSBLT: Which of the following statements characterizes how you understand your responsibilities? 13.) WRTNROLE: If there is a written role description, who wrote it? 14.) ROLEDESC: Does the role description still accurately describe your actual responsibilities? 15.) RSTRDCNT: In general, what is your personal reaction to the restoration of the permanent diaconate? 16.) LTRATURE: Has any literature helped you as supervisor? 17.) LAYPRSON: Ministries your deacons perform be performed equally by lay person or same person w/o ordination 18.) DBISHOP: The diocesan bishop in general is supportive of the permanent diaconate. 19.) DPRIESTS: Diocesan priests are supportive of the permanent diaconate. 20.) PRSHNRD: Parishioners understand the role of deacons for the most part. 21.) PRIESTSD: Priests have grown more supportive of the diaconate than they were years ago. 22.) PARSHNRD: Parishioners have come to understand the role of deacons better than years ago. 23.) SISTERSD: Sisters have come to appreciate the role of deacon. 24.) PRSHSTFD: Parish staffs have come to appreciate the role of deacon. 25.) PDCNATE: The permanent diaconate is needed more now than when it was first restored. 26.) DCNTEGRW: The diaconate will grow substantially in numbers in the next five years in our diocese. 27.) DCNCMMTY: Overall, how well are most of the deacons introduced to the community they serve? 28.) UPDTPRSH: How much ongoing instruction & updating on role of permanent diaconate is happening w/ parishioners 29.) UPDTPRST: How much ongoing instruction & updating on role of permanent diaconate is happening w/ priests 30.) UPDTRLGS: How much ongoing instruction & updating on role of permanent diaconate is happening w/ religious 31.) UPDTBSHP: How much ongoing instruction & updating on role of permanent diaconate is happening w/ bishops 32.) UPDTPRSS: How much ongoing instruction & updating on role of permanent diaconate is happening w/parish staffs 33.) DLNTION1: Do deacons with whom you work have a written delineation of their responsibilities? 34.) DLNTION2: Do you think deacons need a written delineation of their responsibilities? 35.) DCNWIVES: How would you describe relationship between most deacons' wives & priests with whom they minister 36.) DCNPSTOR: In general, how much collaboration do you see between deacons and their pastors? 37.) DCNSTSFC: In general, how much satisfaction or dissatisfaction is expressed over this collaboration? 38.) DCNPRSH: In general, how much collaboration do you see between deacons and parish staff? 39.) PRSHSTSF: In general, how much satisfaction or dissatisfaction is expressed over this collaboration? 40.) DCNPRST: In general, how much do you see deacons and priests collaborating as a team? 43.) MEETINGS: You & deacons you supervise decide on often you should meet to discuss deacons' ministry positions 44.) MEETFREQ: Does your diocese have guidelines about how frequently supervisors and deacons should meet? 45.) FREQMEET: In general, do you find the frequency of your meetings with the deacons you direct and counsel: 46.) MEETGOOD: Over time, have you found the frequency of your meetings with the deacons you supervise: 47.) MEETDISC: In general, how frequently do you generally discuss the deacon's ministry with him? 48.) DCNRLTN: How would you broadly characterize your relationship with the deacons you direct and counsel? 49.) DCNDEVOT: Believe deacon you direct & counsel would devote same time to their present ministry if not ordained 50.) KNOWDCN: Know the deacons you direct and counsel before they became a candidate for the permanent diaconate? 51.) PRSUORDN: If yes, did you personally encourage these men to pursue ordination to the diaconate? 52.) HOMILIES: The overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct and counsel in preparing and giving homilies? 53.) EDUCTION: Rate the overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct and counsel in religious education? 54.) ADMNSRTN: Rate effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in participation in parish/diocesan admin 55.) CNSLPOOR: How would you rate the overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct and counsel with the poor? 56.) PROLIFE: Rate the overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct and counsel in the pro-life movement? 57.) PRISON: How would you rate overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in prison ministry 58.) COMMUNTY: Rate overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in working w/ small base communities 59.) SICKELDR: Rate the overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in visiting the sick & elderly 60.) CIVLRGHT: Rate overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in promoting human & civil rights 61.) LITRGIES: Overall most deacons you direct & counsel in sacramental activities (baptisms, marriages, liturgies) 62.) CNSLING: How would you rate the overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct and counsel in counseling? 63.) RCIA: Effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in Rite of Christian Initiation inquiry classes 64.) ENCOUNTR: Most deacons you direct & counsel in leadership of prayer groups, charismatics, marriage encounter 65.) EVNGLZTN: How would you rate the overall effectiveness of most deacons you direct & counsel in evangelization 66.) SOCLTCHN: Deacons direct & counsel in preach,teach, or inform others about social teachings of Catholic Church 67.) EFTVDCN1: Effectiveness of most deacons you direct & council in other area not previously listed -- Answer One 68.) EFTVDCN2: Effectiveness of most deacons you direct & council in other area not previously listed -- Answer Two 69.) EFTVDCN3: Effectiveness of most deacons you direct & council in other area not previously listed- Answer Three 70.) TURNOUT: Since its restoration, has the ministry of the diaconate turned out as you expected? 71.) ADEQUATE: Do you feel the diaconal formation programs with which you are familiar are adequate? 72.) EFFECTVE: How effective do you believe your role has been? 73.) GUIDLINE: Use 1984 guidelines on permanent diaconate published by National Conference of Catholic Bishops 74.) ACCNTNT: To whom do you give an accounting of your supervision or direction/counseling of deacons? 75.) DCNTRAIN: In general how well do you feel deacons are trained to work w/ other leadership groups in the parish 76.) DCNDRCTR: All things being equal, in general, who do you think would make the best director for deacons? 77.) DCNCNSLR: Things being equal, in general, who do you think would make best supervisor/counselor for deacons 78.) DCNMARRY: Deacons promise not to marry if become widowed. Formation programs adequately teach the meaning? 79.) INDTYPRB: Deacons sometimes speak of an "identity problem." Is this generally true in your experience? 80.) DCNFMLY: Does your role ever bring you into contact with the deacon's family and wife? 81.) FMLYOBLG: In your experience, have the deacons' ministerial duties ever conflicted w/ their family obligations 82.) CNSLWIFE: Have you ever been asked to counsel a deacon's wife? 83.) CNCLDCNW: Have you ever been asked to counsel a deacon and his wife? 85.) POSITION: If you work within a parish structure, which of the following best describes your position? 87.) DEGREE: What is the highest academic degree you have achieved? 88.) ETHNIC: What is your predominant racial/ethnic background?

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