@SPMayor @tducote @CantareAmantis At least in Texas from what I’ve seen (that I have to say that is the first point):
0. Payroll and finances are all handled by the parish.
1. Personnel handled at the parish. The diocese has an employee handbook, but it doesn’t apply to parish employees.
0. Payroll and finances are all handled by the parish.
1. Personnel handled at the parish. The diocese has an employee handbook, but it doesn’t apply to parish employees.
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@SPMayor @tducote @CantareAmantis 2. Programming is all handled by the parish. The diocese doesn’t have rules on what a parish must have or not (though canon law does say a parish needs to have a parish council and a finance council)
@SPMayor @tducote @CantareAmantis 3. Virtually all decisions are made at the parish. The only times the diocese cared much is when liturgical rules were questioned (turned out the person who wrote the bishop named the wrong parish).
@SPMayor @tducote @CantareAmantis Of course, there is a lot of work that we try to do in concert. Host diocesan events without fuss, promote diocesan events. There isn’t a competitive spirit there, but in terms of management? No.
Now, maybe not all are like that. Maybe the diocese technically employs everyone.
@SPMayor @tducote @CantareAmantis But, you can’t say the US Catholic Church is managed like a single entity when each of the ~190 dioceses are an island to themselves wrt policy. Not to mention, things like lay-run schools. The original Catholic high school in town is 100% lay-governed.
@SPMayor @tducote @CantareAmantis The only real stick there from the diocese is they could decree they can’t say they are Catholic if they fall out of grace with the bishop, but that’s it.