Client: General Council, and Columban Lay Missionary Central Leadership Team, Missionary Society of St Columban
As the Society looks to have a deep, and deeply thought through, conversations in 2024 about its path into the future, an initial report from the project is being circulated to all Columbans in September 2023.
This summary report highlights the outcomes of quite a substantial survey conducted among the Columban community as part of this project – the subject matter being about key issues on which the General Assembly 2024 is likely to deliberate.
To foster the conversation needed on the way to GA 2024, the survey presented information about modelling and forecasting of the future size and shape of the Society (also developed as part of this project), drawing this together with key trend information from the wider community.
This pointed to some crucial choices that lie ahead of the Society in fostering its mission to continue for many years to come, and sought an initial reaction to that information from those who participated.