Response: Partners in the Gospel is a highly consultative approach that empowers parishioners to provide input and take an active role in building and renewing their local Church. The process allows communities time to truly journey together and accompany one another, while forming a new, vibrant parish community. It is intended to give priests more time for pastoral care – while also ensuring no parish community is left out. The new parish family will benefit from the shared gifts, talents, finances, resources, and more from each of the joining parishes. This consolidation means the new parish family may have more resources to carry out the mission, which could include benefits such as a larger, more active youth group and fuller Masses in one location — and a larger outreach ministry at another location. It really comes down to the creativity and engagement of the parishioners and parish leaders to determine how the family will collaborate. The archdiocese is committing significant resources to support parishes throughout this journey.