[Notwithstanding]

Parish mission statements always trigger my heresy radar.

Not that heresy MUST flow from such a parish, but simply that it normally does flow such a parish.

If the mission of a parish is unclear to parishioners, then the pastor is incompetent.

If the mission is not provision of the sacraments and furthering of the gospel, then the pastor is incompetent.

All the other lingo is crapola, to use the latin term.

[Aquinasfan]

If the mission is not provision of the sacraments and furthering of the gospel, then the pastor is incompetent.

Yup.

All the other lingo is crapola, to use the latin term.

That about sums it up. Parish mission statements are one of my pet peeves.