Grid for Immense Hope Evaluation
Preamble
►In the light of “Vision Statement” and of “Mission Statement,” let us commit ourselves, “Individually”
and “Parish/Formation Community Unit” for a mid-term evaluation of “Immense Hope.”
►Vision Statement: We, the Oblates, having heard the call of Jesus Christ and inspired by the Charism of
St. Eugene de Mazenod become a life-giving source for greater freedom and communion.
► Mission Statement: Enriched by the experience of God’s profound love in the Incarnation, sharing one
brotherhood in an Apostolic Community and pooling all the resources available, we strive with others for
the integral growth of all.
To become “a life-giving” source for greater freedom and communion, hearing the call of Jesus and being
inspired by St. Eugene’s charism: Prayer can enrich our God’s profound love in the incarnation,
strengthen our brotherhood in the apostolic community while pooling all the internal and external
resources available, we strive together for the integral growth.
“I have come in order that you might have life-life in all its fullness” (Jn 10:10). Realising that Jesus is
“The Life-Giver,” we acknowledge that prayer is an essential act of our “free will” that demonstrates
whether we are really committed of becoming “a life-giving source,” like Jesus. Individual and
community prayer will be the determining force whether we are fortifying an EGO-driven or
GLORIFYING GOD centred mid-term evaluation.
Therefore, the ACTS of Prayer can serve as a COMPASS for a conscious evaluation. A simple acrosticACTS-can help each one of us remember four basic parts of prayer.
Adoration: All prayer begins here. Tell the Lord that I love Him and appreciate Him for He who is.
“Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and power and the glory and the majesty and the splendour, for
everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, O Lord, is the Kingdom; you are exalted as head over all”
(1 Chronicles 29:11).
Confession: Immediately when we come into the presence of a Holy God we sense our inadequacies and
are convinced that we fall short of God’s glory. Therefore our first response to meeting and adoring God
is confession. “If we confess our sins He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us
from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
Thanksgiving: It is the heartfelt expression of gratitude to God for all He has done in creation, in
redemption, and in our lives. “Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to
God the Father for everything, in he name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ephesus 5:19-20).
Supplication: Start by praying about others’ needs and then ask for one’s own needs to be answered by
God. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you”
(Matthew 7:7).
Helpful Tips for Evaluation
PREPARATION
1. It will be helpful that evaluation must be launched by PRAYER that has been suggested by ACTS.
2. It will be helpful that each Oblate acquaints himself with the “Immense Hope” document of the
delegation.
3. Evaluation of planning sheet can found in “Immense Hope” document, page 26-41.
4. Individual Oblate of each unit must participate actively for evaluation based on shared experience,
shared concerns, shared vision, shared hopes, inspired by the Gospel values, accompanied by
critical-analytical mind-heart-soul rather than being judgmental.
UNIT INVOLVED IN EVALUATION
Dhaka Unit
Sylhet Unit
Fr Angelo
Fr Rex
Fr Ajit
Fr Arun
Fr Rocky
Fr Emil
Fr Monohor
Fr Joseph
Fr Ranjith
Fr Topon
Mugaipar
Unit
Fr Kajal
Fr Robi
Fr Dominic
Lokhipur
Unit
Fr Dilip
Fr Dipok
Fr Somor
Fr Sudhir
Chittagong
Unit
Fr Henry
Fr Subash
Fr Bejoy
Scholasticate
Unit
All
scholastics
EVALUATION PROCESS
Area
1.
Community
Building (Life)
2. Justice, Peace and
Integration
of
Creation
3.
Training
Formators
(Formation)
4. Project for the
Tea-Estate
People/Ministry for
them
5. Formation of Lay
Leaders
6. Moving into
another Diocese for
pastoral ministry
7.
Finance:
Management
of
Properties
8.
Education
Ministry
9.
Two
Health
Centres:
Health
Apostolate
10. Evaluation of
Formation
and
Parish Apostolates
Achievements
Failures
Areas
Need
Improve
to
Guide Questions for Evaluation
1. Community Building/Life: (The Love of Christ brought us together, the core values of community
flows from it and that is the source of our integral growth [Immense Hope, page 26]).
 How have we been drawing and strengthening our identity based on our Charism?
 Have we been heightening our missionary identity while drawing strength from vows: Chastity,
Obedience, Poverty and Perseverance?
 How do I commit myself to be empowered by the vows of Chastity, Obedience, Poverty and
Perseverance?
 How do I personally experience and assess the over all atmosphere of community life (prayer life,
apostolic planning-sharing-implementation, affective support)?
 Do I feel that the community is Christ or human-centred?
 Is each unit of community a transparent-helpful channel for each Oblate to be (and to grow)?
 Anything positive that you observed in this community?
 Have I observed some practices that should not happen in an Oblate Community?
 Is there a healthy relationship among the members of each unit?
 What is the rhythm, frequency of Community meetings and participation of each member?
 How do I relate to the other communities (non-Oblate) with whom I work?
 What is my stand with an Oblate who faces problem or crisis?
 Am I able to sacrifice other work for my own community? Or Do I give the first priority to my
own community?
 Do I give qualitative time my community?
2. Justice, peace and integration of creation: (“Happy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God
requires; God will satisfy fully! Happy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children!”
Matt 5: 6 & 9. JPIC is not a separate action (ministry) for certain people but an integral part of the Oblate
Mission in Bangladesh and should permeate in all our life and mission [Immense Hope, page 28]).
 How do we perceive the achievements, failures and areas to grow in this apostolate?
 How Oblates have been involved in JPIC (an integral part of the Oblate Mission in Bangladesh
and should permeate in all our life and mission)?
 How Oblates have been mobilizing, conscientizing people and working for the formation of local
lay leaders?
 How do I play a role in JPIC
 Do I feel that JPIC should be a collective or team apostolate?
 Do I see that we need to prepare more Oblates in this ministry?
 What do I think about the finance of this ministry?
3. Training Bangladeshi Oblate Formators (Formation Apostolate): (Formation is the heart of the
delegation. First and foremost, the formators and co-formators (Oblates involved in various Apostolates),
being an integral part of the heart, realizing the beauty of Jesus’ call and being part of his mission, help
the candidates to discover, discern, and respond to the Oblate life [Immense Hope, page 28]).
 How formators and co-formators have been involved in forming future Oblates?
 Has Oblate formation been supportive according to the pulse of local culture, mentality and
attitude of the candidates?
 How do I assess the Oblate formation that has been carried out in these stages: recruitment,
Juniorate, novitiate, scholasticate, on-going?
 How do I play a role in this formation ministry?
 How do I assess our present formators?
 What are my suggestions for this ministry?
 Do I have some names who can be trained to be formators?
4. Evangelization of the Tea-Estate People (dwellers): (Most of them are poor and are deprived of their
basic human rights. They never heard the Good News. We firmly resolved to evangelize the poor at the
dawn of the third millennium. Evangelization means are through our presence, education and social help
[Immense Hope, page, 29]).
 How do assess our achievements, failures and areas to grow in strengthening their human rights?
 How have we been proclaiming or evangelizing the Good news to them?
 Have we been really engaged ourselves to feel the pulse of these people? If so, how?
 How do we measure our presence among them?
 Are we satisfied by our presence among them?
 How have we been educating them and contributing for their social development?
5. Formation of Lay Leaders: (The second Vatican Council speaks about the indispensable role of laity in
the Mission of Jesus Christ in sanctifying and transforming the world (LG IV, 33ff). Believing in their
power, we want to foster lay-leadership, involve them and ensure their full participation in the activity and
life of the Church [Immense Hope, page 29]).
 How have we been empowering catechists and village teachers (not Muagaipar and Lokhipur
Schools Teachers)?
 How have we been forming the lay leaders in order to sanctify and transform the immediate
situations?
 How do we ensure their full participation in the activity and life (mission) of the Church?
 Do I share power/authority and work with lay people?
 Do I involve lay people in making decision?
 Do the lay people with whom I work feel that they are fully involved in various works of the
mission?
6. Opening New Mission in other Diocese: (We are committed to foster missionary spirit in our group
(among Oblates). Chittagong Diocese has vast area for evangelization among the indigenous people. Our
presence will enrich our missionary experience and serve the needs of the diocese).
 How do we assess our presence in Chittagong Diocese among the indigenous people?
 How do we feel about our missionary spirit?
 What are our missionary experiences? How would these experiences contribute in fostering and
strengthening our missionary spirit?
7. Finance and Management of Property: (Finance is a big and worrisome problem. However, it is needed
to run our missions, houses of formation, for evangelization and for socio-cultural development. In future,
we shall face more financial scarcity in catering various needs. This challenge can be faced by cutting
down expenses, utilizing mission property, generating funds and inviting people to share our expenses).
 What makes us worrisome about financial undertakings?
 What are the immediate, mid-term and long-term consequences of our various projects?
 How have we been budgeting to avoid the financial scarcity in future?
 How have we been involved in generating local funds?
 Are we satisfied the way we manage our property? What can be done for maximum use of our
property?
 How do I can contribute in this finance and management of property?
 Am I aware of the present financial situation of the Delegation?
 Do I feel the need of training Oblates to be an efficient Bursar both Mission and Delegation level?
8. Education Ministry: (Education opens the eye of individual, nurtures a bright future and empowers
him/her of becoming a good citizen and Christian. Education is a thrust for this delegation. We want to
see that all our Christian children get educated).
 How do we assess the achievements and failures of education ministry?
 Do we give priority to educate the poor children?
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How do we assess the sponsorship project among the believers of other faiths?
Education Ministry, being a thrust of the delegation, how do we integrate with government policy?
How do we assess this ministry from Primary Schools (schools in the villages, tea-estates and
punjees) and High Schools (Mugaipar and Lokhipur) perspectives?
 Have we been maintaining healthy relationships with our collaborators (catechists and school
teachers) of education?
 How have we been tapping the enormous energies of catechists and school teachers?
 How do we assess our education sponsorship programs in various levels: School, College and
University?
 How do we select sponsorship children?
 Has every family been benefited from sponsorship project?
9. Sick/Health Shelter: (Our people victims of non-professional village doctors. To provide better
treatment, we want build sick shelters).
 How do we assess the achievements and failures of our sick shelters?
 Have we been faithful to use the facility of health-shelter for the sick?
 How can bring the medical services to the most deprived ones?
 Can we build net-work with other agencies to expand our medical services?
ACTIVITIES OF EACH UNIT
1. Each unit is invited to begin the evaluation process by ACTS of prayer, (e.g., Holy Hour,
Eucharistic Celebration, Special Prayer Service emphasizing the value of evaluation)
2. Suggested questions are to be treated point-by-point.
3. Each Unit has to prepare and present a comprehensive report based on the guided questionnaires.
Grid for Immense Hope Evaluation: Individual
Introduction: This is an evaluation form of your conscious participation in implementing the “Immense
Hope” that you experienced over the last few years/months. After each statement, encircle the answer
which best reflects your perception.
1- Strongly Disagree
2- Moderately Disagree
3- Disagree
4-Undecided
5-Agree
6-Moderately Agree
7-Stronly Agree
Area 1: Community Building/Life
01
02
03
04
I am satisfied with community life and life-style 1
I am transparent to my confreres
I have learned to work well with others
I can live and adjust easily with different
personalities
05 I inform my confreres of my movements
06 I contribute actively towards community
consensus
07 My community has a daily prayer routine
2
3
4
5
6
7
08 I participate faithfully in prayer-activities
09 I am supportive and respectful to my confreres
10 I can share the concerns of the delegation with
my confreres
11 I can trust and relate with my confreres
12 I pray to daily together with others
13 I value community as an asset
14 I feel community as a burden
15 I contribute towards community building
16 I enjoy sufficient rest in community
17 I divorced prayer life
18 I feel my work is prayer
19 I can help rectify some mistakes in my
community
20 I respect others’ opinions
21 I speak of others behind scene
22 I tell outsiders (Frs, Srs and lay) about my
confrers
23 I am satisfied with community life and style
24 I have learned to work with others
25 I respect others’ opinion
26 I am regular for community prayer
27 I feel for others
28 I give much time other members in the
community
29 I wait for others for meal and prayer and in
decision making
30 I share my ministry with others
31 I see Jesus in all the members of the community
32 I draw power and strength for our work from
Jesus Christ
33 I put Jesus in the centre of my life
34 I try to put Jesus in the centre of my community
35 I am very regular for community prayers
36 I am very regular for meal together
Area 2: Justice, Peace and Integration of Creation Apostolate
1
01 I am aware that is a very demanding apostolate
02 I acknowledge it is distinct and integrated
apostolate
03 I am conscious this apostolate flows from the
teaching of Christ
2
3
4
5
6
7
04 I become a life-giving source to others only by
being-centred in Christ
05 I allow myself to be imbibed with values of
justice, peace and love for creation
06 I realize our people are victims of injustice in
various forms
07 I am being evangelized by people through this
apostolate
08 I can play a prophetic role in my parish
09 I am aware of the social affair in Bangladesg
10 I am aware of the political affair of Bangladesh
11 I am aware of the justice affair in Bangladesh
12 I am aware of social background of indigenous
people
13 I can equally present to each ethnic group
14 I can solve land problem
15 My decisions have affected their culture
16 I can work with Srimongal people
17 I feel that JPIC must be one of our main
ministries
18 I strongly support this ministry to be continued
in our Delegation
19 I feel that in every parish must have a person
who co-ordinates with JPIC ministry
20 I feel that we have to educate people so that
they can understand to fight for their rights
21 I feel that Delegation has to prepare someone
for this apostolate
22 I feel that JPIC ministry is neglecting teadwellers
23 I feel that JPIC is not working in a more
organized way
24 I feel and think that persons engaged in JPIC
become social workers
25 I feel that the persons who are engaged in JPIC
ministry must be able to integrate their lives
with prayer, sacraments and JPIC work
Area 3: Formation Apostolate
1
01 I feel local formators need to be trained
02 I feel formation of formators is necessary
03 In formation ministry, I do not solicit enough
help from the Oblates
04 I can share my history but it is important as a
formator
2
3
4
5
6
7
05 I have a mature and enlightened way of living
my vows
06 I believe in ongoing formation
07 I can get the laity interested in the Oblate
formation
08 I am a sign for the students
09 I show interest in the formation of the students
10 I give much time to the candidates
11 I meet them regularly
12 I appreciate their talents and creativity
13 I regard the candidates as mature persons
14 I believe in freedom and I give them freedom
15 I correct them before hand
16 I follow on the correction made before
17 I do not believe in squeezing the candidates
18 As formator my first priority is my house of
formation
19 I value sports as sacred as prayers
20 I value work as important as prayers
Area 4: Evangelization Apostolate (Tea-Estate Dwellers)
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
What can I as an Oblate offer them?
1
Charitable deeds can also cause poverty
I can train an estate worker at Caritas
I can keep some contact with the managers
I am interested in learning a new language
I see that tea estates people as most vulnerable
people
I have special attention for tea-estate dwellers
I understand that education is most needed
thing for the tea-estate dwellers
I also see that more medical care is required for
the people
I organize seminars, workshop to uphold the
drinking water, proper sanitation
As a pastor I try to build up rapport among the
managers of the tea-estates
I am very regular to go for the Mass and other
pastoral work to them
I try to give them the human dignity to the
people
2
3
4
5
6
7
Area 5: Formation of Lay Leaders Apostolate
01 Can I get laity interested in the Oblate 1
Apostolate
02 I can train some lay people besides catechists
03 I can get sisters involved in decision making
04 I want to share parish activities with other
priests and religious in the parish
05 I want to see people participating in the parish
activities
06 I would be happy to see someone is prepared
for different field in the parish
07 As a Pastor I try to organize seminars for
forming the lay leaders
08 I distribute among the lay persons the work of
peace and justice in the parish
09 I meet the leaders of the parish when I go to
visit the village
10 I respect their talents and contribution in the
parish activities
11 I appreciate them for their work
12 I do not see any value in forming the leaders in
the parish
13 I wish I could see lay leaders participating in
the decision making in the parish
2
3
4
5
6
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
Area 6: New Mission Apostolate
01 Sacramental ministry is my main ministry
1
02 I can dare to go forward
03 I can work with the diocese and diocesan priests
more
04 I can become conscious of my mission to
evangelize the poor
05 I can deepen my mission spirit
06 I can grow in faith because religious life is a
mystery
07 I can think of new ministries because diocesan
priests are taking over parishes
08 I can have parish plan
09 I feel that it is right moment in extend our work
in different diocese
10 I feel that new mission is very ideal for the
Oblates
11 I feel that our experience with the people of
Sylhet will help us in our new mission
12 I feel that we have to abide by the rules and
policy of the Diocese we work
13 I feel that we should undertake in financial
responsibility in the mission
14 I feel that moving into another diocese
expresses our missionary call
15 I feel that more Oblates be there in the new
mission
16 I feel that we do not make the same mistake like
Dhaka diocese
17 I feel that if we called to another new diocese,
we be under Bishop’s policy and agreement. Do
not take any word for financial responsibility.
18 I feel that it is too early to move into another
new diocese
Area 7: Finance and Management of Property Apostolate
01 I get the best from the resources I have
1
02 There is a possibility of the parish becoming
partly self-sufficient
03 I can get a contribution from the laity,
parishioners
04 We need a full time Bursar
05 I can use my ponds to bring some income
06 I can be dependent on the Bishop and not on the
Delegation Superior
07 I feel that Delegation has a lot of money
08 I nurture the idea that I have spend that money
09 I am accountable to the Delegation
10 I give the Bursar the gift and donation I get
from friends and others
11 I try not to take extra money from the
Delegation
12 I use and take care of things of the house I
belong to
13 I put the account the income we get from the
house
14 I do not use the Delegation for selfish motive
15 I worried that Delegation’s money is decreasing
16 I think that I can little way I could contribute to
the Delegation
Area 8: Education Apostolate
01 I give priority to the poor children for education 1
02 I look for means and ways to help the students
03 I am convinced that without education there
will be no better future for the indigenous
2
3
4
5
6
7
2
3
4
5
6
7
people
04 I have the special interest to meet the students
in the village
05 I feel to sponsor one or two good students from
the parish income
06 I think that ESNAC and ESA are doing very
good job for the poor children
07 I feel that ESNAC is giving more money for the
college going students
08 I see that our students need a hostel in the big
cities: Dhaka, Sylhet and Kulaura
09 I feel that primary education to be more
organized in the village
10 I think to start a local Tribal Student
Sponsorship programme with local help
11 I am satisfied with the results of the students
12 I can speak to each child individually
13 I give the culture of the indigenous people a
place
14 I make efforts to teach indigenous their
language
15 I try to have a rapport with non-Catholic
religions
16 I am catering to the indigenous people
17 I can raise the standards of the education of the
indigenous people
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
Area 9: Health Apostolate
I pay sufficient attention to my health
1
I care for the sick Fathers
I worried about the poor health of the people
I am interested to visit sick at homes and
hospitals
I contact with other persons so that the poor
may get some medical support
I too give little charity for the sick persons
I pray for the sick people in my parish
I also have concern those who are working in
my parish and their family
I encourage people to use toilets, to have safety
drinking water
I try to make sure that people get safety water
and have sanitation
I appreciate the Sisters who have dispensaries
for the great help in this sector
I also occasionally give little contribution to the
Sisters
2
3
4
5
6
7
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Area 10: Evaluation of Mission and Formation Apostolate
I need an evaluation of the Scholasticate
1
2
I need a evaluation of the parish
I have to change my attitude towards formation
I can meet the formatee more often
I feel formatees are happy and content
I feel formatees are living a simple life-style
There is a unity between the Formators and
Formatees
I feel that we are too late to evaluate our
mission and formation apostolate
I see that mission work is going on well
I see the need to have for more Oblate trained
for formation ministry
I can give more time, energy for the mission
I feel that Oblate have become boss in mission
stations
I do not see point to prepare anyone for
formation
I feel that we need an Oblate specialized in
pastoral theology
I strongly feel that we have to do something for
the financial crisis of the Delegation
I feel that Delegation is going on a right
direction
I feel that we have to be sincere to God, to
people and to myself
3
4
5
6
7