Guidelines for running the October Counts

1. Select a Coordinator (someone who can oversee the entire process).
2. The Coordinator should select TWO Mass counters for all Saturday and Sunday Masses for all weekends in October. In most parishes, the ushers do the Mass counts.
3. You can print and use this worksheet to record the counts throughout October
4. Two counters take the counts during the middle of Mass to avoid missing late arrivals or early departures.
5. Accurately count ALL people present at Mass, including babies, children and adults.
6. If the 2 counts are extremely dissimilar, do a recount.
7. If they are reasonably close, average the two and record it on the Mass Count Worksheet.
8. Do not estimate based what percent of the Church was filled.
9. Be sure to indicate the language of a particular Mass (e.g., English, Spanish, Polish, Vietnamese, etc.)
10. We suggest submitting this online form once after each weekend. It can, however, be submitted 4 times - one per week - at the end of the month.
11. If your parish has multiple worship sites, please complete a Mass Count form for each site, for each weekend.
12. Be sure to Submit (bottom of form) once per weekend per worship site.
13. To submit additional counts, click the link provided on the completed confirmation page.

Questions? Need help? Email rlong@dcgary.org or call Renee Long @ (219) 769-9292 x(88)242 (88 prefix required after October 16th).

Thank you for all that you do and for your efforts on this!