PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
The parish pastoral council is the core committee of the parish and is constituted to look after the overall running of parish affairs and for deciding policy for the co-ordination of all the pastoral activities.
The parish pastoral council meets every three months and comprises of elected and appointed members – the appointed members are nominated by the parish priest to represent the different groups within the parish. The elected members are nominated and voted onto the council by the parish at large – they are elected effectively for a three-year term of office.
The council is a creative space in which new ideas and suggestions for improving the quality of the community’s Christian life can be explored. In the meetings, which occur every three months, the members must discuss honestly and with candor the problem areas of the community and how these difficulties can be resolved.
The Catholic Church is a community of communities – the parish pastoral council represents all the communities within the parish; in turn, it strives to ensure our union with the Archbishop and the other parishes within the deanery and Archdiocese. The Archdiocese, in turn, is one of the communities within the universal church which is united around the successor to St Peter in Rome.
The parish pastoral council is the core committee of the parish and is constituted to look after the overall running of parish affairs and for deciding policy for the co-ordination of all the pastoral activities.
The parish pastoral council meets every three months and comprises of elected and appointed members – the appointed members are nominated by the parish priest to represent the different groups within the parish. The elected members are nominated and voted onto the council by the parish at large – they are elected effectively for a three-year term of office.
The council is a creative space in which new ideas and suggestions for improving the quality of the community’s Christian life can be explored. In the meetings, which occur every three months, the members must discuss honestly and with candor the problem areas of the community and how these difficulties can be resolved.
The Catholic Church is a community of communities – the parish pastoral council represents all the communities within the parish; in turn, it strives to ensure our union with the Archbishop and the other parishes within the deanery and Archdiocese. The Archdiocese, in turn, is one of the communities within the universal church which is united around the successor to St Peter in Rome.
