A Parish Pastoral Council is an important consultative body that comes together under the direction of the pastor to provide him advice and support for the good of the parish community.

Responsibilities of Parish Pastoral Council
Through reflection, prayer, planning, motivation, and support, the parish pastoral council serves the pastor by helping identify and encourage those ministries or services that are needed for the growth of a living parish community, evaluated and implemented on a regular basis. Thus the pastoral council must carefully consider the needs of the faithful and search within the community to recommend to the pastor ideas and means that will adequately respond to these needs. This responsibility of the parish pastoral council does not diminish the continued mission and responsibility of the parish as a whole. Each baptized parish member remains responsible in his or her own way for the mission of the parish. In this way, the parish pastoral council is an instrument to help the pastor and the parish better discern, clarify, and communicate its responsibilities for proclaiming the Good News.
The parish council assists the pastor with discerning and achieving the overall good of the parish and its mission. The work is both contemplative and active. With the pastor, the council practices discernment. Through reflection, prayer, planning, setting goals and priorities it responds to the movement of the Holy Spirit in the life of the parish. In action, council members take leadership in the coordination, motivation, support, and evaluation of pastoral activities in the parish. Concerned with the overall pastoral development of the parish, the pastoral council will often serve as liaisons to the various parish groups or coordinate the implementation of specific initiatives at the request of the pastor.
The pastoral council as an important consultative body for the pastor should reflect the face of the parish and represent the various pastoral activities that are carried out within the boundaries of the parish.
The members of the council should be:

• Representative of the parish,
• Knowledgeable about the faith,
• Committed practicing registered members of the parish,
• Knowledgeable of the various programs, apostolates, and initiatives of the parish
• Committed to the evangelizing mission of the Church

Members of our Pastoral Council are available and ready to hear your comments and dreams for our parish.  Please feel free to talk to them after Mass or you may send an email with your ideas or suggestions to their email. (See member contacts)