The purpose of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) is to counsel the pastor on matters of pastoral planning and policy. We commit ourselves to provide the best possible counsel resulting from prayer, reflection, and dialogue, as well as study, research, and consultation with other parishioners. Because the pastor convokes us, we will respond to his call and questions and offer the best consultation possible to support him in discerning how God is calling the parish to fulfill its mission.
To accomplish this we will:
Annually examine the parish’s pastoral needs, put them in to order of importance, study how to meet them, and then make recommendations;
Serve as a vehicle of dialogue, communication, coordination, and cooperation with parish committees, ministries, and staff;
Develop clear plans and procedures to operate as a council;
Use the consensus process to development agreement;
Schedule time to socialize, learn more about each other, and share our faith journey; and, most importantly,
Be a prayerful people beginning and ending each gathering in prayer and taking the time to develop spiritually so as to be more keenly aware of the Spirit’s presence and functioning within the Council.
Meetings are monthly, usually at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Read the
PPC Procedure. PPC meetings are open to the parish. Any visitor wishing to address the council is asked to contact the pastor one week prior to the meeting they plan to attend.
Members, Meetings and Parish Needs
The Parish Pastoral Council [PPC] consists of nine discerned members and three appointed members who each serve three-year terms. See the current PPC members below: