Our two communities are served by a single Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) made up of our Parish Priest and seven representative parishioners from each community, up to five of whom are voted onto the Council, with the remainder being invited members chosen by a consensus of the elected members and the Parish Priest (thus allowing us to address discrepancies in such areas as age or gender, as well as being able to co-opt people because of special skills needed on the Parish Pastoral Council). The Principals of our two Parish Schools are ex officio members of the PPC. The term of membership of a Council member is three years. Councillors are eligible to stand for a second term but must step down after this
The role of the Council is to provide advice and support to the Parish Priest in the areas of pastoral planning, parish administration and ministry, and parish mission.
Four standing Committees have been established, the membership of which is made of members from both PPCs working together. These Committees are:
- Community Development and Formation
- Liturgical and Spiritual Life
- Pastoral Care and Support;
- Outreach, Evangelisation and Action.
The role of the Committees is to review these broad areas of parish life and ministry and to suggest areas where new developments and growth need to take place.
The Councils welcome ideas and issues from parishioners. A photo board showing all current members of the PPC is located near the main entrance to each church.
The Parish Priest is President of the Parish Pastoral Council, reflecting his role as President of the community, while Council meetings themselves are chaired by a chairperson elected by the members of the PPC.
Following the recent elections for the new single Joint Parish Pastoral Council which will serve our two communities the following were elected:
- John Black
- Greg D'Arcy
- Christine Howe
- Joanne Khamis
- Louise Lawrenson
- Xavier Macdonald
- Rob Neil
- Robert Nicoll
- Heather Pinto
- Eileen Rourke
- Declan Sally
- Michael Sharp
- Natalie Viset
- Stephanie Wong
- Greg D'Arcy
The Principals of our two Parish Schools, Kevin Turner and Carmel Turner are also members of the Parish Pastoral Council
