Pastoral Councils
Parish Pastoral Council
PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
With our parish now being asked to operate with one priest for the first time, on what we have to assume will be a permanent basis, the support and participation of parishioners in running the parish, at pastoral and administrative level, will be more important than ever; in fact, vital.
With the ever increasing decline in the number of priests in active ministry very much in mind, the Derry Diocese introduced a support programme last year to help parishes in the diocese to set up effective Parish Pastoral Councils. The programme aims to guide and assist parishioners in taking an active role in the life and future of their parish. Eleven parishes participated in Phase I of the programme. A similar support programme is being operated in 2012 and parishes are now being invited to participate in it. I am proposing that our parish participate in Phase II of the programme, in 2012.
