The Pastoral Council assists the Pastor in envisioning the future of St. Catherine of Siena Parish. The role of the council is to recommend actions in consultation with the Pastor after researching matters related to evangelization, worship, word, community, service, stewardship and leadership, in other words, the elements that are truly pastoral, hence Pastoral (pastor all) Council.

The Pastoral Council will:

• Envision the parish as a spiritually vibrant, ministerially active and welcoming community of faith.
• Help the parish live into its vision for itself and to carry out its mission.
• Listen to the needs and concerns of parishioners and other members of the local community.
• Study and educate themselves and appropriate other persons regarding how needs might be met.
• Prayerfully, reflect on what we have learned and devise a plan to address the need.
• Recommend a plan and provide appropriate background, i.e. purpose, timeline, and financial considerations to the Pastor.

The role of the Parish Pastoral Council assumes several things and has a mission statement to guide itself in achieving the vision as a faith community.

Mission Statement:

"The role of the Parish Pastoral Council is to join spiritually in prayer with the Pastor so that together we may discern the will of God, to build His Kingdom on Earth. In this way we can better reach out and support the will of God in our area."

The council meets every other month, a total of 6 times per year and its members are appointed by the Pastor of the Church.

For further information, please contact Laura Randazzo at pastoralcouncil@sienachurch.org . 

•  Parish Pastoral Council Members

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