Pastoral Council

      The Pastoral Council is an advisory or consultative body for the pastor.  The council does not manage parish operations.  The members meet with the pastor and offer him the wisdom of the community.  The council is responsible for seeing the bigger picture of the parish.  Whereas the finance council has a limited scope that deals with budget and financial matters, the work of the Pastoral Council embraces all the pastoral dimensions of the parish.  In addition to doing long range planning, the council members deal with whatever pastoral concerns the pastor brings before them.

Together with the council the pastor leads the parish in the ongoing discernment and realization of its Mission.

Parish Finance Committee

      An essential part of this parish organization is the Parish Finance Committee.  Their purpose is to assist the pastor/administrator/parish life director in the administration of the temporal goods of the parish.  The administration of church goods consists of taking care that all assets that have been lawfully acquired are preserved and used for the purpose for which they were given.  Offerings given by the faithful for a specified purpose may be used only for that purpose.  Absolute respect is to be given to the intention and wishes of the donor of specific goods.

  • The duties and responsibilities of the Parish Finance Committee are:
         To provide sound, analytical, legally appropriate, financial and administrative advice to the pastor/administrator/parish life director, pastoral councils and parish staff.

  • To evaluate the financial needs of the parish:

1. By reviewing and recommending approval of the annual parish budget.

2.  By reviewing long-range financial plans (three-five year plan) based on the vision of the parish Pastoral Council and the Diocesan Church.

Maintenance Committee

      The goal of the Maintenance Committee is to serve St. Joseph Parish Community’s best interest at all times with regard to the care, maintenance, and preservation for the present and the future of all the Community (plant) structures.

      The committee, working with the Business Administrator, will be granted the latitude and authority to continue to evolve the vision set forth by others and carry out said vision regarding construction & maintenance related projects for the present and future generations of parishioners.

 

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