Helping to guide the parish’s mission

The Parish Pastoral Council

The idea of a Parish Pastoral Council is well established in the Catholic Church. Often known as a PPC, its purpose is to help and guide the parish community in her:

  • Worship of God in our celebration of the Mass and the Sacraments

  • Proclamation of the Word of God to all people

  • Witness to the love and redemptive healing of Jesus Christ

  • Service of those in need in both Church and in society

Clearly these tasks cannot be done by the clergy alone, nor by a small representative group of parishioners. It is the task of the whole parish, the community of the baptised, to communicate the saving power of God to all and to help each other grow in faith, hope and love.

It is the task of the PPC, guided by the parish priest, to discern (that is, to see the path that God is offering to us) what steps the parish might take in the coming months and years.

Members of the Parish Pastoral Council

Fr Mark White (Parish Priest)

Sr Corinne

James Calderwood

 Mark Nash

Fr Patrick McKeown

Deacon Barry Walker

Phil Eichorn

Julian Jennings (Chair)

Terri Hancock (Secretary)

Trish Lunn

Feeding back to the PPC

If you would like to share information or ideas with the parish pastoral council, please make use of the form below or leave a message with the parish office.