Parish Pastoral Council

Our Mission

The Parish Pastoral Council is a leadership ministry within the family of the Catholic Church of St. Ann.  We shall create a vision expressed in a pastoral plan reached by consensus, framed by the seven essential elements of parish life, and grounded in the parish mission statement. We commit to empowering ministry leaders, parish staff, and parishioners in implementing this pastoral plan.

What is Parish Pastoral Council?

The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) uses the seven elements of parish life (worship, word, service, evangelization, community, stewardship, and leadership), to research, consider, and propose goals for the parish community.  The PPC is not a voting body that deals with fiscal matters or event planning, but is instead a group that works through discernment and consensus to identify and prioritize the ways in which the parish family is being called to live out its mission.

2009 PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL NOMINATIONS

Our parish needs lay leadership to help make decisions about our parish life and growth.  Please help identify persons in our faith community who could enable us to develop our sense of worship, word, service, evangelization, community, stewardship, and leadership.

Nominations can be made using the form below:
2009 PPC Nomination Form

Leaders should have the following characteristics:
·     Desire for spiritual growth in themselves and in the parish
·         Enthusiasm about the future directions of our parish
·         Willingness to listen, to speak honestly, and to work toward consensus
·     Ability to inspire and empower others, and to delegate
·         Flexibility and openness with people and ideas

In order to be considered for the ministry of parish leadership,
a parishioner must:

·        Be a fully initiated Catholic (received Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation).
·        Be a registered member of our parish.
·        Be an active participant in the ongoing worship life of our parish, especially Sunday Eucharist.

FOCUS ON PARISH COMMUNITY

Community is an essential element of parish life which draws parishioners together in mutual support, activity, celebration, and growth.  It is the unity that results when members become involved with one another in all other elements of the pastoral mission.  By joining together in word and worship, evangelization efforts, service to others, stewardship of God’s gifts, and shared leadership, members of the parish form a community where life is shared and nurtured.  This development is an ongoing process.  Community is both the basis for and the outgrowth of the pastoral mission.  An experience of Christian community is both a premise and a product of parish life. *

*from Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council, Mary Ann Gubish & Susan Jenny, S.C.

The 2008 Parish Ministry and Pastoral Planning Summit was held on June 7.   PPC members, parish staff members, and ministry representatives attended.  Topics dealt with addressing a constantly changing Catholic Church and the direction that St. Ann’s will take during the next 12 months of pastoral planning.  The element of COMMUNITY was identified as the primary focus.   One clear message was the need for better communication among ministries.  Toward that end, a weekly update on parish ministries is now being e-mailed to all ministry leaders.  We will continue to identify more opportunities for future collaboration.

The goal is to continue this process every year so that we all know and are part of setting and fulfilling priorities that will make the Church of the future stronger and more vital.  Click here for a complete agenda of the June 7 summit. 

Updated Oct 23, 2008