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Pastoral Council

Holy Name of Jesus
Pastoral Council Members

Term Expires 2019
Scott Berry
Lori Fowler
Ane Jennette
Dave Swanick
Paul Fox
Greg Wilson

Term Expires 2020
Keith and Karen Kirk
Marie Tommasone
James Wolff
Blake and Christy Jones
Paulann Ermilio
Josh Wagner

Roles within the Pastoral Council

The pastoral council serves as a consultative body to the pastor. It needs to be made clear that the pastoral visioning and planning function of the council and the day-to-day administrative operations of the parish are two separate and distinct areas of responsibility. The pastor, parochial vicar(s), and parish staff are responsible for routine decision making which needs to take place for the parish to function efficiently and effectively on a daily basis. Daily decision making is the responsibility of those whose job description encompasses such judgments. These day-to-day operational decisions are not the responsibility of the pastoral council, whose role is to guide the community in the discernment, expression, and fulfillment of its pastoral mission.

Aside from the pastor, who serves as presider, council members serve in a variety of roles, convener, facilitator, and recorder. These council roles are performed by certain individuals for up to a two year period, lending continuity and stability to the process. The Council rotates these roles on a periocic basis. The council maintains 12 members of which six are rotates each year.