St ANNES PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

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St ANNES PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

• 1ST OCTOBER 2006

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Annual General Meeting

• Report from the PPC
• Report from the Finance Committee
• Report from Fr Godric

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Report from the PCC

• The role and functions of the PPC
• Pastoral care policy Caring Together
• Leaving Safe Harbours
• Comments and questions

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Role and function of the PPC

• CCL 536 help in fostering pastoral action and,
  the Pastoral Council has only a consultative
  vote.
• To advise on pastoral care
• Pastoral care is shepherding
• We have no powers!
• To have a spiritual basis
• Work in collaborative relationship with pastors
• To be a conduit of life in the parish
• To be enablers, not doers, allowing solidarity in
  balance with subsidiarity
• To have appropriate membership

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How do we do this?

• Parish life is varied as is the life of our
  pastoral carers!
• Can guidelines be set out to help us care better?
• Caring Together

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Caring Together

• Who needs care, it may not be obvious?
• What is my response when I see someone in need?
• Am I prepared to give of myself?
• Can I refer to others who are more capable?
• Do I trust others wisely?
• Am I prepared to fund care?
• Do I check that care is correct?
• Do I respond to any further needs?
• Do I recognise the face of Christ in those I care
  for?
• Do I celebrate and share good practice?
• Do I work as part of a team in the community?
• Do we all do the same as the Good Samaritan?

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Leaving Safe Harbours

• So far our, present pastoral area
• Holy Rosary, Fr John Butchard
• St Kintergern and St Mary Fr Des Seddon
• St Georges Fr Joseph Kelly
• St Gregory and Our Lady Fr John Smith
• St Anne and St Elizabeth One nominal priest
• St John Fr Joseph Robinson
• 9 parishes, 6 priests

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The proposal for a suburban area

• 4 priests - plus extras from St Annes
• 2 pastoral care workers
• 2 administrator
• 6 Churches
• Budget 75,000 for salaries, training etc
• Revenue decrease of three eighths
• Reduction in Church property by 30
• Dioscean proposal is to close church buildings
• Pastoral areas have already decided to consult
  and have proposed closure of churches

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The Issues

• Sacramental provision
• Life of priests
• Life of religious, clergy and laity
• Life of the Church
• Finance
• Managing change
• Unity
• Hope

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Main current documents

• Gathering the Threads
• Draft financial plan
• Available by e mail from
• barnlodge_at_aol.com

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Dioscean structures

• New Episcopal Vicars for
• Pastoral care Fr John Mcloughlin
• Finance- Fr Sean Kirwin
• Evangelisation Fr Phil Inch
• All will have direct contact with pastoral areas
• All will have to make a response to need

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Finance Report
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Parish Priests Report