Group/Organization Name:
Pastoral Council

 Purpose:
The main purpose of the pastoral council is to investigate, reflect, and reach conclusions about pastoral matters and to make recommendations to our parish priest.

Description:
The pastoral council is a consultative body which serves to identify and advise the parish priest on pastoral needs and the resources to respond to those needs in the parish. The council assists the parish priest to foster the well-being and growth life of the parish community.

 Organizational Chart:

Parish Priest:	Fr. John Jennings
Chair person:	Brennda Mulherin Ph. 450-2587
Vice Chair:	Maureen Murphy Ph. 474-1201
Secretary:	Allan Amirault Ph. 457-0955
Members:	Betty Flanagan Ph. 472-4227
(up to ten other members)	Mike Mulherin Ph. 450-2587
	Ann Deane Ph. 450-2586
	David Hayes Ph.452-7061
	Charlotte LeBlanc Ph. 458-2739
	Sheila Gillespie Ph. 458-5245
	Joan Leger Ph. 472-8213
	Euclide LeBlanc Ph. 458-2739

Contacts: 
Fr John Jennings  444-6070    stheresa@nb.aibn.com

 How it works:
Members of St. Theresa’s parish are invited to join the pastoral council for a three year period.  Elections of officers are held each year.   Meetings are held once a month from Sept. through June, usually on the 3^rd Monday of the month at 5:30pm, and last an average of one and a half hour. The agenda is prepared by the chair person in consultation with the parish priest for each meeting.

Other Info:
St. Theresa's is a local expression of the People of God.  Every person who is part of our parish is a gifted person. We are marked by their faith and by their commitment to God, to Church and to parish. As a member of the Pastoral Council you will be asked to assist this whole community to live and nurture that faith we share.

 Like any parish community, ours has a number of goals that we strive to accomplish. We may never do so perfectly, but the striving after these goals is important. In general, it might be said that the goals of the whole Church and the more local parish community are the same:
*            To express, in our world, the presence of God as revealed in Christ
*            To celebrate this presence as a faith community
*            To nurture prayer and a life that acknowledges God's presence
*            To seek and work for justice, peace and care for all
*            To provide opportunity to learn and grow in our faith and relationship with God