Pastoral Council

NEWS RELEASE (published Dec. 12, 2019 for immediate release):

Please prayerfully consider becoming a member of the St. Albert the Great Pastoral Council. The Council is a 7-person advisory, leadership team who works with the Pastor to give counsel and advice on the pastoral needs and issues of the parish. The Council also works closely with the parish ministry leaders to implement our evangelization plan.

We have three vacancies to fill, three (3) discerned members. Each member serves a 3-year term, from June to May. The following members are leaving the Council: Nwazi Nyirenda, Mary Jane Rodriguez, Ivonne Curiel, and Deacon Phúc Phan.

There will be a Discernment Event for any parishioner interested in becoming a member of the Pastoral Council on Tuesday, Jan. 14th, 2020, at 7:00 P.M. in the Palermo Building, Classrooms G & H. All parishioners are welcomed to participate in the voting process which will take place during the event. For questions or to become a candidate for discernment, please contact Dcn. Phúc Phan at deaconphuc@saintalbert.org.

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The Pastoral Council is a consultative body that serves to advise the Pastor on pastoral issues.  Their main purpose is investigating, reflecting and reaching conclusions about matters to recommend to the Pastor.

Canon 536 of the 1983 Code legislates about parish pastoral councils. It states that "§1. If the diocesan bishop judges it opportune after he has heard the presbyteral council, a pastoral council is to be established in each parish, over which the pastor presides and in which the Christian faithful, together with those who share in pastoral care by virtue of their office in the parish, assist in fostering pastoral activity. §2. A pastoral council possesses a consultative vote only and is governed by the norms established by the diocesan bishop."

Meeting Minutes
January 14, 2020
August 13, 2019
July 9, 2019
April 30, 2019