Pastoral Council

The Holy Cross Pastoral Council is committed to serving the parish and parishioners of Holy Cross Church. As a council we exercise shared responsibility for the pastoral life of the parish under the leadership of the pastor. Our purpose is to prayerfully engage the people and the pastor in common reflection about the parish’s mission and its ministries, to plan, and to evaluate in light of the Gospel and church teaching. Our responsibilities include researching the needs and hopes of the Holy Cross faith community; supporting existing ministries; evaluating the quality of life of the faith community; and planning for our parish’s future by recommending programs that will fulfill the Church’s mission.

The council is made up of nine parishioners acting as representatives from the commissions, four at-large parishioner representatives, a staff representative and the pastor. We meet the first Thursday of each month from September through June. All are welcome to attend. If you would like to place an item on the meeting agenda, please call the Pastoral Center and leave a message for Dennis Timko, council chair.

The Pastoral Council is advisory in nature. The Council does not involve itself in the administration of the parish. Nor does it supervise any of the ministries, activities or organizations within the parish community. Rather, it deals with the mission of the Church, discerning long-range and short-range goals and objectives, and designing those procedures and processes by which the pastoral work of the Church is to be accomplished. Further, it coordinates parish activities to insure that the stated goals, objectives and priorities are implemented and maintained.

It is, therefore, critical that the Pastoral Council promote continuous dialogue and communication among and between the clergy, professional staff, council members, ministries, parishioners, and other communities.

Purpose

• To hold the Parish accountable to the Parish Mission Statement.
• To set direction and evaluate parish life annually.
• To serve as an avenue of communication with the Parish at large as well as the Commissions.
• To seek out present needs and suggestions for changes within the Parish.
• To plan for the future by recommending policies, procedures and programs that will implement the Parish's values and fulfill the Church's mission.
• To encourage, support, and evaluate existing ministries.
• To call forth new ministries in response to Parish needs.

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Pastoral Council Members

Kevin Butler	Fr. Jacek Dada, Assoc. Pastor
Suzanne Gherardini	Jim Gill, Chair
Tracy Halsema	Ann Marie Kenik
Christie Krupka, Vice Chair	Mark Lisinski
Jim Lorr	Kris McKavanagh
Maryann Shutan	Gena Smith, Secretary
Mary Ann Spina, Staff Representative	Dennis Timko
Fr. Hal Stanger, Pastor