Email: pastoralcouncil@churchofpresentation.org

Governing Document: By-Laws

2023 Meeting Summaries:
February 27 | March 27

Parish Pastoral Councils are essential to parish life in assisting in developing the mission of the parish and planning for the future. In accordance with the provisions of Canon Law and the policies of the Archdiocese of Newark, the Pastoral Council is a representative group of parishioners who, through consensus, serve as a consultative body to the Pastor.  

The Council is a consultative body and strategic visioning group that fosters the implementation of the Parish Mission statement through short term and long-term strategic planning.  Each member of the council has the sense of being a servant of the entire parish rather than a specific constituency. Members of the Pastoral Council are appointed by the Pastor to expand and enhance the decision-making process of strategic pastoral planning. 

The responsibilities of the Council are to:

• Collaborate with the Pastor and Finance Council on parish efforts and pastoral planning
• Address strategic questions posed by the Pastor. The Council will research the questions, discern and recommend appropriate action.
• Identify, seek out, and work collaboratively with the appropriate stakeholders while researching these questions.
• Dialogue with parishioners regularly and represent parishioner views on strategic and pastoral issues to the Pastoral Council.

Teresa Barry

Mark Cron

Rosemary Ervin

Wally Kennedy

Christine Lagana

Leslie Lahoud

Kyle Lippmann

Al Matesic

Gregg Romanzo