Councils and Commissions

Boyne Valley Catholic Community Councils and Commissions

Pastoral Council:

A pastoral council is to be established in all parishes of the Diocese. Pastors/Pastoral Administrators are to regard pastoral council development as a major parish priority. The pastoral council is a community of servant leaders whose purpose is to assist the pastor/pastoral administrator in discerning, through prayer and study, how the parish can best carry out the mission of the Church.

The pastoral council is the primary advisory body to the pastor/pastoral administrator in the parish, considering all matters of major pastoral concern. In such matters, through prayer and study, policy recommendations are carefully discerned by the pastoral council together with the pastor/pastoral administrator. Policy is implemented by the pastor/pastoral administrator, pastoral staff, and other members of the community who minister with them. The pastoral council’s responsibilities include calling all to ministry, pastoral planning, stewardship and/or other pastoral concerns that the pastor/parish life coordinator designates. (Diocese of Gaylord website, www.dioceseofgaylord.org

Finance Council:

A parish finance council is to be established in all parishes of the Diocese. Pastors/Pastoral administrators are to regard finance council development as a major parish priority. The finance council is a community of servant leaders whose purpose is to assist the pastor/pastoral administrator in discerning, through prayer and study, how the goods of a parish can best be administered. The finance council is an advisory body to the pastor/pastoral administrator in the parish, considering all matters of major financial concern. In such matters, through prayer and study, policy recommendations are carefully discerned by the finance council together with the pastor/pastoral administrator in accord with the regulations of universal church law as well as norms issued by the diocesan bishop. Policy is implemented by the pastor/pastoral administrator, pastoral staff, and other members of the community who minister with them. The finance council’s responsibilities include the careful stewardship of parish resources, the development of further resource, and the allocation of resources to carry out the goals and objectives established by the pastor/parish life coordinator with the pastoral council. (Diocese of Gaylord website: www.dioceseofgaylord.org)

Members of the Boyne Valley Catholic Community Finance Council are:

Education Commission:

The Education commission is a community of servant leaders whose purpose is to discern, through prayer and study, how the faith community can best carry out the educational mission of the church. The various education programs in the faith community may include: adult faith formation, Catholic schools, religious education programs, sacramental preparation programs, and youth and young adult ministry. The education commission, as an extension of the pastoral council, is a consultative group to the pastor/pastoral administrator.

The responsibilities of the commission include promoting life-long faith formation, drafting policy, when needed, which enables this formation to take place; and evaluating the educational programs in light of the mission of the faith community. (Diocese of Gaylord Education Commission Handbook).

The members of the Boyne Valley Catholic Community Education Commission are:

Worship Commission:

The Boyne Valley Catholic Community Worship commission exists to promote and strengthen the continuing liturgical renewal so that our faith community will be centered in the Eucharist.

The members of the Boyne Valley Catholic Community Worship Commission are:

Joann Gibes, Chairperson                        Brian Mandeville

Jackie DiMambro                                      Anne Simms

Vince Schehl                                             Evelyn Starr

JoAnn Gavey                                             Patty Furtaw

Lisa Smith

Jim Dixon

St. Augustine Cemetery Committee

The purpose of the St. Augustine Cemetery Committee is to provide for the burial needs and cemeteries of St. Augustine parish. Those cemeteries include St. Augustine Cemetery and Holy Cross Cemetery.

The members of the St. Augustine Cemetery Committee are:

Frank Wasylewski                                  Doug Reynolds

Christine Thomas                                  Bob Kondrat

Bernie Kondrat                                      Randy Matelski

Patty Furtaw, ex officio