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The St. Casimir's Parish Pastoral
Council is a source of advice and counsel to the Pastor and provides
long-range vision for the parish. Members of the parish serve on the
Pastoral Council in staggered year terms. |
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Current members are: |
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Ex-Officio
Fr. Janusz Błażejak, pastor
Fr. Roman Nisiewicz OMI
Fr. Jacek Nosowicz OMI |
Grzesiczek Gerard
Kruk Krzysztof
Srodulski Karen
Stelmach Zenon
Tobola Józef
Elizabeth Wicik |
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Organized after the Second Vatican
Council, parish pastoral councils have become part of the post-councilar
expression of shared responsibility and shared ministry in the church.
They witness to the basic equality of all the baptized. They serve as
models of the church as a communion of the People of God. |
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A parish pastoral council is an
organism of shared ministry that plans and coordinates the overall
policy of the parish in order to carry out the mission of Christ in the
church. It is a consultative body of leaders within the boundaries of
the doctrine, liturgy, and laws of the church. The revised Code of Canon
Law, c 536,
#1, in providing their formation states: |
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The pastor presides over the
Pastoral Council. The Pastoral Council is composed of members of the
congregation together with those on the parish staff who have pastoral
care by reason of their office. The Pastoral Council assists in
promoting pastoral action in the parish. |
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| Functions of
the Pastoral Council |
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to pray together, to
nurture faith and reflect on the gospel |
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to be a sign of a truly Christian
community before the church and the world |
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to provide servant leadership and
direction for the parish by enabling parish people to share
responsibility for parish life |
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to engage families in parish
planning and overall policies for parish ministry and mission |
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to serve as a permanent, but
flexible, structure for constructive dialogue in fulfilling Christ's
saving mission |
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to assure through its committees a
continuous and integrated survey of both spiritual and temporal needs of
the parish, community and diocese and after setting priorities, to
provide for the development and implementation of programs aimed at
meeting these needs |
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to coordinate parish activities with
the deanery councils and with the diocesan pastoral council |
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to identify, support and maximize
the gifts and talents of all the members of the parish and provide for
the training of lay ministries |
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to be stewards of all parish
resources and gifts: personnel, facilities, and monies |
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