PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
The Parish Pastoral Council shares in the responsibility for the life and development of the Parish, working to provide support for parishioners in their efforts to live as followers of Christ. The PPC consists of the Pastor together with a group of parishioners nominated by the parish community.
The PPC meets every 2 months on the 3rd Thursday.
You are invited and encouraged to discuss any parish issues, suggestions, ideas or questions you may have with any of your representatives on the PPC. For information please call the Parish Office on 4124 3334
PARISH FINANCE COUNCIL
General Principles:
- The code of canon law requires that every person who administers temporal goods on behalf of a group is to consult with that group in carrying out the administration (cf Canons 1280, 492-494,634-640). For parishes, Canon 537 makes it obligatory that there be a finance council to assist the parish priest.
- The parish priest is the administrator of the assets of the parish (Canon 532) He is to carry out this task in accord with the norms of canons 1281 – 1288. The finance council is an organ of collaboration of the parishioners with the parish priest in the administration of the financial matters of the parish.
CATHOLIC WOMEN’S LEAGUE HERVEY BAY
Under the patronage of Our Lady Help of Christians our aim is to promote the goodness and values of Christian family life. We are ever conscious of the words of Pope John Paul 11 “Let your ideal be the dignity of woman and her mission.” Our role is to support our Parish and the wider community.
Our group meets on the first Thursday of each month in the Sr Scholly Meeting Room after the 8.00am Mass. As part of our meetings we have Gospel meditations or other spiritual formation. In helping to support the Parish, we are often involved with catering and some fundraising events. Our membership at present is 17.
We have recently purchased replacement trees for along the front fence line of the Church. We also continue to make donations towards the upkeep and improvements of the Parish Land at Toogoom.
We encourage members to join in ecumenical gatherings. Membership is open to all Christian women.
ECUMENICAL PROJECT
An initiative to encourage closer fellowship and collaboration with other Christian churches in Hervey Bay. Each year we participate in World Day of Prayer. Also , we join with St John’s Anglican parishioners each Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.
We also are represented on the Hervey Bay Christian Ministers Association, which meets monthly.