PURPOSE OF THE PARISH COUNCIL
The Parish Council will work with our Parish Priest in encouraging and leading all parishioners in their journey of faith and in taking Christ s message of love and hope to the wider community and to the world.
To this end, our Parish Council will:
Encourage all parishioners to take a full part in the life of the parish.
Strive to involve young people in the life of the parish by listening to them and helping and encouraging them to develop new liturgical, spiritual and social activities to suit their needs.
Through the promotion and support of the work of existing parish groups and the creation of new groups if needed, oversee, develop and co-ordinate
A. the pastoral, liturgical, fundraising, social and administrative activities of the parish
B. our ties with other Christian communities in Crook and surrounding areas
C. our work in the local community and in promoting peace and justice in the world and
D. the maintenance of the buildings and other assets of the parish
Build up our ties with the parish school and with the secondary schools which our young people attend.
Act as the Parish Finance Committee1 .
Ensure that robust structures exist to maintain and develop the life of the parish if the time comes when we have no resident parish priest.
Appoint two parishioners to represent it on the Diocesan Pastoral Council.
1To be a member of the Parish Council you must be appointed to the Parish Finance Committee by the Parish Priest
MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL:
The MEMBERS OF THE PARISH COUNCIL and their roles or which ministry they represent are shown below.
MEMBER |
PHOTOGRAPHS |
ROLE |
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Fr Nick Jennings |
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Parish Priest and member of the parish council |
Deacon Michael Rowell |
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Parish Deacon and member of the parish council |
Sister Paschaline |
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Parish Sister and member of the parish council |
Ann Callan |
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Parish Treasurer and member of the parish council |
Anne Berry |
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Secretary and Parishioner Member |
Peter Fleming |
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Chair and Parishioner Member |
Eugene Brady |
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Parishioner Member |
Duncan Reed |
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Parishioner Member |
Brian Rinaldi |
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Parishioner Member |
Anne Smith |
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Parishioner Member |
Anne Timothy |
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Parishioner Member |