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The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), enhances communication, coordination and collaboration in the parish of diverse activities, programs and traditions. The PPC serves as a liaison among many activities and groups in the parish to vitalize the faith and communal growth.
The PPC works through five main avenues:
1. PPC stays in touch by constantly researching the needs, ideas, and hopes of the faith community.
2. PPC proactively encourages and supports the existing ministries.
3. PPC evaluates the “quality of life” to assure that programs and services are relevant.
4. PPC plans for our parish future by recommending policies, procedures and programs to fulfill our Church’s mission and the needs of the parish community.
5. PPC engages in recommendations for the wider Church, through its’ connection with the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council , and strives to implement its’ directives. |
Spiritual Life Commission
Director: Stephen Hauer
The sacraments, personal devotion, and service to our brothers and sisters are tenets of our Catholic faith. Focused on the spiritual enrichment of all parishioners and guided by the Holy Spirit, this Commission works with programs centered on worship, faith, and the sacraments. Opportunities include Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ministers of Care, Ushers, Altar Servers, Small Faith Communities, Prayer Groups, Spanish Ministry, Children’s Liturgy of the Word, Music Ministry, and Sacristans.
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Education Commission
Director: Stewart Adams
This Commission works to enrich the faith knowledge of our parishioners. It strives to give organizations within the parish an informed perspective and understanding of religion. This Commission oversees Religious Education of both adults and children. For adults there is: Bible Study, Special Faith Instruction Programs, and Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (R.C.I.A.). For children, there is: the education of our school children, education of children in our Religious Education Program. |
Human Concerns Commission
Director Jeanette Manning
This Commission responds to the human needs of others in the church, the
community, and throughout the world by responding to the physical and financial needs of people. It focuses on our response as a parish to the needs of the economically poor, the disabled, the marginal, and fragile assuring that all people are invited to be full participants in Church and society. Efforts include ministry care to the sick or homebound, Anointing of the Sick, hospital visitation, family support at a time of bereavement, bereavement luncheons, the St. Vincent De Paul Society, Food Pantry, Soup Kitchen Assistance, Respect Life Committee, Sharing Parish Program. |
Parish Life Commission
Director Kevin McDonough
This Commission helps build community in the parish and fosters a sense of belonging. It helps promote communication among parish organizations by coordinating activates and parish events, as well as helping all those involved in parish groups to work together towards a common goal. It encourages family life programs, community functions, and activities that build a spirit of unity and family. The Parish Life Commission offers programs such as Christ First, a program for teens that cultivates spiritual, social and leadership qualities; Junior High Ministry, Family Life ministry, Hospitality, Women’s Club, which offers spiritual, educational and social events for middle-agers. |
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At Immaculate Conception, the PPC coordinates, under the direction of the pastor, the many programs and services of the parish through four “Commissions.” The Commissions organize dozens of faith groups, clubs, activities, and programs that function within the parish. This brochure shows the four Commissions as: Spiritual Life, Human Concerns, Education, and Parish Life. PPC members oversee each of these Commissions in order to have a direct line of communication with the activities in the parish, in order that there be unity and benefit to our parishioners.
How can you participate in the work of the PPC?
When you volunteer in one of the many different groups or organizations in the parish, and strive to improve the group or organization’s efforts, you will be working with the PPC. When you work for the betterment of our parish, you will be working with the PPC. It is through your efforts and the coordination of the PPC that we strive to improve our wonderful parish!
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