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Parish Pastoral Council Members


*Aonghus O'Broin*	*Cecily Lynch*	*Mary Canole-Joyce*

*Sr. Anne*	*Kitty O'Sullivan*	*Nancy Hennessy*

*Joe Fahy*	*Ruaire O'Laoire*	*Willie O'Brien*

*Canon Dan*	*Jean Kelliher*	*Noreen McCarthy*

Some members of the Parish Pastoral Council getting ready for their last meeting of 2009 at the Holy Family Hall on Tuesday, 1st. December.

Update from Parish Council, May 2010

We had two meetings recently. The first was set aside for a formal review of progress. This review was lead by Sr. Karen from the Diocesan Pastoral Development Office. She has been our mentor / facilitator from the start in late 2008. Good progress has been made with the projects we have chosen - Communications through new notice board and regular newsletter items, enhancing congregational involvement in the Mass, Church Music, and a retreat for Ministers of the Word and Eucharist.

We agreed that we will continue and develop the initiatives we have made already. We considered what we might address next. Our learning and feedback from the joint retreat of Ministers of the Word and the Eucharist has encouraged us to consider doing something similar with a much wider group. Sr. Karen agreed to assist us with this project.

The second meeting was focused on the 'conference' idea above. We are at early stage yet and will need to consult widely with a large number of pastoral groups that are active in the parish. The goal of the conference is to build connections with / between all these groups and in this way support and reinforce each others pastoral activities. Our challenging target is to have something organised for October / November this year. We will report regularly in the newsletters to keep you up to date with the progress.

Parish Council News, Easter 2010

We are making steady progress with all the initiatives we have started

You may have noticed the changes in the crib layouts at Christmas or the new notice board in the hall in Holy Family or the increased level of participation at Sunday morning masses.

Maybe you noticeed the soft music being played in the churches before services.

It is hard to believe that we are already a full year in operation. We hope to continue to add value as time progresses.

If you have any suggestions to make, or want to volunteer a helping hand, please see the new notice board at the back of the church in Holy Family or contact either sacristan.

Parish Pastoral Council News

The Council met again this month. We are continuing with the initiative to increase the participation of the congregation in the Mass at 11.30 and 12noon on Sundays. We have arranged to have more music played in the churches. We hope to have a new notice board in operation from next month.

We arranged a special meeting of Ministers of the Word and the Eucharist last week in Marymount Chapel. It was a prayerful meeting where Canon Dan, Sister Anne and Canon Liam provided a refresher course for both sets of Ministers from both Churches. The feedback from the participants was very positive.

We owe a special thank you to Sister Anne and Marymount for hosting the meeting of such a large number of people.

Parish Pastoral Council Meeting

There was a meeting of the Council in Holy Family on Tuesday 6th October.

We are following through on four areas of activity,

-increasing involvement of the congregation in the celebration of the Eucharist,

-developing communications on the work of groups involved in parish activities,

-increasing the amount of music when choirs are not available and

-arranging a retreat for ministers of the Eucharist and ministers of the Word (date to
be set but likely to be early in November).

The committee nominated Mary Connole-Joyce and Kitty O'Sullivan as its representatives on The Pastoral Area Co-ordinating Group.

Introducing the New Parish Pastoral Council

Over the last three weeks we looked at the background to the formation of Parish Councils in general and also within our Parish.

This week the St. Patrick's Parish Pastoral Council will be commissioned in St. Patrick's Church at 12 o'clock Mass on Sunday.

The ceremony will be repeated next weekend at 11.30 am Mass in Holy Family. If you have been following this series of articles in the newsletters, or on the new Parish Council notice board, you will have an appreciation of the challenge facing them.

The members of St Patrick's / Holy Family Pastoral Council are:
Fr. Dan Crowley,
Sister Anne,
Mary Connole-Joyce (Chair),
Kay Dunne,
Joe Fahy,
Nancy Hennesssy,
Jean Kelleher,
Cecily Lynch,
Noreen McCarthy,
Willie O'Brien (Vice Chair),
Aonghus O'Broin (Secretary),
Ruairí O'Laoire,
Kitty O'Sullivan.

If you would like to help, please contact any member of the Council, or phone the Parish Office at 4518191. We will be delighted to take details of how to contact you and your areas of interest.

Please wish them well and pray for success with their work.

Some of the Parish Pastoral Council introduced after 12 o'clock Mass at St. Patrick's Church on 19th. April 2009

Included are:- Willie O'Brien, Noreen McCarthy, Mary Canole-Joyce, Nancy Hennessy, Kitty O'Sullivan, Ruiri O'Leary, Sr. Anne, Jean Kelliher, Cecily Lynch and Aonghus O'Broin.