Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes
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St. Joseph Parish Pastoral Council
The Pastoral Council is concerned, in general, with implementing, at the parish level, the mission of the Diocese of Harrisburg: To share the experience of salvation received from Jesus Christ in the living Catholic tradition of Word and Sacrament, drawing all persons into a believing, hoping, loving, and serving community, which, empowered by the Spirit, gives glory to the Father through Jesus, Lord and Savior.
The Pastoral Council serves in a consultative role to the Pastor, and provides the framework through which clergy, religious, and laity can share responsibility. A council is more than an advisory board; it is a leadership community in which the Pastor and the people share in the decision making of the parish. And it is a community of service that assumes a special accountability for the life of the parish. The council embodies the belief that we are the church, all of us together, clergy, religious, and laity.
Council meetings are generally held monthly. Parishioners are encouraged to submit questions, concerns, and ideas to the Council. Current members are listed below.
2022-23 Pastoral Council Members:
Annette Dubas (Council Chair)
Cindy Bischoff (Vice Chair)
Kelly Lynch (Recording Secretary)
Dustin Auffarth, Sr.
Denise Ei
Thomas Erntz
Sandra Pultro
Paul Prodoehl
Betty Svirsko
Luis Zepeda
Jack Cassidy
Connie McNiel
Lauren Rose
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AND OTHERS
Msgr. James Lyons
Fr. Samuel Miller
Fr. Michael Rothan
Deacon Carlos Pichardo