Date of next Meeting: Thursday 19 January 2012

The PT undertakes its work in a spirit of service to the parish community and in a spirit of dialogue with the various parish groups.

The PT has three roles:

• Firstly, it has a strategic role of planning for the future of the parish.
• Secondly, it has the role of co-ordinating parish activities and seeing that plans and policies are implemented.
• Thirdly, it takes care to ensure that the necessary resources are identified to meet the needs of the parish.

Members of the PT (Parish Councillors) will liaise with the different areas of parish life, showing interest in and encouragement for the work of all the parish groups. The PT is responsible for establishing a structured approach to such liaison, which could be experienced by parish groups as affirmation, support and challenge in their work.

Contact Fr Kieran Magovern CM President

Chairperson: Richard Neal

Communications Committee

Our aims are:

• To communicate with parishioners in order to build a sense of community and belonging to St Mary’s Parish.
• To keep parishioners informed of activities.
• Continually looking at how we can improve communications within the parish.
• Building up an awareness of our parish groups, their activities and their services.
• Encouraging parishioners to become actively involved in their parish.
• Updating and redevelopment of the parish website
• Regular newsletters, flyers, parish magazine (On Eagles Wings).

New team members with an interest in communications are always welcome.

Website & Magazine-Theresa Cleaver

Group contact: Judy Smither

Finance and Facilities Committee

The function of this committee is the management of parish finances. It keeps a watchful eye on expenses incurred in the maintenance of the buildings, structural repairs, and all work pertaining to heating installations, phone systems, redecorating, etc. Each year all the finances of the parish in respect of income and expenditure are audited and presented to the Diocesan Office for inspection.

Contact - Charles Posnett

Word and Liturgy Committee

This is a sub group of the Parish Team who work to review and enhance Eucharistic and non-Eucharistic prayer and services within the parish.

Contact - Patricia Posnett

Parish Councillors

Fr Kieran Magovern CM*, Fr Jimmy Sheil CM, Fr Chacko Panathera CM, Deacon Philip Pugh, Richard Neal*, Charles Posnett*, Mary Wood*, Eileen Bates*, Kathy Aitken, Madeleine Billett, Michelle Bull, Teresa Chafer, Vince Cheshire, Theresa Cleaver, Pauline Cotton, Carole Cull-Simmonds, David Cull-Simmonds,  Brenda DaCosta, Raphael deLusignan, Peter Devine, Evelyn Dowdall, Rosemarie Duke, Tony Duke, Norah Hearty,. Liz Hobbs, Lionel Jeffries, Angela Killeen, Paul Lawlor, Andrew Milne, Agnes Milne, Patty Posnett, Judy Smither, Della Spokes, Clive Wadia, Carole Wee, Margaret White. (Minutes Secretary: Cecilia McCarthy)

* Denotes Steering Committee

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