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Serving on one of our Leadership Councils or
Commission
Our seven
councils and commissions assist the Pastor and the
pastoral staff in the governance of the parish.
They are consultative bodies that the Pastor can
prayerfully reflect with and ask for assistance to
guide the overall care and ministry of the parish.
A member of a council or commission is by
appointment of the pastor and typically serves a
minimum of 3 years. (After three years, leaders may
reapply for the position). Members are
nominated by the general parish members, by the
council or commission members or may be
self-nominated. All potential leaders are
asked to go through a discernment process before
being appointed. They need to be
partners in the mission prior to and throughout
the time they are serving on the Council or
Commission. They attend two leadership
gatherings a year, one a fall retreat and a spring meeting. They also help cultivate and discern other
members to serve on the council and commissions.
If you wish to nominate someone, or are interested
in serving the parish in this way, please contact: Gail Rayos, 407.265.2317 or
gailr@StMaryMagdalen.org.
Pastoral Council
The Council is a consultative body that the Pastor can
prayerfully reflect with and ask for assistance to guide the
overall care and ministry of the parish and the enhancement
of its mission. With the Pastor, the Council sets the
mission and direction of the parish. If
desiring to serve on the Pastoral Council, you also
must have previously served on a Council or
Commission during the last five years.
Finance Council
The council is a consultative body providing advice and
recommendations to the Pastor concerning the Stewardship of
the parish's fiscal and temporal resources, including
conducting long range financial planning to support the
mission of the parish. If desiring to
serve on the Pastoral Council, you also must have
previously served on a Council or Commission during
the last five years. In addition, the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have
set out other criteria/requirements.
By Canon law, all solicitations (fundraisers, direct
asks, in-kind requests) must be approved in writing
by the Pastor or his delegate. Fr. Charlie has
delegated this responsibity to the Finance Council.
During the Month of May, Fundraising and
solicitation applications are available for the
upcoming pastoral year (July 1-June 30). Only
recognized parish ministries and services may
request an application. Once approved, they
may solicit our parisihoners and on our property or
through our communication means according to the
agreed upon procedures. The deadline for all
fundraisers and solicitation applicications is June
1. Notification is given no later than July
31. It is the goal of the Pastoral
Council to reduce all fundraisers to no more than 5
per year.
Grant applications for the Community Fest Grant
(open to recognized parish ministries and partnered
ministries) and Discipleship Grant (open to
recognized parish ministries) are also due on June
1. Please check out the Finance Council's Time &
Talent booth for applications.
Stewardship Council
The Stewardship Council promotes Stewardship as a Way of
Life within all aspects of the parish community. The council
is composed of two teams that focus on very distinct aspects
of Stewardship. The Time and Talent Team's role is to
connect people with ministry that utilizes their God-given
gifts and talents. We accomplish this by fostering personal
discovery for our parishioners and a welcoming spirit in our
ministries. The Stewardship Development Team focuses its
work on the education and development of stewardship within
the parish, as well as overseeing the parish's annual
Sacrificial Giving Renewal in November, Planned Giving,
major gifts, special campaigns and other financial
development efforts.
Corporal Works of Mercy Commssion
Corporal Works of
Mercy Commission (CWMC) is a consultative body
to the Pastor. Through consultation,
communication, prayer, discernment, education
and service, the CCMC inspires, calls forth,
promotes, fosters, supports and facilitates
Corporal Works of Mercy ministries to respond to
varied needs of the most vulnerable among us:
the unborn, dying, sick, elderly, isolated,
disabled, immigrant workers, the poor,
incarcerated persons and their families. CCMC
focuses primarily on local needs, but addresses
national and international needs as well.
The School Commission is a consultative body that serves as an advisory
group to the principal and the Pastor to ensure our St. Mary Magdalen school continues to
fulfill the mission of Catholic Education which is to teach gospel values, build faith
communities, provide excellence in higher education, and serve the people of the world.
Spiritual Works
of Mercy Commission
This consultative body implements the Parish’s
mission and goals, as well as seeks to help members
of the parish explore and develop their faith and to
become more active participants in their faith
community. The goals of the commission are to create
opportunities to bring out the gifts which manifest
the holiness of each individual, to encourage
spiritual development within the individual family
and parish, support spiritual direction of each
organization, and facilitate the flow of spiritual
communication among the organizations within the
parish.
Worship Commission
The primary role of this group is to aid and lead the parish
community of St. Mary Magdalen to grow spiritually in faith
and love through deeper prayer and better worship.
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