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Priests of the Parish
Spiritual Shepherds & Guides, they administer the Holy Sacraments,
counseling and essential pastoral services to the Community.
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Fr Stanislaus Pang
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Fr John Sim
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Fr Louis Loiseau
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Parish Staff
Since year 2001, employed staffs have assisted the Priests of the Parish
in the areas of administration support, the upkeep of holy sanctuary and general
house-keeping and maintenance of the premises.
Their contributions meets the practical needs of the Parish Community and at the
same time enable its Priests to focus more on their pastoral work.
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Geoffrey Abraham Elijah
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Maureen Peck
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Morgan Tan Soo Chuan
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Finance Council
Comprising of selected parishioners who are professionally qualified accountants,
their duty is to assist the Priests of the Parish in ensuring proper financial management
of resources and assets under the jurisdiction of Church of the Risen Christ. These
duties include financial audits and approval of annual budgets presented by all
church groups.
Parish Pastoral Council (PPC)
 PPC is a structure that finds out the pastoral concerns
of the parish community, investigates into these concerns and recommends appropriate
suggestions to address these concerns. Examples of initiatives mooted by PPC are:-
(1) The senior citizen group, Vintage Care
which was formed to meet the socio-spiritual needs of elderly parishioners,
(2) The Risen Christ Media Team (formerly
known as the Publicity Ministry) which was formed to address the need for greater
information and publicity as raised by parishioners during Parish Assembly in 2004,
(3) Introduction of the CaFé programme
to our community,
(4) Formation of Cell Groups in our parish,
(5) Working with external organisations to start the
Risen Christ Free Legal Clinic,
(6) The Counselling Service as well as the Risen Christ Medical Clinic.
At Church of the Risen Christ, the PPC structure was initiated by the Archdiocese
of Singapore sometime in mid 2004.
 Parish Pastoral Committee - Executive Committee (PPC-Exco)
The PPC-Exco consists of leaders or appointed representatives from all
the church groups operating in Church of the Risen Christ.
The objective of PPC-Exco is to work together to implement the suggestions / proposals
from PPC to meet the selected objectives, to update on the various ministries' activities,
co-ordinate church wide events and consider special requests for budget and other
approvals.
The Executive Committee meets every month.
The Parish Assembly
 The Parish Assembly seeks to gather views and inputs
from parishioners on pastoral matters for the benefit and growth of the community.
It is a platform where parishioners share their concerns for the parish and express
ideas / suggestions on how to improve the community as a whole.
Parishioners can review collectively what has been done and seek out improvements.
The Archdiocese encourages all parishes to hold their Parish Assembly on a yearly
basis. All parishioners are invited to contribute their views and ideas for betterment
of the Parish Community.
Parishioners of Church of the Risen Christ who wants to serve the community are
encouraged to come forward to be elected into the Parish Pastoral Council as Councilors
and to attend the annual Parish Assembly.
The Parish Assembly is usually scheduled at year end. Forms for nomination of Councilors
and attendance at the Parish Assembly are usually made available online and at the
Parish Office one month before the scheduled date.
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