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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 Valerian Cheong
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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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Esther Chuoong
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Geoffrey Abraham Elijah
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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
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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
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