Parish Pastoral Council

President:

Fr Edward Lim

Chairman:

Veronica Oreste

Assistant Chairman:

Joseph Fernandez

Secretary:

Michael Tan

Asst. Secretary:

Kelsey Lim

Councillors:

Adrian Tee

Herman Susanto

Shanti Bala

Monica Roch

Lynda Yap

Cecilia James

Helen Palec

Eva Hwee

Charmaine Hall

Amanda Teo

What is the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC)?

  • Important means to realise the priestly, prophetic and kingly role of priests and laity
  • Structure of participation by its lay faithful
  • In collaboration with our priests to

- ponder

- investigate; and

- formulate

practical conclusions on pastoral concerns


  • 3 levels of lay participation in decision making

- Parish Assembly

- PPC

- Executive-Committee (Ex-Co)

Three Levels Of Lay Participation In Decision Making

Parish Assembly

  • Comprises of all lay faithful – anyone who is interested
  • To elect lay faithful to sit on the Parish Pastoral Council
  • Meets once a year or once every 2 years depending on the Parish Priest discretion
  • Consultation and feedback from Christ’s faithful
  • PA for this year 14 Jan 2017

Parish Pastoral Council (PPC)

  • elected lay faithful from the Parish Assembly and 2 nominees from each ministry
  • meets 3-4 times a year
  • number of lay faithful to sit on the Council – min 40
  • Nature of the PPC – CONSULTATIVE
  • 3 main focus of the PPC

- Investigate

- Ponder

- Propose practical conclusions

Executive Committee (Ex-Co)

  • Head/President/Coordinator of each ministry sits in
  • meets every 1st Monday of the month
  • to put into action proposals set up by the PPC with regard to parish / pastoral concerns

So….Why Do We Need The PPC ?

  • Prayers and worship important – but not to be contented with solely
  • Communion with fellow Catholics
  • Relating to and uniting with fellow Catholics
  • Laity as prophetic people – responsible for faith formation
  • Plan and implement parish pastoral plans
  • Pastoral plans – involve development of the church / realisation of the Gospel values of love, peace, truth and justice in society
  • Enables and invites all Christian faithful to participation

Who Do We Nominate to the PPC?

  • A Parish Pastoral Council Member should be ……
  • Christ-centred, spirit filled, community minded, Eucharistic, a person of vision and reflection, broad-minded, outward reaching
  • A Parish Pastoral Council Member should have ……
  • A thirst for sharing the Good News, a strong sense of justice, Gospel values at heart, compassion for the weak, courage to speak out.
  • A Parish Pastoral Council Member should love ……
  • God, people of every age group, people of all faiths, his family, young people and children, reading the word of God
  • A Parish Pastoral Council Member should not ……
  • Focus only on the interests of his own organisation, family or neighbourhood
  • A Parish Pastoral Council Member sitting on the Council
  • does not represent his/her organisation, regardless of what title he/she holds in the organisation. He/she represents the whole Parish

Parish Assembly


  • Comprises of all lay faithful – anyone who is interested,
  • To elect lay faithful to sit on the Parish Pastoral Council (includes 2 nominees from each ministry),
  • Meets once a year or once every 2 years depending on the Parish Priest discretion

Parish Pastoral Council


  • Elected lay faithful from the Parish Assembly,
  • Meets 3-4 times a year,
  • Number of lay faithful to sit on the Council – min 40,
  • 3 main focus of the PPC,

-Investigate,

-Ponder,

-Propose practical,Conclusions

Executive Committee

  • Coordinator/President/Head from each Ministry,
  • Meet every 1st Monday of the Month,
  • To put into action proposals set up by the PPC with regard to parish / pastoral concerns