CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL – Fr Bill Foley - wfoley@blessedsacramentdc.oeg
PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL - Fran Scango - Fran.scango@gmail.com
WORSHIP COMMISSION CHAIR– Pat Byers
OUTREACH COMMISSION CHAIR – Linda Williams
FAITH FORMATION COMMISSION CO-CHAIRS– Pam Kelly, Dave Chorzempa
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIR - Brendan Babbington
COMMUNITY LIFE COMMISSION CHAIR – Ceil Malphrus
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMISSON CO CHAIRS - Dave Gardiner, Mike Hotka
PASTOR APPOINTMENT – Philippe Monfiston
SCHOOL REP – Al Cleghorn
SCHOOL OF RELIGION REP – TBD
SODALITY REP– Nancy Ryan
Fr. Foley
Bill Kelly
Fran Scango
The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a welcoming Catholic community whose people encounter Christ in the Eucharist and serve Him in our neighbor."
The members of the pastoral council freely accept the call to serve. They understand that their baptismal call, which they share with every Christian, is to live out the Gospel. They accept the challenge to nourish this same spirit within the parish community.
The membership of the Pastoral Council is determined by the pastor and may vary from year to year. The Commission Chairs, Blessed Sacrament School, School of Religion, and the Sodality are ex officio members of the Council. The pastor appoints a President and Vice President who will serve as the executive committee along with the previous President. The Pastor appoints the remaining members from among parishioners who volunteer to serve.
The principal criteria for selecting Council members are general competence for leadership, a love of parish and the wider Church, commitment to the New Evangelization, and an enthusiastic interest in promoting and implementing parish worship and service.
Before the first meeting of the year, the parish will provide orientation for officers and members in their roles on the Council.
Ideally, the Council will be generally representative of the parish as regards gender, age and ethnicity.
Members serve a term of three years. Ideally only one third of the council would complete their tenure in one year. The Pastor will fill the vacancy should a member of the Council miss two meetings without excuse.
The Pastor is Chair of the Pastoral Council. The Council Chair will:
Pastoral Council meetings begin and end with prayer.
Since the Pastoral Council is a consultative body, all its decisions are subject to the Pastor’s approval. Once such approval is given, members, volunteers and staff will collaborate to implement Council decisions in a timely fashion.
The Pastoral Council meets five times a year for approximately two hours. Orientation takes place in early September with meetings to follow in October, December, February, April and June. The June meeting typically includes a dinner. Commission meetings will take place in late September, November, January, March and May. Council and Commission meetings are generally scheduled for the second Tuesday.