PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL
CHRISTMAS LETTER FROM THE PPC CHAIR
At the initiative of the Diocesan Priests Council, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin mandated each of the 200 parishes in the diocese to set up a Parish Pastoral Council (PPC).
The PPC is a partnership of clergy and laity consulting working together to enable the Parish Community to fulfill its vision which is:
“To create a Welcoming, Growing, Compassionate
and Participating Christian Community
in a Changing Modern World”.
On November 17th 2019 10 Members were publicly commissioned in St.Mary’s Church, where they made commitment to serve the Parish community for the next three years.
Loving God,
You call each one of us to respond to our Baptism
by reaching out to others in service.
We thank you for the generosity of these new PPC members
who have come forward for service.
May all that they do in their ministry
be grounded and rooted in you.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
AMEN
The Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Pastoral Council was set up in early 2005. Since then lay people and clergy have been working together in the parish helping to sustain what is a vibrant and caring community.
A community: where people feel they belong and know God’s own welcome;
where people come into contact with Christ
and with the hope and joy of the gospel;
where people find their spirits nourished by prayer and liturgy;
where people find the extraordinary love of God
in the ordinary events of their lives;
where people are drawn into using their gifts
for the good of one another.
The PPC meet at monthly intervals. The members of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish Pastoral Council are as follows:-
Fr. Bernard Kennedy (President)
Fr. Hyacinth Nwakuna
Aideen Darcy (Area Pastoral Co-ordinator)
Sally Phalan (Chairperson)
John Kelly (Secretary)
Gavin Barrett
Violeta Bollozos
Adrian Buckley
Tom Carey
Ottalie Dwyer
Maura McErlane
Mairead Murphy
Herman van den Bergh
The Parish Pastoral Council can be contacted through the Parish Office 01 276 0030 and Sally Phalan (Chairperson) 087 4189 338 or by email:<sally.phalan@gmail.com>;