{"id":6435,"date":"2026-05-29T07:49:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:50:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:50:43","slug":"parish-pastoral-council-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/?p=6435","title":{"rendered":"PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Parish Pastoral Council Meeting \u2013 27 May<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The Council discussed feedback received following the PPC statement shared on Ascension Sunday. Many thanks to everyone who has responded so far \u2014 please continue to share your comments and suggestions with us.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Further progress was made regarding the September parish outing and the Faith Development programmes planned for the coming year. Regular updates on both initiatives will be provided in due course.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The minutes of the meeting will be available on the parish website shortly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Parish 3-Year Plan is included below.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Our Pastoral Themes<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nYear One Jan-Dec 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nYear Two Jan-Dec 2027<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nYear Three Jan-Dec 2028<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Communication<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Publish Pastoral Plan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Provide information for parishioners on work of PPC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bring ideas from parishioners to PPC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Audit current Parish Groups\/Teams<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Source person\/group to start update of website\u00a0 and increase visibility of Parish and group activity on website and Parish social media<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Annual Open Meeting<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Provide range of information for parishioners on work of PPC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bring ideas from parishioners to PPC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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If required Audit current Parish Groups\/Teams<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Update work on Website \/social media<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Annual Open Meeting<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n

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Provide range of information for parishioners on work of PPC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bring ideas from parishioners to PPC<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain log of all Parish group\/team information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain Website\/social media<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Annual Open Meeting<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Liturgy and Prayer<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Plan for Family Masses\/ volunteers to co-ordinate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Liaise with Parish musicians re formation of Music ministry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Formation of Welcome Team for Masses.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Source training for Welcome team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Develop Altar Server Team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain support and training of Ministers of the Word, Ministers of Eucharist, Minsters of Funeral Liturgy; Children\u2019s Liturgy; Baptism Team.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Regular Family Masses<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Development of Music ministry to enhance liturgical services<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ongoing Formation of Welcome team for masses and other services including Funeral services.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Access training for Welcome team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Develop Altar Server Team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain support and training of Ministers of the Word, Ministers of Eucharist, Minsters of Funeral Liturgy; Children\u2019s Liturgy<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n

Regular Family Masses<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain Music ministry<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain Welcome Team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Develop Altar Server Team<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain support and training of Ministers of the Word, Ministers of Eucharist, Minsters of Funeral Liturgy ; Children\u2019s Liturgy<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Social and Community<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Plan Parish Day trip<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Encourage volunteers for Bereavement Ministry Training\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Pathways, D&C) to enhance current parish bereavement Support Service<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Consider occasional speakers on social issues with respect to living faith<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Plan Parish group in Down and Connor Pilgrimage<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Formation of Parish Bereavement Support Group<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Investigate<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Arrange occasional speakers on social \/world issues<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n

Plan parish Day trip<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain Parish bereavement Support Group<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Faith Development\/Mission<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Review development of Youth Ministry and Youth Ministry Leader<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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SycamOre Faith Development Programme- run Lent Course through Family of Parishes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Encouraging\u00a0 and training volunteers to run Alpha Course through Family of Parishes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0development of Youth Ministry and Youth Ministry Leader<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0SycamOre Faith Development Programme – run course through Family of Parishes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Encouraging and training volunteers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Run Alpha Course<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain development of Youth Ministry and Youth Ministry Leader<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0SycamOre Faith Development Programme- run Course through Family of Parishes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Encouraging and training volunteers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Support Family of Parishes Alpha course<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Parish Facilities<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n

Appraisal of Church interior as Welcoming Church<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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After- Mass hospitality<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Consider development of suitable hospitality space for Church \u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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development of Church hospitality Team<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n

Maintain Welcoming Church appearance to interior and exterior of church<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Continue to develop suitable space for Church hospitality and other faith based and pastoral events<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintain Welcoming Church appearance to interior and exterior of church<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maintenance of Hospitality\/events\/pastoral space<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parish Pastoral Council Meeting \u2013 27 May The Council discussed feedback received following the PPC statement shared on Ascension Sunday. Many thanks to everyone who has responded so far \u2014 please continue to share your comments and suggestions with us. Further progress was made regarding the September parish outing and the Faith Development programmes planned […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6435"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6439,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6435\/revisions\/6439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stagnesbelfast.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}