Pastoral Council Nominations

Pastoral Council Nominations Are Currently Open!

The Pastoral Council is an advisory board to the pastoral leadership team and plans for the future of the parish while staying true to the parish mission.

The work of the Pastoral Council includes serving as a unifying body for all the various organizations and activities in the parish. In addition, the Council helps establish the vision and goals of the parish, as well as advises and makes recommendations to the pastor for the good of the parish. Pastoral Council members serve for 3 years, and the Pastoral Council meets once every month.

Who Can Be a Member?

The Pastoral Council is comprised of people from the parish.

YOU can be a member!

Men and women who would like to serve on the Pastoral Council should be:

Active in their faith.
Committed to the mission of Jesus, the parish, and the church.
Willing to make a commitment of time and talent.
Open to listening to a diversity of opinions.
Willing to work as a team member.
Willing to attend as many parish functions as possible.

The council requires that nominees must be:

Registered members of the parish and at least 18 years old.
Fully initiated, practicing Catholics.
Participants in parish life and worship, especially Mass and the sacraments.
Committed to the direction of the parish as it is stated in the mission statement.
Willing to attend all Pastoral Council meetings, activities and serve on various task committees.
A serving member in the area of Covenant Ministry to which they are being nominated.

The Nomination Process

Parishioners may nominate themselves or other members of the parish using the nomination forms found in the church vestibules or in the link(s) below. All parishioners are invited to nominate someone.

Delegates At Large are nominated from the general parish membership, while nominations for members representing specific covenant ministries are chosen from people who are currently active within those ministries. For example, Eucharistic ministers, lectors, or choir members, to name a few, would be eligible to serve as a Pastoral Council member representing Parish Life & Worship Ministries. For more examples, please click here to review a Covenant Booklet.

Once nominated, the nominees are contacted to see if they are willing to serve on the Council. If they agree, they will have their names placed in the selection bowl. At the end of Sunday Mass, and after prayerful discernment by the Assembly, the Pastor will select names from the bowl.

For additional information about the Pastoral Council or its nomination process, please contact any of the Pastoral Council members listed here.

Nominate Someone for Pastoral Council

This year, there are 2 vacancies on the Pastoral Council:

One from the Covenant Ministry of Parish Life & Worship

One Delegate at Large

Please consider nominating someone you know – or yourself!

Please consider and pray about whom you think would be an excellent candidate for the Pastoral Council, a person who is dedicated to our parish and exhibits the necessary leadership skills to assist our parish in becoming everything God desires. Then, submit a completed nomination form. Nomination forms are available in the church vestibules as well as via the button below.

DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS:

Sunday, June 1, 2025

Please note: Incomplete nomination forms cannot be considered.

Forms may be placed in the collection basket or brought / mailed to the Pastoral Council Nominating Committee, St. Augustine’s Parish, 7333 O’Brien Rd., Baldwinsville, NY, 13027. Complete information may also be emailed to <email@staugustinesparish.org>.

Pray as though everything depended on God.

Work as though everything depended on you.

Saint Augustine