Service Opportunities:
Administration

OFFICE HELP

Volunteers are needed to provide periodic assistance at the parish offices with mailings, clerical/office work, photocopying, folding. Schedules are flexible. Extra hands are always needed, and your special talents can be put to good use.

PASTORAL COUNCIL

In 1992, a group of parishioners were invited to form a steering committee to help create our first parish council. The members of the steering committee received training in the areas of Archdiocesan directions and planning, building consensus, how to survey a parish, and how to form a mission statement. The St. Alphonsus Parish Pastoral Council was formed in 1994.

The Pastoral Council is a significant leadership group formed to serve our parish and the community. The Parish Council is not a board of directors. We rely upon the movement of the Holy Spirit amongst us, working for a unified vision among parish members so that we can meet the challenge of being a vibrant expression of the Church in the modern world.

As the Pastoral Council, we are first and foremost a community of prayer and faith. Our role is to be the coordinating and unifying structure of the parish community, giving full voice to the parish by encouraging and guiding the various aspects of parish life. The council members gather together the thoughts and ideas of the community, work together toward agreement, and translate this into goals that are acted upon by the parish community. To help act upon the goals of the parish, the council formed five parish pastoral commissions to the areas of Worship, Education, Service, Social, and Administration. Volunteers are encouraged and needed to be a part of these commissions.

The Pastoral Council meets monthly. Please consult the parish bulletin at the beginning of each month for the parish activity calendar. All members of the parish are welcome to attend.