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Pastoral Council Members
Sacred Heart, Walker
Front: Janet Weekly, Dave Beuter
Back: Al Krob, Brenda Dorothy, Marcia Reilly, Barry Hatch
Not pictured: Kerry Peyton, Nancy DobneyName Office E-mail Term End Date Al Krob Chair alkrob@dybb.com 6/30/2019 Dave Beuter Vice-Chair dave.beuter@linncounty.org 6/30/2020 Kerry Peyton Secretary kerry0120@aol.com 6/30/2021 Brenda Dorothy bmlansing7@aol.com 6/30/2020 Barry Hatch bhatch0045@yahoo.com 6/30/2021 Janet Weekly janet@traveladvisorscr.com 6/30/2019 Nancy Dobney Business Manager dbq207bm@dbqarch.org NA Marcia Reilly Parish Life Coordinator m.reilly@dbqarch.org NA
St. Mary, Urbana
Front: Jason Jaquette, Todd Peterson
Back: Samantha Fish, Ellen Herman, Marcia Reilly, Al Buck
Not pictured: Annie Brustkern, Nancy DobneyName Office E-mail Term End Date Al Buck Chair abuck@solumlangarchitects.com 6/30/2019 Todd Peterson Vice-Chair toddamber_peterson@msn.com 6/30/2019 Samantha Fish Secretary jsfish3216@gmail.com 6/30/2021 Annie Brustkern abrustkern@hotmail.com 6/30/2020 Ellen Herman ellen.herman@fmtcs.com 6/30/2019 Jason Jaquette jasonphi448@yahoo.com 6/30/2020 Nancy Dobney Business Manager dbq207bm@dbqarch.org NA Marcia Reilly Parish Life Coordinator m.reilly@dbqarch.org NA
St. Mary, Vinton
Front: Margie Ortgiesen, Stacey Happel, Cindy Forsyth
Back: Danise Shannon, Jim Mott, Marcia Reilly, Rhonda Happel
Not pictured: JR Schemmel, Melissa Tandy, Jeannie Springer
Name Office E-mail Term End Date Cindy Forsyth Chair cindy.forsyth30@gmail.com 6/30/2019 Melissa Tandy Vice-chair mtandy92@gmail.com 6/30/2020 Margie Ortgiesen Secretary mortgy@aol.com 6/30/2019 Rhonda Happel Rhonda_Happel@hotmail.com 6/30/2020 Stacey Happel stacey1387@hotmail.com 6/30/2021 Jim Mott jmmott@fmtcs.com 6/30/2020 Danise Shannon eija5393@gmail.com 6/30/2021 JR Schemmel jr52349@yahoo.com 6/30/2021 Jeannie Springer Business Manager dbq203sec@dbqarch.org NA Marcia Reilly Parish Life Coordinator m.reilly@dbqarch.org NA -
Purpose and Responsibilities of Pastoral Councils
The formation of Parish Pastoral Councils came about as a result of Vatican II when the bishops
recognized that all the baptized bear responsibility for carrying out the mission of the Church.
Pastoral councils consist of laity who, together with the pastor, or in our case, the Parish LIfe Coordinator, are called to envision and plan for the future of the parish as it meets the pastoral needs of the people of God.
In Vision 2000, a planning document developed for the Archdiocese of Dubuque, the planning
role of a parish pastoral council is described as follows:Planning is critical to the growth and vitality of a parish or cluster of parishes. Having a plan sets a forward direction for a parish. It focuses the energies of staff, committees, and volunteers toward common goals, and provides a means of accountability. The parish council has, as one of its major functions, the responsibility for planning in the parish.
Responsibilities of pastoral councils include:
- To listen to and represent the wisdom of parishioners and parish staff as part of the planning process.
- To determine priorities and develop a plan for both implementing and evaluating them.
- To develop goals and objectives which further the mission of the parish.
- To evaluate regularly the goals and objectives of the council and its subgroups.
- To recommend policies which are supportive of the mission of the parish.
- To call forth the gifts of individuals and groups/committees in the parish to carry out its mission.
The parish pastoral council is an advisory body to the pastor/parish life coordinator.
Registered members of the parish who are baptized, confirmed and practicing Catholics in good standing with the Church are eligible to serve on the pastoral council.