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Pastoral Council Members
Sacred Heart, Walker
Front: Kerry Peyton, Jim Meisheid, Janet Weekly
Back: Marcia Reilly, Barry Hatch, Brenda Dorothy
Not pictured: Dave Beuter, Nancy DobneyName Office E-mail Term End Date Dave Beuter Chair dave.beuter@linncounty.org 6/30/2020 Barry Hatch Vice-chair bhatch0045@yahoo.com 6/30/2021 Kerry Peyton Secretary kerry0120@aol.com 6/30/2021 Brenda Dorothy bmlansing7@aol.com 6/30/2020 Jim Meisheid meishjim@live.com 6/30/2022 Janet Weekly janet@traveladvisorscr.com 6/30/2022 Nancy Dobney Business Manager dbq207bm@dbqarch.org NA Marcia Reilly Parish Life Coordinator m.reilly@dbqarch.org NA
St. Mary, Urbana
Front: Jason Jaquette, Samantha Fish, Michele Koppedryer
Back: Annie Brustkern, Marcia Reilly, Dave Oldakowski
Not pictured: Todd Peterson, Nancy DobneyName Office E-mail Term End Date Todd Peterson Chair toddamber_peterson@msn.com 6/30/2022 Annie Brustkern Vice-chair abrustkern@hotmail.com 6/30/2020 Samantha Fish Secretary jsfish3216@gmail.com 6/30/2021 Jason Jaquette jasonphi448@yahoo.com 6/30/2020 Michele Koppedryer mnmkopp@fmtcs.com 6/30/2022 Dave Oldakowski dfoldakowski@gmail.com 6/30/2022 Nancy Dobney Business Manager dbq207bm@dbqarch.org NA Marcia Reilly Parish Life Coordinator m.reilly@dbqarch.org NA
St. Mary, Vinton
Front: Danise Shannon, Stacey Happel, Billy Ollinger, Cindy Forsyth
Back: JR Schemmel, Melissa Tandy, Marcia Reilly, Jim Mott, Rhonda Happel
Not pictured: Jeannie Springer
Name Office E-mail Term End Date Cindy Forsyth Chair cindy.forsyth30@gmail.com 6/30/2022 Melissa Tandy Vice-chair mtandy92@gmail.com 6/30/2020 Stacey Happel Secretary stacey1387@hotmail.com 6/30/2021 Rhonda Happel Rhonda_Happel@hotmail.com 6/30/2020 Jim Mott jmmott@fmtcs.com 6/30/2020 Billy Ollinger billy.ollinger@gmail.com 6/30/2022 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.