MANAGEMENT AND PASTORAL PLANNING

Parish Pastoral Council

St Bernard's Parish Pastoral Council is a representative group of parishioners who act as a consultative body working collaboratively with the parish priest and the pastoral staff. Its function is to assist the parish priest and the pastoral staff in the ongoing process of planning, decision making and evaluation of the pastoral life and ministry of the parish.

Parish Finance Council

Our parish is large and diverse with many demands on its finances. The parish finance council assists the parish priest in regard to his responsibilities for financial and administrative matters. The role of the council is to provide the parish priest with valuable insight and advice so that he may act more effectively in the interests of the parish. Primary duties of the council are to set yearly budgets, ensure expenditure is kept within budget, provide income and revenue streams to sustain our expenditure and ensure parish infrastructure is maintained. The council actively promotes the planned giving scheme to assist in sound financial planning. The finance council may be contacted through the chairperson.

Parish Sacrificial Giving Program

PLEASE SUPPORT OUR PARISH

The Sacrificial Giving Program invites us to use our TIME, TALENT and TREASURE in gratitude to God. It is the calling of every Catholic to develop a deep faith, expressed in strong commitment. To facilitate this, St Bernard's parish sponsors the wide variety of ministries and services referred to in this directory.
St Bernard's parish depends on the financial support of every parishioner. We ask parishioners to respond generously according to their circumstances.
Sacrificial Giving enables us to plan and budget appropriately, and so work towards future developments. If you can be involved in Planned Giving we strongly encourage it. It is a reasonable expectation that each parishioner participates in Sacrificial Giving.

Parish Vision and Planning

Three teams coordinate the Parish Vision and Planning