Committee for Renewal & Growth of Parish Pastoral Councils

Mission

To actively assist parishes in the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface, in the development and implementation of Parish Pastoral Councils (PPC).

Vision

That each parish in the Archdiocese of Saint Boniface have an active Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) focused on the particular needs of the parish and its Mission and Vision.

Strategies

The committee is a point of contact for parishes in need of information and support.

- exists to offer guidance, suggest resources, and offer formation and training to local PPCs. This includes going out to assist parishes where required and as needed.
- promotes the implementation of the Archdiocesan policies and best practices
- develops and delivers presentations and workshops in answer to the needs discerned principally by the Diocesan Pastoral Council
- maintains a list of current resource materials on the archdiocesan website
- prepares periodic communiques
- provides new information that address the changing needs of PPCs

Church Documents

Instruction "The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelising mission of the Church", click here.

Archdiocesan Documents

**NEW** November 2024 - Guide for the Forming/Revitalizing of a Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), click here.

**NEW** October 2024 - From the Upper Room to the Ends of the Earth - Updated Guidelines for Parish Pastoral Councils, click here. Appendices, click here.

November 2022 - Welcoming New Priests, click here.

May 2022 - Celebration of Recognition/Commissioning of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), click here. Also: See page 132 in the CCCB ritual book entitled “Celebrations of Installation and Recognition.” This ritual book can be purchased from CCCB Publications at this link.

January 2019 - Mission-Driven versus Maintenance-Driven, click here.

Letter from Archbishop LeGatt regarding the newly-configured diocesan Committee for Renewal & Growth of PPCs, click here.

Parish Pastoral Council Outcomes, click here.

Diocesan Project for the Renewal & Growth of Parishes - Summary, click here.

Diocesan Pastoral Council Meetings

**NEW** Fall 2024

This session will present the updated Upper Room document on Parish Pastoral Councils.

English: Nov 23, 2024 at St. John the Evangelist, 2 Academy Dr, Morden, MB
- 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
French: Nov 30, 2024 at Paroisse Saint Eugène, 1009 St Mary's Rd, Winnipeg, MB
- 9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

To register to attend (in-person or virtually), click here.

Spring 2024 - Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting documents, click here.

Fall 2023 - Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting documents, click here.

Committee for the Renewal & Growth of Parish Pastoral Councils

Chair: Paulette Vielfaure Dupuis
Email: pvdupuis@shaw.ca

Members:

Alesa Sutherland
Raynald Dupuis
Gisèle Evecsyn
Fr. Chrys Agu, priest advisor
Fr. Charles Fillion, Vicar General

Our goals are clear: the formation of parish communities of missionary disciples as called for by Pope Francis. Together we strive to live out the full mission of the Church sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and building up his reign of justice, mercy, love and peace. In all of this, it is increasingly clear that in a parish, the two key sources and prime movers of all this are the Pastors, Parish Life Directors and the Parish Pastoral Council (surrounded and carried by all the faithful). It is a shared leadership of imagining and discerning where God is calling us, then a collaborative effort of planning and carrying out the will of God. We must walk the talk together. The efforts of the Diocesan Committee for the Renewal and Growth of Parish Pastoral Councils can help all of us in doing this.

Let us always pray for the powerful work of the Holy Spirit, let us always pray for one another.