“The purpose of the parish pastoral council is to investigate pastoral matters, to consider them thoroughly, and to propose practical conclusions about them. The council’s task is, first of all, to study those matters brought to its attention and shed light on them. Its second task is to reflect on them thoroughly, to discern their true nature, to evaluate and to ponder them. Its final task is to draw sound conclusions. The council presents these conclusions to the pastor in the form of recommendations. This threefold task of the council-investigating, considering, and recommending conclusions-is called pastoral planning. After the pastor has accepted the recommendations of the council, he directs their implementation. Council members may assist him, but strictly speaking, implementation is the responsibility of the pastor, not the council.”

Any active member of the parish age 16 or older is eligible to be a member of the Pastoral Council. If you are interested please, contact the rectory and your name will be added to the list of candidates for the next election.

The following proposal was made, voted on and approved to make the following changes to the by-laws for the St. John Nepomucene Pastoral Council:
Section 1 Structure of Pastoral Council
from;
(a) Twelve (12) lay members shall serve as representatives at large. delegated to represent all registered members of the parish. These twelve (12 shallhave the sole voting rights. all other described below shall serve as non-voting ex-officio members.
to be changed to:
Ten (10) to Twelve (12) lay members shall serve as representatives at large, delegated to represent all registered members of the parish. These ten (10) to twelve (12) shall have the sole voting rights . all others described below shall serve as non-voting ex-officio members

also:
(a) the term of office for those persons elected to the Pastoral Council shall be (2) two years from;
(b) Pastoral Council members may now serve no more than (2) two consecutive terms to be changed to:
(b) (b) Pastoral Council members may now serve consecutive terms through continued re-election or appointment from the pastor or parish administrator.
(c) after lapse of one (1) year, a former member is once again eligible for election
(C) above statement would be removed