Parish Council
The Parish Council is a consultative body that advises the pastor concerning the pastoral life and ministry of the parish. It is to serve the parish community by prayerfully discerning goals and priorities for the pastoral life of the parish and responding to the needs of its parishioners. It assists the pastor by:
- Becoming/being aware of the composition and personality of the parish community and serving as a body that is representative of the identity
- Prayerfully discerning parish needs and possible responses to those needs
- Setting forth goals and objectives of the parish for long-term planning
- Identifying and calling forth of members of the parish community with the gifts and talents to respond to parish needs
- Prayerfully discerning an overall parish response to needs from outside the parish community, e.g., needs of the Universal and Local Church and the local community, ecumenical concerns, social justice needs, etc.
Liturgy Committee
The Liturgy Committee’s responsibilities are:
- To discern the parish’s worship/liturgical/prayer needs
- To coordinate the planning and scheduling of the liturgical celebrations for the seasonal and special celebrations.
- To coordinate, support, and evaluate all liturgical ministries in the parish, i.e. readers, extraordinary ministers of the Eucharist, altar servers, lectors, cantors, musicians, etc.
Parish Finance Committee
he Parish Finance Council is a consultative body that advises the pastor concerning the stewardship of parish fiscal resources. It assists the pastor by:
- Conducting long-range financial planning with regard to funding operational and capital needs in the parish
- Developing and overseeing a parish budget process that results in an annual parish budget
- Providing financial analysis of current fiscal status reports
- Providing for proper financial control procedures
- Providing the parish with periodic reports on the financial position of the parish
Other Parish Ministries
There are many opportunities for ministry at Regina Coeli Church. Please contact the church office (330-821-5880) for more information on any of the following:
- Altar Servers
- Catholic Woman’s Club
- Children’s Liturgy of the Word
- Collection Counters
- Environment Committee
- Eucharistic Ministers
- Funeral Luncheon Committee
- HOPE Ministers
- Infant of Prague Guild
- Lay Leaders of Prayer
- Lectors
- Ministers to Homebound or Nursing Homes
- Ministry of Praise
- Music Ministers
- Parish School of Religion Catechists
- Prayer Chain
- RCIA Team
- Right to Life
- Sacristans
- Ushers
- Youth Ministry Leaders