Pastoral Council

The Pastoral Council is a consultative organ in which the faithful, expressing their baptismal responsibility, assist the parish priest, who presides at the council, by offering their advice on pastoral matters. 

“All of the faithful have the right, sometimes even the duty, to make their opinions known on matters concerning the good of the Church. This can happen through institutions which have been established to facilitate that purpose: [...] the pastoral council can be a most useful aid...providing proposals and suggestions on missionary, catechetical and apostolic initiatives [...] as well as on the promotion of doctrinal formation and the sacramental life of the faithful.” (From the Vatican’s Congregation for the Clergy)