Consultation is at the heart of the decision-making process.
Consultation recognizes that all the baptized, by that fact, are called to share in the governance of the Church, each in a way proper to that person. The 1983 Code of Canon Law has introduced a new and separate consultative body to parish life. These training sessions will include budgeting, accounting, financial management and financial reporting. One of the workshop agenda items could be to reflect the interrelationship of the two councils. The pastor is called to consultation by the Church.