The council provides a means for uniting the parish community in expressing its collective wisdom concerning pastoral plans and activities. Ordinary administration of the parish will be the responsibility of the administrative staff.
Good counsel is the result of full, holistic, active consultation.
Thus, the members of this group, along with the pastor, are called to reflect and consider pastoral issues for the common good and for the future. Their role is to understand, to reflect carefully and prayerfully and to seek consensus. However, under certain circumstances, the pastor and council may choose to attain a majority through voting to decide a course of action. Consultation acknowledges that all the Christian faithful share, in diverse ways, the mission of Christ. Consultation accepts that each of the Christian faithful is formed, reformed and endowed by the Spirit with qualities and gifts that can strengthen the community.