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Finance
Committee
Purpose
To serve the Pastor and Parish Pastoral Council in
financial matters as required in Canon 537 of the 1983 Code
of Canon Law. Functions
1.
To advise both the Pastor and the Parish Pastoral Council
regarding the financial
implications of their respective policy
decisions.
2. To prepare budgets in accord with the policy and priority
decisions of the Pastor and the
parish.
3. The ultimate responsibility for policy, priority decisions,
fund raising, approval and
implementation
of budgets rest with the Pastor, in consultation with the
Parish Pastoral
Council.
4. Keep minutes of meetings and provide them to the pastor.
Membership
1.
Finance Committee consists of 5 to 7 members. No term limit
has been set.
2. Finance Committee members are called forward through invitation
by the Pastor.
The Pastor will seek members through consultation
with the Parish Pastoral Council and
other parishioners.
3. The members shall be composed of persons with special training
or experience in the
area of finances.
4. Because a large portion of the total parish finances is
devoted to the operation of the
school, special effort is made to include
persons who are knowledgeable about school
finances.
5. The business manager/administrative associate acts as liaison
to the pastoral staff and
the parish pastoral council.
6. A member’s term of service is automatically renewed
upon mutual agreement of the
member and the pastor.
Commitments
and Obligations
1.
Finance Committee shall meet in the months January, March,
May, July, September
and November.
2. Members are expected to: attend regularly scheduled meetings.
3. Members may be invited to serve on sub-committees or perform
other duties in service
to the parish and/or the pastor on an ad
hoc basis.
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