Meet the Parish Finance Team

speaFr Fabian Smithspeacespeacesp Sumith Olagama

speacesPelenato Teofilospeacespeacesp Steeve Florent

speacespCandice Vaz spacespeacespeIsabella Fernandes

speacFr Antony SanthiyaguspeacespeaBernard Negline

Position Description

A Parish Finance Council or Committee (PFC) assists the parish priest in the administration of the temporal goods of the parish. The requirements for a Finance Council is set out in Canon 537. The PFC assists the parish priest in the stewardship of parish finances, in maintaining parish properties, in planning future capital works, in raising the necessary finances for the operation of the various parish services, and in establishing a framework for greater shared responsibility within parish life.

ACTIVITIES:

Attends meetings of the PFC.

· Provides advice to the parish priest.

· Advises the parish priest with regard to financial plans and allocations of the parish finances.

· Provides support and information when a new priest is appointed to the parish.

· As required, provides training and support to new members of the PFC.