Parish Pastoral Council – St. Augustine Parish

Role of the Council | Council Members | Meeting Minutes

The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) assists the pastor in his leadership role by offering its prayerful advice and guidance. It takes a long-range view of the future needs of the parish and strives to foster unity and a sense of community in the parish. The Council works together with the Pastor to discern the pastoral needs of the parish and ways in which those needs can be addressed.

The PPC is made up of 15 members selected from the parishioners at large, and the pastor can appoint additional members as he sees fit. The pastor, parochial vicar, and deacon are ex-officio members . Each year five new members are selected for membership on PPC to serve for a 3-year term. In this way 1/3 of the Council changes each year. The selection process happens each Spring. All parishioners who are interested or who are nominated by other parishioners to serve on the PPC have their names submitted to Fr. Peter the week before Pentecost. At the Vigil Mass of Pentecost, five names are drawn from all nominees who have agreed to serve should they be selected. New Council members will serve for 3 years.

2018-2019 Members	Contact Information	Term
Carla Burns	rab-jr@comcast.net 978-376-5448	2020
Cindy Cookson	cindycookson@comcast.net	2020
Dcn. Michael Curren	deaconmike@staugustineparish.org	ex officio Deacon
Ken DeBenedictis	kensuede@verizon.net 978-475-2658	2020
Paula Dennett		2021
Erik Eldracher	stacouncil@elaniem.com 978-858-3800	appointed Finance Council Liaison
Fr. Peter G. Gori, Chair	frpeter@staugustineparish.org 978-475-0050 x35	ex officio Pastor
Dave Hart	978-241-4601 davehart43@hotmail.com	2020
Pat Jennings	gembrat@jenningsrealm.com	2021
Sr. Madonna Kling, CDP	srmadonna@staugustineparish.org 978-475-005- x36	ex-officio Pastoral Associate
John Markiewicz	jpmarkiewicz@hotmail.com	2019
Chris O’Reilly	cforeilly93@gmail.com	2019
Rich Padova	978-475-0518	2019
Dcn. Louis J. Piazza	deaconlou@staugustineparish.org 978-475-0050 x43	ex officio Deacon
Maura Reardon	chipmoss@comcast.net	2019
Paul Romano	promano2010@hotmail.com	2020
Suzanne Scarpulla	suzanne.scarpulla@verizon.net	2019
Marta Stiglin	marta@stiglin.com	2021
Cathy Thompson	madaket681@verizon.net	2021
David York	dyorkjr1@gmail.com	2021