Pastoral Council

The parish pastoral council is a leadership group through which
priests and people work together as partners in furthering the
mission of Christ in their own place. It does this through building
up a vibrant Christian community that is rooted in baptism and
marked by its faith, worship and service.
To fulfil its role the pastoral council needs to be a representative
body in which the diversity of the parish community is reflected. It
is a means whereby all parishioners can take part in discussions that
relate to the parish, its mission and its future development.

The parish is a statement that Christian spirituality is not a private affair. It is a statement that the basic response to Christ is not to repent or pray, but to gather. The basic response is to be together. Christ is the morning light shining in our world. When we experience ourselves as ‘enlightened’, we also become aware of the others who are sharing the same experience. We do not turn inwards, but we gather. That is where Christ is found.

In this, the parish is responding to the deep human need for community. For all our prizing of freedom and autonomy, we know that human becoming is not possible outside of community. Aristotle offered the comparison of the pieces on a chess board. Each has a meaning, a context. But apart from the chess board and the other pieces, any piece is lost. All too many people are like that, engaged in a very lonely spiritual struggle. 

(Quotation from The Welcoming Parish by Donal Harrington, Columba Press)

Members of Renmore Parish Pastoral Council

Fr Tom Brady, Parish Priest

Mr. Martin Lennon , Chair

Ms. Bernie Ruane, Secretary

Ms. Patricia Junold, Parish Secretary

Mr. Vincent Boyle

Ms. Rita Duffy

Sr. Mary Conncannon

Ms. Vera Coughlan

Mr. Gay Keaveney

Ms. Anne Murphy

Ms. Imelda Mohan

Luc Desbonnet

Nicola Corcoran.