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PPC Meeting #2 (September 6th, 2009)
POSTPONE till further notice
Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) Structure

Fr Philip Heng, S.J. - Parish Priest

Briefly, our Parish PPC structure is headed by the Parish Priest who in turn is responsible to the Archbishop of Singapore and his Jesuit Superiors, although the latter would not generally directly interfere with the ordinary running of the Parish.

 

The Parish Priest is supported by a Jesuit Parish Team and other resident Jesuits of Kingsmead Hall for Masses, Confessions, house blessings, sick calls etc

The Parish Priest is further supported by the Parish Finance Committee (PFC), the Parish Accountant, the Social Mission Core Team (SMCT) and PPC exco members. The PFC, SMCT and PPC exco members each have monthly meetings.

 

However, the PPC exco members are to meet with PPC representatives of ministries and neighbourhood groups at least once every quarter for evaluation and feedback which they will bring to the PPC exco monthly meetings. In these PPC exco meetings, members will discuss both the particular ministry’s needs and the Parish Goal needs of each ministry and neighbourhood group. The content and issues raised by ministries and neighbourhood groups with regard to the Parish Goal will be collated at PPC exco meetings and raised at our quarterly PPC meetings followed by an annual Parish Assembly. For details, please refer to the notes on, “PPC Structure – Implementation Process and Timeline. (see below)

 

Our Parish’s ministries are divided into: Faith formation (Catechetical and Youth/Young Adult Ministries), Pastoral Ministries, Service Ministries, Liturgical Ministries and Prayer Group Devotions/Ministries.

 

Our Parish at present also has 23 Neighbourhood groups: 5 groups are active and 18 groups are passive. And of the latter, 11 have convenors and 7 do not. We are hoping to re-group the present 23 Neighbourhood groups into 6 groups or zones. This re-grouping will be proposed to Neighbourhood group conveners and representatives. And with a new and more supportive structure that we are planning to put in place, we are hopeful that the Neighbourhood groups will revive.

Parish Finance Committee (PFC)
Parish Priest
 Fr Philip Heng,S.J.
Asst Parish Priest Fr James Tan, S.J.
Parish Accountant Andrew Koh
Secretary Margaret Loong
Members

Margaret Hauw

Jillian Tay

Richard Wee

Philip Tay
   

PPC Ex-co members
(3 years term: July 2007 - June 2010)
Parish Priest
 Fr Philip Heng,S.J.
Asst Parish Priest Fr James Tan, S.J.
Chairman Mr Terence Teo
Vice-Chairman Mr Antony Lee
Members

Mr Andrew Tan

Mrs Charlotte Yung

Mr Julian Loh

Mr Matthew Raj

Ms Angeline Tok

Mr William Chee

PPC Structure – Implementation Process and Timeline

PPC Meeting #1 (June 7th, 2009)
1. To present the Parish PPC structure and Parish Goal to PPC members, and introduce members of the Parish Social Mission Core Team to PPC.
2. To present the implementation of the above i.e. appointment of PPC representatives for each ministries, to form the sub-communities that are needed for certain ministries e.g. catechetical formation, youth/young adult ministries and neighbourhood groups.
3.

To propose concrete projects of implementation i.e. Parish based events for all ministries for Feast of St Ignatius’ Bazaar and Ignatian Contemplation, and other fund raising projects for Social Ministry etc.
4.

To receive feedback from the floor and to dialogue with PPC members who are present at the meeting.

5. If above Parish Structure and Parish Goal are accepted by PPC participants, PPC exco members, Jesuit Parish Team, and Parish Priest, then to set deadlines for feedback from all ministries members.
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PPC Meeting #2 (September 6th, 2009)
1.

To present prioritised issues from prior ongoing meetings of every Ministries and Neighbourhood groups on the living out of the Parish Goal.

 

(*Note: These “prioritised issues” are chosen by PPC exCo members at the end of each quarter of meetings. These “issues” are drawn from the ongoing feed back of Individual Ministries/N’hd groups to PPC exCo members)

2.

To receive feedback from the floor and to dialogue with PPC members who are present at the meeting

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PPC Meeting #3 (December 6th, 2009)
1. Update: To present to PPC members what has happened since PPC #2
2.

To present the prioritised issues from ongoing meetings from each Ministry on how they have been or not been living the Parish Goal.
3. To receive feedbacks from the floor and to dialogue with PPC members who are present at the meeting.
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Parish Assembly Meeting (March 7th, 2010)
1. To present to Parish Assembly the issues discussed in PPC meetings #2 & #3.
2. To have feedbacks and open dialogue from the Floor.
3. To accept nominations from non-Ministry parishioners (i.e. Representatives of the rest of the Parish) – Subject to the approval of the Parish Priest.
 

Note:

In the next PPC meeting (June 6 th, 2010), Election of ExCo members to replace those members whose 3 year term is completed.

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