Parafialna rada duszpasterska a parafialna rada ds. ekonomicznych
The Parish Pastoral Council and the Parish Finance Council

Summary/Abstract: This paper concerns the parish pastoral council and the parish finance council. The question which the Author addresses is whether the parish pastoral council and the parish finance council can be connected together in one parish council. The content of the study shows that the work of both parish councils demonstrates active engagement of the Christian faithful in the life of the parish.The parish pastoral council is an advisory body which assists the parish priest in his pastoral tasks. The establishment of the parish pastoral council according to can. 536 § 1 is not obligatory. The decision as to whether or not a pastoral council is to be established in each parish of the diocese is left to the diocesan bishop; following consultation with presbyteral council (can. 536 § 1). The parish pastoral council possesses a consultative vote only and it is regulated by the norms laid down by the diocesan bishop (can. 536 § 2).The parish finance council is also an advisory body which assists the parish priest in matters of mthe administration of parish temporal goods in accordance with can. 1281 1288. The establishment of the parish financial council, according to can. 537 is obligatory. The legislator does not provide the citereria of common competence for both the parish pastoral and the parish financial council. In the instruction on certain questions regrding the collaboration of the non-ordained faithful in the sacred ministry of priest Ecclesia de mysterio (15 August 1997) pope John Paul II recommended that: “The parish councils established by universal law cannot be replaced any parallel entity” (art. 5 § 5). Both parish councils can work together for the common good of the parish. In this regard, particular law should lay down rules on such cooperation.

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