FROM THE PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL

The PPC met on Wednesday evening 18th September. Here are a few points of discussion from the meeting.Fr Nathan offered his heartfelt thanks to all who participated, volunteered, organised, or played some part big or small in the recent Parish Mission. Overall, the event was a resounding success. The opening concert and testimony with Fr Rob Galea had 119 registrations in total, representing people from Perth, Mandurah, Bunbury, Busselton, Dunsborough, Pemberton, and even Melbourne! A survey will be made available to all who attended to provide feedback for hopeful more events like this in future.

The PPC will be observing the Parish of Our Lady of the Southern Cross in Dunsborough over the coming months as they undertake parish renewal consultation from “Divine Renovation” an organisation that offers free coaching and tools to help your church escape maintenance mode, reclaim its purpose, and get back on track for mission. Our Parish will decide in the future if we too may benefit from this. For more information visit www.divinerenovation.org

Interest has been shown in a Columbarium for our Parish. Further consultation with other parishes with already established columbarium, and with related authorities (City of Busselton, Cemeteries Board, etc.) is underway. Once the necessary information has been obtained, a survey of interest will be undertaken in the parish to ensure viability of the project.

Research into digitisation of our parish record keeping (census, baptisms, sacraments, etc.) is being undertaken. This is a large project that will require a lot of planning and time. For the moment, this project is in the infancy stages of research and gathering information, and so will be an ongoing matter.

The Parish has supported the local “Carols by the Jetty” event for several years now with a financial donation. This year the PPC has agreed to continue our support. This event is organised by leaders from several local Christian communities. Our Parish is encouraged to attend the event this year on Saturday 7th December and discover what our support is going towards. For more information visit https://www.carolsbythejetty.com.au/