What is Parish Ministry Council?
Parish Ministry Council or rather Parish Ministry Team is a team comprised of parishioners of the parish; clergy, minor clergy, and laity who are united under the canonical authority of the Bishop through his representative the presiding priest who provides the vision and the purpose of the Church and facilitates as well as guides the members of Parish Ministry Team to actualize the ministry of the Church. Members of the team are made up of people of strong moral and spiritual character, filled with the Holy Spirit, and of a good repute in the community in particular and at large and are committed to the vision and the purpose of the Church. The sole purpose of such ecclesial body is to execute the real and actual ministry as well as the administrate he parish to advance the Great Commission of our Lord to the glory of the One and Triune God.
–Fr. Elias Boulos