Governance
Governance
Parish Administration and Participation
The Parish Priest is assisted with the administration of the Parish by the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) and the Parish Finance Committee (PFC).
Parishioners may participate in and share responsibility for the life and mission of the parish through nomination to membership of either of these bodies.
Parish Pastoral Council
Each parish is required to have a Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) that works with the parish priest to guide the parish, as set out by the Congregation of the Clergy (now the Dicastery of the Clergy) in ‘The pastoral conversion of the Parish community in the service of the evangelising mission of the Church’.
PPC Chair Brett Rangiira
The members of the St Anthony’s Parish Pastoral Council are as follows:
Brett Rangiira (Chair)
Father Bony Abraham
Kathy Reedy (Secretary)
Chrys Chryshanthan
Marg Nolan
Theo Fernando
Bob Frost
Shane Hair
Mary O’Brien
Susan Tek
Principal Keith Blaikie (ex-officio)
A copy of the Diocesan Guide for Parish Pastoral Councils is here.
Parish Finance Committee
The Code of Canon Law requires that each parish have a Finance Committee to collaborate with the parish priest in the administration of the temporal goods of the parish.
The statutes of the St Anthony’s Parish Finance Committee can be found here.
The members of the St Anthony’s Parish Finance Committee (PFC) are as follows:
Tony Meldon (Chair)
Father Bony Abraham
Laurence Kilroy
Teresa Lee (Secretary)
Bob Morris
Keith Shepherd
Trevor Wyllie
Trish Zeller
Safeguarding
St Anthony’s Parish is committed to the implementation of the Diocese of Toowoomba’s Safeguarding Policy for Children, Young People, and Adults at Risk in our community.
Please see here for further information.
If you believe anyone is at immediate risk of harm, you are advised to phone 000 and report the matter to the police.
Other concerns about the safety of children or vulnerable people may be raised with:
The Parish Safeguarding Representative, Nicole Rangiira, on 0437382408
The Diocesan Professional Standards Office on 0746381379
The Catholic Church’s Queensland Professional Standards Office on 1800337928