We want to thank all those who were nominated recently to join our new 3 Churches Pastoral Advisory Council, and of course, their nominators. After a little wondering how many we would receive, the Lord was very kind and gave us just about the required number. Therefore we do not need to have actual elections, although to have had one or more would have perhaps deepened a sense of involvement for us all.
So we now have our twelve members, four from each church. This number, a bit larger than some had expected, is to cover apologies for absence that always occur when meetings are being planned.
I am particularly pleased to see the breadth in the new members – of age and background, and of experience, both in the life of the church and in their family and working life. Some are well-known, some perhaps less so. Some regularly attend just one of our churches, others are based in one church but also move around for various reasons in line with their commitments. It seems to me that all will bring gifts to this new initiative as we move forward together. The practicalities of starting up, that is meeting dates and so on, will be publicised as soon as possible. Perhaps we will be able share something about each of them too… So here are the members:
| Hadar Abdulahad | St Brigid’s |
| Luigi D’Ambrosio | Christ the King |
| Ceri Facey-Davies | St Brigid’s |
| Pedro Mariblanca | St Paul’s |
| Ryan McLister | St Paul’s |
| Kieran O’Brien | St Brigid’s |
| Carmel O’Grady | Christ the King |
| Cath Power | St Paul’s |
| Sheila Roberts | Christ the King |
| Ray Sherry | St Brigid’s |
| Elizabeth Taylor | Christ the King |
| Russell Wigley | St Paul’s |
In addition, Karen Sylvester, current chair of St Paul’s/St Brigid’s PAC will assist for the moment. Thanks to Elizabeth Taylor for helping with the admin of the process up to this point – and again many thanks to all our new members and nominators, and I look forward to the journey!
Fr Matthew
