The parish council is a group of parishioners, chosen from and by the parish community, who together with the pastor, guide the direction of the parish, oversee its pastoral activity and
temporal affairs as the community attempts to fulfill the
mission of the church.

As a consultative body the parish council fulfills purpose through the following functions:

1. It continuously examines the various aspects of the life of the parish in light of the parish mission statement.

2. It assesses parish needs, determines priorities and options to meet those needs with available resources, and evaluates programs and services designed to meet parish needs.

3.  It weighs issues and proposes practical conclusions to the pastor about them.

4. It develops policies that serve to carry out the parish mission.

As a member of the parish one can nominate oneself or be nominated by parishioners for election to the parish council. Nominees have to be a baptized, confirmed and a practicing Catholic eighteen years or older. This process takes place in the spring of the year.