The Finance Council of Sacred Heart Parish meets regularly to assist the pastor of our parish in financial planning and administering the temporal goods of the local community.  Members bring expertise is finances and business to assist the Church in stewarding its resources for the benefit of its greater mission - making missionary disciples united in Jesus Christ.  If you are interested in volunteering to join the Finance Council, please talk to Father Tomy or email us here.

Meeting Information
Our monthly meetings occur on the 3rd Tuesday of each month, immediately following the daily Mass at 7:00pm in Holy Cross Collegiate.  

The Finance Council assists the pastor in the administration of parish temporal matters. An active, well-formed Parish Finance Council is a key element for promoting the financial health of a parish, assuring accountability and assisting the pastor with his temporal responsibilities.

In the administration of temporal goods of the parish, Canon 532 defines the role of the pastor as the authoritative representative of the parish.

“The pastor represents the parish in all juridic affairs in accord with the norm of law; he is to see to it that the goods of the parish are administered in accord with the norms of canons 1281-1288.”

Canon 537 introduces the Parish Finance Council as a mandated body having an advisory and consultative role with the pastor.

“Each parish is to have a finance council which is regulated by universal law as well as by norms issued by the diocesan bishop; in this council the Christian faithful, selected according to the same norms, aid the pastor in the administration of parish goods with due regard for the prescription of canon 532.”

Every parish therefore is required to have a Parish Finance Council, both by adherence to the Code of Canon Law and by local norms issued by our local Bishop.  To be effective the Finance Council meets regularly with specific agendas and has access to all the relevant financial information and policies of our parish.