Parish Pastoral Council & Finance Council

As required by our local diocesan law, "each parish within the Diocese of Baton Rouge is to have a parochial Pastoral Council. Its composition is left entirely to the discretion of the pastor. In accord with the universal law, the pastor is to preside over the Council, although this does not necessarily mean he must chair its meetings."

The composition and constitution of the parochial Finance Council mandated by the universal law (Canon 537 and 1280) is left to the discretion of the pastor, with the following exceptions:

1. The parochial Finance Council is to be comprised of at least three members of the parish;
2. Those persons are excluded from the parochial Finance Council who are related to either the local Ordinary or the pastor up to the fourth degree of consanguinity or affinity.