Parish Assembly

What is a parish assembly?

The parish assembly is a leadership group through which priests and people work together as partners in furthering the mission of Christ in their own place. It does so through building up a vibrant Christian community that is rooted in baptism and marked by its faith, worship and service. To fulfill its role the assembly needs to be a representative body in which the diversity of the parish community is reflected. To take on the task of the assembly, members need to be baptized Catholics who participate in the life and worship of the parish, who have a loving concern for the parish and are willing to be part of a parish leadership group.

While the members of the assembly need to be committed Catholics their mission is to reach out to people who do not share that love of Christ and his Church for whatever reason. 

The Glanmire Parish Assembly is a body of people; priests and parishioners, who have accepted their nomination by their peers, to lead and support the development of the parish as a faith community.Delegates are nominated for a three-year term (the priests of the parish are members by virtue of their office).

At the start of each three year term, the group spends time reflecting on the parish and its needs, and preparing a plan of development for the parish. We call this the Formation Programme.

Members of the parish assembly are as follows:

Marie Feeney

Treasa Healy

Frank Houlihan (Deputy Chair)

Mags Horgan (Delegate on Pastoral Area Coordinating Group)

Jim Jeffers

Billy Meaney

Margaret Murphy

Pauline O’Callaghan

Lorraine O’Neill (Secretary)

John Ryan (Chair and Delegate on Pastoral Area Coordinating Group)

Daphne Thompson

Fr Noel O’Sullivan
Fr Ted Sheehan