St. Laurence’s Parish Forum

The Forum is where the whole Parish comes together to keep the Parish running.

See below for the minutes of previous meetings.

The Constitution of the Parish Forum is here.

We recently carried out a consultation exercise as part of the Bishop’s Review of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan. See here for details.

The Diocesan Council of Laity meets regularly to discuss issues of importance regarding pastoral planning which affect the whole diocese. We are represented on the Council by our Chairman. More information, including the minutes of the most recent meeting, are available on the diocesan web site here.
(The diocesan web site changes occasionally, so if that link doesn’t work, please go here and follow the links to the Council of Laity - and please let us know too!)

Next meetings

The next meetings of Saint Laurence’s Parish Forum will be approximately at 3-month intervals:

• Thurs 4th July 2013
• Mon 14th October 2013

They are all held at 8pm in the Parish room. All parishoners are warmly encouraged to attend.

Any items for the agenda should be sent to Fr Pat or Jim O’Sullivan (tel: 01223 561450) or email forum@saintlaurence.org.uk.

Agenda

All meetings include the following items, with additional special topics added as appropriate:

1. Apologies
2. Minutes of last meeting
3. Matters arising
4. Facilitation group update
5. Liturgy
6. Finance
7. Social life
8. Catechesis
9. Buildings and grounds
10. School
11. Diocesan issues
12. Reports from parish groups
13. Any other business
14. Date of future meetings

Minutes of previous meetings

• 15 April 2013
• 28 January 2013
• 15 October 2012
• 12 July 2012
• 24 April 2012
• 19 January 2012
• 10 October 2011
• 7 July 2011
• 11 April 2011
• 27 January 2011
• 4 October 2010
• 20 May 2010
• 11 March 2010
• 15 October 2009
• 14 May 2009
• 26 March 2009
• 13 January 2009
• 15 October 2008
• 10 April 2008
• 31 January 2008
• 4 December 2007
• 25 September 2007
• 16 May 2007
• 15 March 2007 (first meeting)