The purpose of the Parish Council of Catholic Women (or PCCW) is to promote Christian living and service, to foster spiritual development, and to provide opportunities for friendship, community, and global spirit through social, cultural, and education programs and events. 

This committee is one of four permanent committees of the parish, the others being Education, Sacred Worship and Social Concerns. The Family Life Committee assists the Pastoral Council in fostering Christian family life. Among its concerns are:

• the central place of the family in all parish pastoral activities
• hospitality and social activities
• youth ministry
• religious vocations
• marriage preparation
• marriage enrichment
• natural family planning
• pastoral care of:
  • single adults
  • divorced
  • remarried
  • widows/widowers

Each of us has been given special talents to bring Christ to the world in which we live and work.  Living the Beatitudes and practicing the Spiritual and Corporal Works of Mercy we are called upon to examine what gifts we have been given, share them and return them to God joyfully in the service of others near and far.

Opportunities to care for one another are without measure.  The Social Concerns Committee offers a number of organized ways in which you may care to become involved.  Education about social justice issues and prayer are always tremendous support for those working in the field.

Below are brief descriptions of areas of concentration in which the committee is now involved.  Please contact the chair or the parish office for more information.  You are always welcome at the regular meeting.  It is held the first Monday of each month in the library at 6:00 pm. 

The Social Concerns Committee assists the Pastoral Council in fostering pastoral concern and action for justice in the world, especially in all areas of parish life.

Its concern includes promotion of the respect for all human life, the pastoral care of migrants and refugees, just structures in the parish, stewardship, and the greater understanding of the Church’s teaching on social justice.