Parish Pastoral Council

The Parish Pastoral Council consists of 15 members Including the Parish Priest.

The term of office is 4 years.

The Parish Pastoral Council has recently been re-constituted. (October 2024)

Members are:

Parish Priest

Rev Brett Lockhart

Desmond Dick (Chair)

Brendan McGlone (Secretary)

Mary Carson (Vice Chair)

Paddy Turnbull

Mary Rose Mackle

Breige Kinney

Emma Horner

Declan Lawn

Robert Hillis

Maire Daly

Mary Turkington

Sarah Drew

Aoife Leggett

Richard Emo

Contact details
The Parish Pastoral Council may be contacted through the Parish Office: stbrigids@downandconnor.org Telephone 02890 665409

The Parish Pastoral Council met on Tuesday, 12^th May 2026. These are the main points from that meeting:

• Screens have been erected in the church, and the appropriate software has been installed;
• We are looking to recruit operators to monitor and manage screen displays. Contact the Parish Office:
• The Coffee & Tea for First Communicants, after 9.30am Mass, on Sunday 10^th & Sunday 17^th May were a great success;
• First Communicants were presented with a prayer book, a lapel pin, a prayer card and some Haribo treats at the Mass;
• Council is asking for volunteers from the parish to assist in organising, setting up and managing our Coffee Mornings. Contact the Parish Office;
• We hope to develop printed advice to new parishioners, visitors and families on how they may become involved in parish groups;
• The teams from the three parishes, St. Brigid’s, Holy Rosary and St. Bernadette’s are preparing to move forward confidently with plans for the ChristLife programme in Autumn 2026 and Alpha early in 2027;
• The Council will meet again on Tuesday, 9^th June 2026.