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:

Desmond Dick (Chair)

Brendan McGlone (Secretary)

Fr O’Donnell (Parish priest)

Rev Brett Lockhart

Mary Carson

Michelle Toner

Paddy Turnbull

Mary Rose Mackle

Breige Kinney

Emma Horner

Declan Lawn

Robert Hillis

Maire Daly

Volodimir Bezulowsky

Mary Turkington

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, 13th January 2026. These are the main points covered:

• The outdoor Christmas Mass attracted over 2,000 people;
• Syrian Priest, Fr. Fouad SJ will be visiting us from 22nd to 26th January;
• The 4-Corners Festival are using the church and hall on 1st February to accommodate the Bishop of Dover, Rt. Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin;
• Fr. Tom Layden SJ will deliver the St. Brigid’s Day lecture at 4pm on Sunday 8th February. His lecture will be based on a recent address by Pope Leo XIV on the 1700th Anniversary of the Nicene Creed;
• The One-World Group Bread & Soup Lunch will be on 22nd February;
• Fr. O’Donnell will continue his Lenten Reflections, beginning Tuesday 24th February following 9.30am Mass. His reflections will centre on Confession and Penance;
• Following the recent Jubilee For Choirs Workshop, we are discussing a liturgical calendar which involves generally standardising church hymns and music across the diocese in a uniform manner;
• We hope soon to invite lay parishioners to welcome the congregation before Mass and make announcements after Holy Communion;
• We are expanding the Alpha Programme to link with Holy Rosary Parish, for a 7-week course beginning mid-February;
• We will be holding a Prayer and Reflection event on Holy Thursday, beginning after Mass, with each hour presenting a different aspect of the Passion, and including time for reflection, silence and music;
• We hope to celebrate with the First Communicants at a Coffee Morning on Sunday 10th and Sunday 17th May.

The Council will meet again on Tuesday, 17th February 2026.