Liturgy Committee
“Liturgy is the source of our life and our strength. Liturgy is the expression of our belief and our conviction. We grow in love through our encounter with Christ in sacrament, in scripture, and in one another.”
The Liturgy Committee of St. Joseph the Worker Parish is comprised of the Pastor and several lay members of the Parish. The Chair is one of the lay members.
The purpose of the Committee is to strive to achieve a prayerful and enlivening style for all worship services at the Parish. Its function is to provide a centralized approach for attaining that style in all worship services.
Without necessarily limiting the Committee’s work, its specific tasks shall include the following:
- Planning and preparation of all worship services and matters related to worship services (e.g. themes, banners, flowers, reading materials) for the seasons of Advent/Christmas and Lent/Easter.
- Consultation with other Parish groups responsible for the planning and preparation of other specific worship services, including Confirmation, First Communion, Reconciliation, and Children’s Liturgy, with respect to matters relating to the particular worship service event. Each respective Parish group shall maintain primary authority and responsibility for its event, but is requested to give fair consideration to the views of the Committee during the consultation. As with all things in the Parish, the Pastor retains final authority with respect to all worship services, subject, of course, to direction from the Bishop.
- When requested by the Pastor or members of the Parish, to provide support and guidance to activities involving worship and prayer.
- Periodically to review the worship and prayer activities of the Parish and to propose changes to existing activities and the introduction of new activities to improve and enhance the liturgical events at the Parish.
Meetings of the Committee are scheduled by the Chair or the Pastor.
