Parish Organisation at Saint Laurence’s

New arrangements for a Parish Pastoral Council will be announced in Autumn 2025. Please talk to Fr Robin for further information.

• Minutes from past Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) meetings
• History and background to the previous Parish Open Meetings and Forum
• Full archive of Open Meeting (and Parish Forum) minutes 2007-2024.

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St Laurence's Parish Self Appraisal

As part of our response to the change in Parish Priest in September 2024, the Parish Pastoral Council agreed to create a 'Self Appraisal' document summarising the state of the Parish. Our hope was that this would be valuable information for our incoming priest, but also that it will become a 'living document' that we can regularly review and update, helping us to identify parish priorities.

Version 1 is available below (dated October 2024).

READ THE SELF APPRAISAL (PDF) >

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Bishop's Consultation

Bishop Peter sent a series of questions to parishes late last year, inviting us to respond by the end of January 2025. This consultation forms part of preparing a Diocesan strategy for Autumn 2026. A key focus is how pastoral provision can develop given the shortage of priests and aging clerical population in the Diocese. Our PPC formulated some initial thoughts which were then opened up to the wider Parish for input and suggestions. The resulting response can be accessed below.

St Laurence's response to Bishop Peter's consultation (PDF) >

Supporting information for the consultation from the Diocese (PDF) >

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