RELIGIOUS EDUCATION COMMISSION
I. PURPOSE OF THE COMMISSION
The Religious Education Commission helps all parishioners understand that the entire Parish community has responsibility for promoting the teaching mission of the Church. The Commission has the responsibility of developing, promoting and evaluating programs in cooperation with the Parish and Archdiocesan staff.
II. FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMISSION
A. To establish and recommend objectives annually to the Pastoral Council that flow from the goals of the Parish to address the educational and formational needs in the areas of: Adult Faith Formation, Family Life, Catechetics, Vocations, Youth Ministry.
B. To determine, through its committees, the programs that will promote and support total parish education and faith formation in all areas of the Parish.
C. To review and evaluate quarterly the progress of the Commission's objectives.
D. To work with the parish professional staff and volunteers to support education and formation programs in the Parish.
E. To propose a budget for education and formation in the Parish and submit it to the
Stewardship Commission.
F. To promote and support the policies of the Education Department of the Archdiocese of Detroit as they pertain to the Parish.
III. STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION
The Education Commission will include interested parishioners and appropriate pastoral staff members.
The committees of the Education Commission are: Adult Faith Formation, Youth Ministry, Vocations, Catechetics, and Family Life.
The Commission chooses one of its members to become a member of the Blue Water Vicariate Education Commission.