Our Mission
The Pastoral Ministry Office forms part of the Prophet Vicariate and supports lay and pastoral ministry across the diocese. Our Diocese is richly endowed with gifted and talented people, and we seek to grow opportunities for all to deepen their faith and get involved in the life of our parishes. Our main activities include:
growing faith
Supporting faith formation across the diocese, creating new materials, training faith group leaders, and offering resources for personal and parish spiritual growth. Administering the Lay Formation Fund to help people access more formal faith education.
growing community
Advising parishes on volunteering, workshops for Catholic leadership, parish blog featuring best practice from around the diocese, resources and support for Pastoral Area Councils.
chaplaincy
Supporting pastoral chaplaincy in hospitals, prisons and universities. Training for new hospital volunteers, annual reflection day for all who visit the sick, support for chaplains and chaplaincy teams, new projects linking parishes to prisons and universities, career support and help for those wanting to work in the chaplaincy field.
leadership
Developing new forms of lay ministry and leadership for the diocese. Liaising with other dioceses to seek out best practice, developing models, processes and training for new forms of parish leadership, responsible for diocesan reflection process.
