Our Mission Statement proclaims…
Our Roman Catholic community is a Trinitarian people whose spiritual journey…
- invites participation in the life of God through communion with the incarnate Word by the power of the Holy Spirit Who is love;
- develops through a life of prayer;
- produces holiness;
- attends to the dimensions of the human person and of the God-world relation.
We come together as community to hear the Word and share in the Sacraments and through these to be transformed into the mind of Christ for service to each other, to our neighbors, and to the world. We commit to a parish mission. To address that mission we have organized ourselves, constituted as a Pastor and Parish Council.
Our Constitutional Parish…
St. Vincent’s Parish Council operates under the provisions of a Constitution. The first Constitution was adopted in 1974 and amended in 1992. A new Constitution was carefully crafted over the course of a year, and ratified by the parish community in March 2024. You can read the 2024 Constitution HERE. The bylaws were adopted by the Council in August 2024.
The Parish Council and Its Committees…
See the members of the current parish council HERE. Read the minutes of Parish Council Meetings, and our Annual Reports, by clicking here.
Under the Constitution, foundational committees are agents of the Council and accountable to it. Three mission-driven foundational committees are:
- Liturgy – Sacrament;
- Education & Enrichment – Word; and
- Social Action – Service
Two mission-support committees are:
We acknowledge that the realities of institution and community are foundational to our parish life. Institution gives a living link to our rich faith tradition and its structure supports the effective use of resources and efforts. Yet too much emphasis on institution leads to centralized power and excessive reliance on rules and procedures. Community envisions the parish as a mystical communion, one in grace and spirit. Yet we realize that with too much emphasis on community, a parish risks turning inward and nurturing itself almost exclusively. Accordingly, we hold both the institution and the community realities in grace-filled and creative tension as we discharge the responsibilities of our missions of sacrament, word, and service.
