Lumen Christi | Annual General Report 2020

9 A Lumen Christi Catholic parishes Wollongong From the Business and Operations Manager, Mr Kevin Galea Under the Code of Canon Law (537), each parish is required to organise a Finance Council to assist the parish priest/administrator in the canonical administration of the parish’s financial and temporal goods. The membership of the current Lumen Christi Parishes Finance Council is a balance of parishioners from our three parishes with diverse professional backgrounds. The Parish Finance Council meets a minimum of four times a year to discuss and advise the Administrator on various financial matters that will benefit the financial growth of our three parishes. The members of the new Parish Finance Council have been appointed for a two-year term from 1 January 2021: Fr Bernard Gordon, Administrator Kevin Galea, Business and Operations Manager Gabi Tobin, Parish Representative (Chair) Riccardo Biondini, Parish Representative Lynne Hudson, Parish Representative Lisa de Paiva, Parish Representative (Deputy Chair) Dunstan Saverimuttu, Parish Representative PARISH INCOME FOR THE LAST FINANCIAL YEAR What are all the Collections about? A parish is dependent on the generosity of its parishioners to sustain itself and its many charitable and pastoral works. This support is mainly through the two collections that are taken up during each Sunday Mass. The First Collection – for the Clergy The first collection provides for a priest’s monthly stipend, food and drinks, private health insurance and superannuation contribution – as well as contributing towards the care of priests who have retired. The collection is centralised – after a living allowance has been withdrawn, the remaining balance each month is swept into the Clergy Remuneration Fund.