Parish Groups / Grupos Parroquiales
Parish Pastoral Council
The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), an advisory council to the Pastor of St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, represents the needs, ideas and hopes of the Parish community, supports Parish ministries, evaluates the quality of Parish commissions and programs, and plans for the Parish’s future by recommending ways to further fulfill the Church’s mission.
Liturgy Team
The Liturgy Council plans, advises, coordinates and evaluates many of the liturgies offered at St. Nicholas of Tolentine. It is the goal of the Liturgy Council to ensure that all of the liturgies entrusted to St. Nicholas of Tolentine are formed by the solemn and rich heritage of the Roman Catholic Church and are governed by instructions of the Holy See, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Archdiocese of Chicago. Promoting and enabling the full, conscious, and active participation of the faithful, according to their proper roles, for their sanctification and to the glory of God remains an overarching principal for this council.
Catholic Charismatic RenewalCatholic Charismatic Renewal, A Movement of the Holy Spirit. Renewal is a sovereign act of God, who touches our lives by the power of his Holy Spirit and changes us. Renewal is both a state-of-being and a process.
Catholic Charismatic Renewal is a movement of the Spirit, offered to the entire Church and destined to rejuvenate every part of the Church. When we say that the Charismatic Renewal is for the whole Church, we mean that it, indeed, is for all: the clergy, religious, and laity.
This Renewal is a personal experience of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, who brings alive, in new ways, the graces of our baptism. The Holy Spirit not only renews, or sets on fire, all the graces we have already received, he comes in power to equip us with his gifts for service and ministry. We are renewed only when we open ourselves to God and accept what he is offering us—the fullness of his Holy Spirit. There is no other way!
While the Charismatic Renewal places a special emphasis on the role of the Spirit, it is also centered on God our Father, and on Jesus his Son, our Lord and Savior. It is a Trinitarian Renewal, and its goals are the same as the goals of the Roman Catholic Church, which are essential to living a Christian life:
The Parish Pastoral Council (PPC), an advisory council to the Pastor of St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, represents the needs, ideas and hopes of the Parish community, supports Parish ministries, evaluates the quality of Parish commissions and programs, and plans for the Parish’s future by recommending ways to further fulfill the Church’s mission.
Liturgy Team
The Liturgy Council plans, advises, coordinates and evaluates many of the liturgies offered at St. Nicholas of Tolentine. It is the goal of the Liturgy Council to ensure that all of the liturgies entrusted to St. Nicholas of Tolentine are formed by the solemn and rich heritage of the Roman Catholic Church and are governed by instructions of the Holy See, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and the Archdiocese of Chicago. Promoting and enabling the full, conscious, and active participation of the faithful, according to their proper roles, for their sanctification and to the glory of God remains an overarching principal for this council.
Catholic Charismatic RenewalCatholic Charismatic Renewal, A Movement of the Holy Spirit. Renewal is a sovereign act of God, who touches our lives by the power of his Holy Spirit and changes us. Renewal is both a state-of-being and a process.
Catholic Charismatic Renewal is a movement of the Spirit, offered to the entire Church and destined to rejuvenate every part of the Church. When we say that the Charismatic Renewal is for the whole Church, we mean that it, indeed, is for all: the clergy, religious, and laity.
This Renewal is a personal experience of the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, who brings alive, in new ways, the graces of our baptism. The Holy Spirit not only renews, or sets on fire, all the graces we have already received, he comes in power to equip us with his gifts for service and ministry. We are renewed only when we open ourselves to God and accept what he is offering us—the fullness of his Holy Spirit. There is no other way!
While the Charismatic Renewal places a special emphasis on the role of the Spirit, it is also centered on God our Father, and on Jesus his Son, our Lord and Savior. It is a Trinitarian Renewal, and its goals are the same as the goals of the Roman Catholic Church, which are essential to living a Christian life:
- The need to know God as a loving and forgiving Father (Romans 8:14-16)
- The need for a personal relationship with Jesus as Lord and Savior (1 Cor. 12:3)
- The need for the empowering and indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit (Acts 1:4-5)
- The importance of the Scriptures (2 Timothy 3:16) and Sacraments (Catechism section, 1131-1134).
- The call to prayer and the praise and worship of God (Acts 2:42-47)
- The importance of the gifts of the Holy Spirit to serve the Church (1 Cor. 12:4-11)
- The need to build Community (Acts 2:42-47)
- The commission to evangelize and to witness (Acts 1:8)
- Prayer, praise, and worship
- The supernatural gifts of the Spirit such as tongues, prophecy, word of knowledge, etc.
- Expectant Faith— we are confident that God is going to act.
- The conviction that the Lord heals through ordinary people
- Other gifts we bring are a spirit of joy and celebration
- A desire to be witnesses empowered to proclaim Christ
- To bring alive the theological virtue of Hope
- We bring our prophetic voice in the Church and the world
- The need for and practice of intercession and spiritual warfare
- And no less important, a concern for justice, peace, and social issues
