St. Andrew Parish Pastoral Council

The St. Andrew Parish Pastoral Council was established to assist our Pastor, Rev. Marcos J. Gonzalez, in matters pertaining to the spiritual leadership of St. Andrew Church.

Pastoral councils were first recommended in Vatican II’s “Decree on Pastoral Office of Bishops.” They exist in three-fourths of the 18,000 Catholic parishes in the USA.

Catholic pastors consult pastoral councils in order to be better leaders. Bishops and priests ask their Pastoral Councils to investigate some aspect of the church, reflect on it, and recommend their conclusions. In brief, the work of the pastoral council is pastoral planning.

After prayerful consideration and agreement of the Pastoral Council, they will embark on the mission of consulting and seeking parishioner input to create a mission statement, which best reflects the diverse community of St. Andrew Parish.

This mission statement will speak to the heart of our St. Andrew Parish regarding the spiritual, faith-based ministries which make our church the unique place of worship that it is.

St. Andrew Pastoral Council
Rev. Marcos J. Gonzalez, Pastor
Rev. Martin Rodriguez, Associate Pastor 
Steven Ottomanyi, Music Director 
Juan Gomez, Deacon 
John Anderson
Ximena Toro
Karen Hatten 
Sandra Reza 
Helen Randall 
Angelica Gomez 
Carol Laurence 
Carl Paneno 
Liliana Hernandez 
Noel Toro 
Theresa Decker 
Susan Arnall 
David Furukawa 
Jackie Gomez
Sarah Halpin 
Joan Reid 
Brian O’Neil 
Griselda Garcia 
Mariana De La Torre 
Oscar & Sonia Ruiz
Bernardo Segura 
Felipe Quezada 
Antoinette Monty 
Mimi Lago 
Jill Bentley 
Kathy Puruganan 
Luis & Teresa Gorocica