Parish Pastoral Council
Purpose and Function
The PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL shall be the instrument through which a representative body of the People of God, that is Saint Matthew Parish, in a relationship of shared responsibility with the pastor, enables the parish to experience itself as a community of faith called to proclaim the Good News of God’s Kingdom present among us.
Saint Matthew Parish Council
Here are the members of our parish council. We thank our volunteers for their time and talents. We appreciate their dedication to our parish.
Rev. J. Nicholas Dant, Pastor
Loral Tansy, Pastoral Associate/Operations Manager
Jack Lashenik, President, At-Large Member
Tom Williams, Vice President, At-Large Member
Noelle Szydlyk, Secretary, At-Large Member
David Detamore, At-Large Member
Scott Frank, At-Large Member
Tim Rathz, At-Large Member
Rosalind Shaffer, At-Large Member
Kate Thedwall, At-Large Member
Commissions and Representatives
J.P. Heisserer, Administration
Bob Kowal, Christian Outreach
Open, Faith Formation
Jeff Good, Finance
Kevin Janowicz (chair) and Amy Stimpson (council rep), Generous Hearts Stewardship
Tom Shaffer, School
Beth Desalvo, Social/Community Life
Leslie Kerr and Pat Witt, co-chairs, Spiritual Life