Financial Council
The Finance Council provides sound business analysis and consults and assists the Pastor to act justly and prudently in the administration of the parish’s temporal goods.
Unlike the Pastoral Council, which represents the entire parish, the Finance Council assists the Pastor in a specific area of pastoral ministry, the administration of parish goods.
Member Info
Al Parnell
We moved to Chino Valley 29 years ago and joined the parish at that time. I began lectoring shortly after arriving and a few years later, I joined the Pastoral Council and served on the Pastoral Council for 24 years, as I have always felt that volunteering toward supporting church and community activities is an important part of life.
I retired from the Chino Valley Unified School District in 2021 after 25 years of coaching and teaching at the middle school. In addition to my teaching certification, I hold a Bachelors and a Masters Degree in Business Administration.
I sought a position on the Finance Council because I wanted to positively contribute to the parish community by supporting the focus of the Finance Council which is to advise and aid the pastor in the administration of the parish goods, (finances, buildings and grounds). I coordinate the collection counters and have been helping develop a plan for short, medium, and long term capital improvement and maintenance projects in the parish. I am also working with appropriate Diocesen departments to help create a set of guidelines for parishioners who wish to make donations to St. Catherine’s of real property, cash, endowments or other financial assets.
Our parish is a friendly, warm community where you can find friends who can encourage and support you. There are several ministries that are working with Father Michael furthering the spiritual side of the parish, but I feel it essential that we as Finance Council have some parish SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) Goals and use data to help aid in decision making relating to the managing the business side of the parish.
