The Finance Council of the Parish of the Resurrection of the Lord serves to provide expertise and consultation to the pastor through financial analysis, planning, and policy development. It ensures close observance of church and civil law in all financial, business, and administrative matters of the parish. Most importantly, it assists the pastor in managing the temporal goods of the parish, ensuring that the full resources of the people of God are appropriately put to the mission of the local and universal Church.

Read the  Finance Council Statutes (implemented 2020; amended 2024)

The responsibilities of the Finance Council, being both practical and spiritual, may be delineated as follows:

• to develop and monitor the performance of the annual budget in accord with the goals and objectives recommended by the Pastoral Council and approved by the pastor;
• to review, at all regular meetings, an income statement listing year-to-date and most-recent month's actual and budget amounts, as well as an accurate budget sheet;
• to develop and monitor the existence and effectiveness of internal controls over the assets of the parish;
• to monitor investments in accord with diocesan policy;
• to develop a thorough and understandable financial report to be presented to all parishioners annually;
• to oversee the maintenance of parish financial records, manuscripts, deeds, titles, and census information;
• to ensure than an accurate, detailed inventory of parish goods and resources is kept, along with a complete description and appraisal;
• to study and approve acts of "extraordinary administration" (e.g. the sale of parish property or a major financial transaction.)