Membership

The membership is composed of four persons
from each Deanery ¹

1. A Deanery Pastoral council member
2. A Priest from the Clergy Conference
3. A Religious from the area
4. A Lay person

If necessary a person with special expertise or experience in church unity may be invited to a meeting or as a regular member.

Responsibilities of Members

Members are encouraged to undertake some of the following:

1. Encourage public and private daily Prayer for church unity
2. Attend Commission meetings and the AGM regularly
3. Keep in good contact with the Parish organisations
4. Foster spiritual ecumenism
5. Promote friendliness and charity between Catholics and other Christians
6. Collaborate with other Christians in areas of education, social justice, moral questions, culture and arts
7. Promote with other Christians joint witness to the Christian faith
8. Implement the Bishop's decisions on church unity
9. Study the documents from the Church on unity
10. Promote the distribution of "Together in Christ" and contribute articles and information
11. Foster the training and work of the Parish unity contacts and keep in contact
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12. Encourage new members to offer themselves for working on the Commission

(1) The deanery members should keep in regular touch with the Dean.
(2) It is a diocesan duty of a Parish priest to nominate a Parish Unity Contact.