The Mission statement of EXCO is also the Mission of the Church of St Anthony which reads, “To invite and facilitate God-encounters and to build Christ-centred communities.”

The Executive Committee or EXCO for short, is the working body of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC). The president of both the PPC and EXCO is the Parish Priest and we work under his direction. Some of the roles we play are as follows:

• We follow up and implement the recommendations of the PPC.
• We meet to foster continuing pastoral activities at the parish level.
• We also handle sudden emerging urgent and important pastoral concerns of the parish.

We receive feedback on the pastoral needs of the parish from the PPC through its surveys and its running of Parish Assemblies and take this into account in formulating pastoral plans.

Our monthly meetings start with prayer and reflection before attending to matters at hand. Some of the matters we have discussed and acted upon in the past include:

• Promoting the growth of Catholic Neighbourbood Communities or CNCs.
• Training of leaders to plan events so that all our events meet at least one of the key thrusts that promote the Vision of the Church of St Anthony. The 3 key thrusts are Forming Disciples, Facilitating God Encounters and Growing Community bonds.
• Special liturgical events such as the Blessing of the Church, the mass with the Nuncio and the Chrism Mass
• Preparations for the resumption of masses in our parish, suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemi

Members of EXCO are assigned to different focus areas such as Catholic Neighbourhood Communities and some are heads of Keystones such as the Development Keystone, the Communications and Publicity Keystone, Youth Keystone and Events Keystone. These keystones are focused on formation, communications and publicity, the youth and the running of parish level events based on the calendar year such as the Feast Day of the Church, workshops and programs.

Our meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of the month.

The agenda of these meetings is as follows.

1. Prayer – scripture reading and reflection/sharing
2. Confirmation of minutes
3. Matters arsing from minutes
4. Matters for discussion
5. Any other matters
6. Closing Prayer.

Our meetings include heads of the Keystones, other EXCO members, the chairperson of the PPC and the Parish Priest which facilitates discussion and decision making and also allows the flow of information to the members of the keystone, PPC and the ministries so that all our major organisations are on the same page.

Our members include heads of the keystones, chairpersons of the Parish Pastoral Council and those appointed by the Parish Priest.