A person should be a parish member in whatever parish they regularly attend. In order to become a parish member, you can visit your parish office or see the Deacon after Mass.
Children are considered members with their parents until they turn 18 years old.
Once they are 18, it is their own responsibility to attend church and to register as a member independent of their parents.
There are certain minimum requirements for parish membership. At least one person in the family has to be Catholic (generally one of the parents) for a family to be parish members. It makes little sense to sign up for membership if no one in the family is Catholic. The members can expect pastoral care from their parish, including baptisms and funerals, weddings and anointing of the sick. The parish can also expect its members to maintain their faith.
Membership Envelopes are the way that we can determine how many members we have. The amount of support we provide to the Diocese is dependent upon the number of members we have. If you no longer wish to be a member, please let us know so that we can remove you from the active member list.