The Parish Pastoral Council assists in parish leadership by helping to create, manage, and evaluate a “pastoral plan”—something like a secular institution’s “strategic plan.”  Pastoral councilors help by listening to the parish and pastor, praying and studying, and sustaining an extended dialogue with the pastor concerning the needs of the parish and the direction provided by him, the Bishop, and the Holy Spirit.  For this special implementation phase of the Bishop’s initiative, On Mission for The Church Alive!, the pastoral council focuses also on immediate tasks related to the parish vision. As of July 10, 2023, the Parish Pastoral Council includes:

Chris Blatt 
Jona Fisher
Victoria Frauens
Andrea Kurtz
Marcy Stevenson
Mary Stevens 

The Finance Council helps the pastor provide for the temporal welfare of the parish by advising him in matters of revenue and expense, security and loss control, maintenance and management.  They ensure compliance with a thorough set of loss-control and good-governance policies. As of July 10, 2023, the Finance Council includes:

Joyce Chezosky
Tom Garbin
Mike McGinley
Jennifer Meyer
Brian Paluso
Lisa Polar
Bill Stropkaj
Claudia Van 
Ed Wodarczyk

Archangel Gabriel Parish also enjoys an Executive Team to advise the pastor on more immediate matters of parish governance. As of July 10, 2023, the Executive Team includes:

Tom Adams, Sr. 
Rosemary Corsetti
Linda Gomulka
William Stropkaj

 The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh expects each parish to have a Pastoral Council and a Finance Council.