Effective evangelization will largely be realized through the forms of established pastoral structures known as commissions/councils. The pastoral Commission hereafter referred to, as PACO is one of those arms for evangelization.

Duties of the Commission

1. To appraise the way pastoral ministries are carried out to foster the growth of Christian life in the Archdiocese of Mbarara.
2. To encourage the promotion of effective, initial and on-going catechests based on sound Catholic Doctrine.
3. To integrate worthy traditional/cultural values into pastoral ministries, the liturgy and overall Christian life (inculturation).
4. To revive by forming new viable and manageable committees of the PACO, encourage the formation of branches at parish and Hiika levels' and to harmonize their terms of reference and scope of activity.
5. The commission handles any other matters that may be referred to them by the Archdiocese.

Pastoral commission committees are:

1. Planning committee
2. Catechesis committee
3. Liturgical committee
4. Ecumenism committee