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Parish Pastoral Council
Minutes
January 13, 2003
Preliminary
Prior to our meeting,
the following committees emailed their reports to me.
I collected the reports and distributed them to everyone on council one
week prior to our meeting.
Community
Events/Publicity-submitted by Blair & Carol
Vocations Committee-submitted by Bill
& Connie
Religious Education-submitted by Joan
Building & Grounds
Report-submitted by Ted
Liturgical Committee-submitted by Ted
Social Action Committee-submitted by Mary
These reports can also
be viewed at (click here)
The following committees did not
submit a report for the month:
Evangelization Committee
Family Life
The following committees submitted their
reports after the due date (first Monday of the month).
These reports were not emailed to the council members.
However they can still be viewed at our website.
The
Meeting:
·
Meeting called to order at
7:00pm
·
Opening prayer led by Fr. Bob
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Attending:
Matt Macready
, Bob Wenz, Bob Senese,
Ray Ring
, Carol Johnson & Blair Learn, Laura
Eger, Joann Malecki, Ted Nell, Ed Walls, Mr. Rev. Bill Peters & Connie
Peters, Pat Bentley, Fr. Bob, Fr. Carlton
Absent:
Joan Parker
, Mr. Rev. Joe Becker
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No correspondence was reported
Last
Month’s Minutes:
Changes:
Liturgical committee’s report was submitted by Ted Nell, not Rita
Motion
to approve minutes:
Ray Ring
Motion
was accepted & minutes were approved
Committee/Group
Reports:
Prior to our meeting,
the following reports were submitted and distributed to council:
 | Community
Events/Publicity-submitted by Blair Learn & Carol Johnson
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| Vocations
Committee-submitted by Bill & Connie Peters
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| Religious
Education-submitted by
Joan Parker
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| Building
& Grounds Report-submitted by Ted Karmilovich
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| Liturgical
Committee-submitted by Ted Nell
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| Social
Action Committee-submitted by Mary Graziano
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At the meeting, Pat Bentley submitted her report on the Youth Group
The
following committees did not submit a report for this month:
| Evangelization
Committee
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| Family
Life
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Discussion
of Committee/Group Reports:
Community
Events/Publicity Committee: Regarding
the photos of the parish council, it was asked if the assistant chairpersons (or
co chairs) should be shown in the picture. It
was agreed that they should be included.
Social Action Committee: Matt
applauded them for their amazing work that they do each month.
After that, they submitted additions to their report that was already
submitted. SAC also:
| Distributed
131 turkeys over the holidays
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| Sent
27 bags of groceries to Sr. Grace
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| Several
bags of clothes were distributed
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| 347
Christmas cards were mailed to shut-ins
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| 291
Thanksgiving cards were mailed
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| 292
Dinners were collected
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| on
Jan. 20, they are sponsoring a
Red Cross Blood Drive
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Family Life: Joanne stated
that it’s hard to believe no one has contacted her for Pre Cana over the last
year. Although she has mentioned
this fact at several meetings, it appeared that last night the reason for the
problem surfaced. Neither Fr. Bob
nor Fr. Carlton were mentioning to the engaged couples that they have an option
to do an in-parish Pre Cana. From
this point, Joanne wanted to stay with the present system:
Have the engaged couples call her if they are interested.
On the other hand, Fr. Bob & Fr. Carlton seemed to prefer the concept
of: Give us a date when you are having the in-parish Pre Cana, and we will
promote it that way. In the end, Fr.
Bob requested at least one date be set for the upcoming year.
Youth Group: Pat would like to
take their activities to another level. By
scheduling speakers, cooking & baking together, or whatever, she hopes to
make it more interesting for those attending and to attract new members.
Old
Business:
| Parish
Directory: They should be
delivered Feb. 5. To distribute
them, I have asked Joan to recruit student volunteers.
They will man three distribution tables after each mass.
Fr. Bob also suggested recruiting mass coordinators, Eucharistic
ministers, or lectors to help oversee the students.
The first weekend following Feb. 5 was decided to be a bad weekend to
distribute (primarily because of the appreciation dinner).
So it was decided that the directories be distributed during the next
2 weekends.
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| Stewardship
Campaign: The results are in but
difficult to read. Fr. Bob
stated that questions do not match up and names are placed throughout the
report without any clue to their purpose.
More work is required to understand these results.
The company compiling the surveys has been contacted to assist us.
According to Fr. Bob they appear genuinely ready to assist.
Also, in respect to the written comments submitted by parishioner on the
surveys, it was mentioned that these comments would be too overwhelming to
read and maybe should be ignored. Council
was strongly against this, and stated that the comments were probably the
most important part of the survey. Shortly
thereafter, most of the council volunteered to help unravel these comments.
Finally, it was unsure what happened to the commitment cards that were filed
out by the parishioners. There
whereabouts will be pursued.
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| Appreciation
Dinner: it will be held Feb. 8 in the church hall.
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| Coffee
& Donuts: Pat McCullough has
volunteered to experiment with the concept of coffee & donuts after some
of the masses. There is no
schedule set in stone for when there will be donuts.
It appears to be a project that we are just dabbling with in the
effort to build community spirit.
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| Sponsor
a Religious Vocation: Bill &
Connie have researched the concept of financially aiding a student of a
religious vocation. They have
identified several candidates and have specifically named one which they
feel is most deserving. Besides
the question of how much money would be appropriate to give, the risk of
whether or not our money would be properly spent.
For instance, is it possible for this individual to leave their
religious vocation after we help finance it?
This is even more relevant depending on what stage of their
vocational training they are at. Bill
& Connie plan to further evaluate this idea.
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| The
Sign: Blair has obtained bids
and proposed 3 options to upgrade our sign on the White Horse Pike.
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- Refurbish
and replace with 8” letters ~$5,000.
- Refurbish
and move the current sign ~$10,000.
- Build
a new sign ~$35,000.
The
goal of this sign would be to entice people to come in and worship in church.
There were several problems that the council thought faced this project,
for instance:
| Much
of our church’s property has been given to the state.
Do we still own the area where we would like to move the sign?
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| Is
the location on the White Horse Pike the most productive spot for such a
sign?
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| Other
community signs (i.e. the American Legions & St. Mark’s) seem to
be very productive, but they do not appear to have cost $35,000. |
New
Business:
| Another
Parish Trip: Pat was commended
for the great job she did on setting up the Christmas Show trip. The
question was raised if we should pursue a similar trip this spring to see Daniel?
. Pat advise whoever runs
the trip to be patient, most tickets are not sold until just two weeks prior
to the event.
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| Socials:
Fr. Bob would like to promote more social activities in our parish.
The ideas of dances, Surf or Bullies games, and
Monte Carlo
nights were suggested.
At this time, we are looking for someone to run these events.
An ad will be placed in the bulletin to recruit a Social Activities
Committee.
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| Elections:
3 Members of the council (President, Vice-president, & Secretary)
will be leaving next year. Fr.
Bob thought it wise to start thinking about how to do this and how to do it
efficiently. More will be said
on this at future meetings.
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Open
Forum
| Please
note that
Mark Kleuser
has a new email address.
If I read his writing correctly, it is M.Kleuser@eznet4u.com
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| Workshop:
Volunteers are still being sought to assist our parish in the
implementation of the revised General
Instruction to the Roman Missal
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| FYI: Matt
has been invited by the bishop to attend a six week study group that will
help interpret the bishop’s document on “the role of the laity in the
Church”
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Next
meeting
Monday Feb. 10
Time
7:00 pm
Bob Wentz will (again attempt to ) lead us in prayer
Respectfully submitted
by: Bob Senese, Secretary
        
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