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Preliminary Parish Pastoral Council Minutes
October 17, 2005 

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.   

Children's Religious Education-submitted by Joan Parker
Social Action Committee-submitted by Ed Walls 
Publicity & Community Events-submitted Carol Johnson
Youth Ministry- submitted by Pat Bentley


These reports can also be viewed at (click here)

The following committees did not submit a report for this month:

Vocations Committee
Building & Grounds Report
 Parish Outreach Committee
Family Life
Liturgical Committee

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.

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Pastoral Parish Council

MINUTES

October 17, 2005

The Meeting:

·        Meeting called to order at 7:00pm

·        Opening prayer Ray Ring

·        Attending:  Matt Macready , Kevin Walls , Bob Senese , Ray Ring, Carol Johnson, Frank Blee , Addie Blee, Ed Walls, Connie Peters, Fr. Bob, & Fr. Carlton,

·        Absent: Joan Parker , Joann Malecki, Rev. Mr. Bill Peters, Pat Bentley, & Rev. Mr. Joe Becker

·        No correspondence was reported

 Last Month’s Minutes:

Changes: Old Business Section C implied that Kevin was immediately replacing Matt as president.   To clarify, this transition will take place in June 2006.  Also under the section “items tabled” the words “nothing noted” should be deleted

Motion to approve minutes: 

Motion was accepted & minutes were approved

 Committee/Group Reports:

Prior to our meeting, the following reports were submitted and distributed to council.  As always they can be viewed at our website www.stelizabethannseton.com

bulletPublicity & Community Events Committee
bulletSocial Action Committee
bulletChildren’s Religious Education
bulletYouth Ministry

 The following committees did not submit a report for this month:

bulletBuilding & Grounds Report
bulletParish Outreach Committee
bulletFamily Life
bulletLiturgical Committee
bulletVocations Committee

Discussion of Committee/Group Reports:

bulletParish Outreach Committee reported a diocesan workshop “Journey of Discipleship” to be held Saturday October 29 at Camden County High School .  Anyone interested should contact Joan Parker .  Frank also mentioned that his committee will begin their third phase of evangelization work.   The first two phases involved reaching out to the active and the inactive Christians.  This third phase will involve reaching out to those with “no church” affiliation.  Frank stated that there is an average of 3600 people per parish that are not affiliated with any church and that 36%of them would respond to an invitation if asked.   Hopefully some of them, when asked will attend a meeting November 29 at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Linwood ( 7-9pm ). 
bulletLiturgical Committee’s minutes some how got lost in the process of emailing them to me.  Addie highlighted some of the minutes:
bulletThe planning for Advent has been completed
bulletShe mentioned problems with the Altar Servers.  This issue has been addressed.
bulletThere likely will be a meeting for all Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors to reinforce their training and to get everyone on the same page.
bulletThe issue of the attendance was also addressed.  It appears there has been too many no show.

 

Old Business: 

A.     Facilities Update

·        90% of the garage is completed.  Remaining are some sidewalk work, the apron and rain gutters

·        A group from our parish visited St. Catherine Drexel’s parish to critique their parish center.   The group felt that Drexel’s facilities mirrored ours, and they liked what Drexel had accomplished with their building.  As a result, the idea of remodeling our parish center will proceed further.  Bids for vinyl window replacements have already been requested.  Also bids are being solicited to replace the carpet, and to paint and furnish the rooms.  The only item that may require a permit is the ramp to the front door.  The project could conceivably be completed by Spring 2006 at a cost of $50-60,000

·        Matt mentioned the need for a new audio mixer.   And the fact that elevated pews is being constructed for the choir.

B.     Good news in the Election Process update.  On Ray’s suggestion, we realized that having an election may not necessarily be necessary.  Having Fr. Bob (the pastor) appoint the officers has successfully worked so far, so we opted to continue this process.  Matt will create another draft amendment for the bylaws and will present it at the next meeting.

C.     New Regional School update-  it is still scheduled to open

 

New Business: 

  1. On October 19 at Campbell ’s Field in Camden , a closing celebration for the Year of the Eucharist is scheduled for 10:30am
  2. 150th Anniversary of the first mass on Absecon Island will be commemorated with a mass on October 23 at 10:30am
  3. Catechist Congress-this item was already mentioned under Parish Outreach’s Committee Reports. The diocesan workshop “Journey of Discipleship”.

 

Open Forum

bulletWelcome Committee had a successful event.  10 new parishioners and 3 children all stated that they would attend and they did.
bulletThere will be  Social Justice Workshop at St. Peter’s Church in Cherry Hill

 

Summary of topics discussed:

Those Pending: 

bulletJoann’s decision on the direction of the Family Life ministry.
bulletMore specific numbers from the diocese regarding the Assumption project, specifically the subsidies and what is expected from the capital campaign.
bulletMatt’s amendment to the election bylaws

Those Closed: 

bulletHow to go forward with the Parish Center

Those Tabled: 

bulletElectronic giving

Next meeting

Monday  November 14, 2005  
Time 7:00 pm  
Addie will lead us in prayer

Respectfully submitted by:
 Bob Senese ,
Secretary

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