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Sacred Heart Catholic Community
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Parish Pastoral CouncilThe Parish Pastoral Council sets the direction of parish life through listening and responding to the Spirit of God, organizing lay participation and cooperation, facilitating shared practical wisdom, and doing parish planning. The pastor with the assistance of the Parish Pastoral Council determines the vision and mission of the parish.
SACRED HEART PASTORAL COUNCIL
Pastoral Council Meeting January 19, 2006 Present: Father Len, Penny Demerath, Mary Ellen Waldvogel, Lois, Maczuzak, Patty Rindt, Dale Vannes, Ron Henn, Randy Lorge, Herb Tauchen, Fred Ponschok, Walberto Colon, Andy Onesti, Peter Warmenhoven, Gemma Niemuth Absent: Geri VanDeLoo, Mark Anderson, Mary Jo Ambrosius AGENDA I Opening Prayer: Mary Ellen led us in prayer. Randy approved the agenda, Dale second the motion. II Approval of the minutes: Added Gemma to the list of those in attendance. Dale moved to approve the minutes Herb second the motion. Mary Jo Ambrosius resigned her position on the board. A suggestion was made and discussed that a Thank You note should be sent on behalf of the Pastoral Council by the President. Thanking Mary Jo for her years of service. III Discussion of the Day of Reflection: The board of Education is reviewing the need for a Youth Minister and writing a job description. The Pastoral Council will review the cost for a Youth Minster and add to next year’s budget. IV Task Force for School Enrollment: Thank you to Father for his attendance at the meetings. Father’s input has been very helpful. All families received a brochure promoting the school. A notice was put in the bulletin for Catholic Schools Week. Many activities have been planned for Catholic Schools Week. An orientation has been planned for February 16 for Kindergarten and 4 th grades an invitation will be sent to Lincoln Elementary students. V Music: Hiring a Liturgist may help to unify our choirs. Some discussion followed in regard to getting all the groups together. An appreciation dinner was discussed. We may need a music director to lead the groups to attract the youth of our faith community. It was suggested that the Activities Committee put on the dinner. Perhaps we could try to hire a Youth Minister/Liturgist. Dale and Andy will proceed with setting a date for the Dinner. Some youth have been recruited as Ushers. VI Building & Grounds: Walk through in December of all the buildings. A. Church- paint the south wall in the sanctuary, replace the water softener. B. School- replace circulating pump, replace damper for the heating system, replace the carpet in some classrooms. A donation was received to fix the gym floor and the bleachers C.Center- Basement tile in the meeting room, and the carpet in the north entrance was inspecte D. Rectory- Bathroom counter top inspected All critical repairs for last year were taken care of in 2005. VII Financial: We expected a short fall, but we received some “end of year donations”, one was $35,000 and was unrestricted, several others were restricted . Weekly donations were down, so a suggestion was made to open a line of credit. One year line of credit for $50,000 is available. Penny has reviewed the details and suggested having the line of credit as a back up if required. Dale made a motion to open the line of credit and Herb second the motion. Increased enrollment will help the operating budget. VIII Stewardship: Stewardship day will be held in March. Tri-folds will be setup. Pastoral Council will be the first weekend and all other groups will be the second weekend. IX Board of Education: Mary Ellen- First Reconciliation, Confirmation and First Eucharist dates have all been set. Lois- 2 new students, the gym floor repaired, received three calls from the flyer, article in the Pulse about Iowa Basic scores, Public school partnership, $1,000 grant from Dollar General. X Activities: Fish Fries continue 2 nd Fridays of the month, Packer Games are finished for this year (received $9,000), Hockey game on February 11, snowmobile cross and other opportunities to make money at Lambeau Field. Picnic co-chairs- Vicki Hoffman and Lisa Anderson are meeting already. XI Liturgy & Worship: Decorating for Christmas went well- we had some youth participation. Taking down the decorations went well also. The next meeting will be to discuss the decorations for Lent and Easter. XII Evangelization: We will need to recruit a replacement for Mary Jo Ambrosius. XIII Human Concerns: The giving tree was a success- four families received gifts. Also 450 gifts were given to residence of the nursing homes. XIV Communications: No report XV Building Project: Meeting next week Announcements - Should we make them or not in church (before or after the Liturgy), to be discussed at the next meeting Closing Prayer - by Father Len.
Thursday, January 19, 2006 , at 7:30 p.m. Opening Prayer
Schedule for the Pastoral Council Meetings for 2005-2006 If you can not attend a Pastoral Council meeting, it is your responsibility to let Lynn know at the Church Center, 526-2023. All meetings will be held at the Sacred Heart Center (lower level) beginning at 7:30 p.m 2006 February 16 March 16 April 20 May 18 June 15
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