Holy Redeemer by the Sea Pastoral Council Meeting
May 11, 2010
Approved

Attendance

Fr. Bill Walsh, osfs, Fr. Ed Fitzpatrick, osfs, Rev. Mr.  Donald Wobser ,Tim Gregory, Val Cummings, Jane Parker, Kris Felthousen, Debbie Hickey, Matt McKenna, , Ismael Ramos Lara, Marisol Matinez, Vince Ferretti, Ray Reisert, Tim Cafferty, , Lu Elko, Chuck Toney

Absences

Donna Hartzler, , Norm St. Laurent

Opening Prayer

Fr. Bill Walsh led the opening prayer. 

Call to Order

Co-Chair Debbie Hickey called the meeting to order at 5:15 PM

Approval of April Minutes

Debbie  requested that the mintues from the April meeting be approved and the motion was made, seconded and all were in favor.

Members also received via prior email:

V       Men’s Club Minutes (5/3/10)

Staff Reports

Father Fitzpatrick –

o        Adult Faith Formation

§         Mr. Patrick Kennedy, OSFS, will make the final presentation of the season on May 19.  His topic will be Catholic Teaching and Social Justice.  There will be a simultaneous presentation at Holy Trinity in Spanish by Father Carol Arce, who has been speaking to our community about the creed.

o        Response to the talk on the Abuse Scandal within the Church

§         Father Fitz expressed gratitude for the guidance the priests received  from the Council regarding their presentation on the Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Church. The presentations were well received.

Val

o        Visitor Sacraments

§         The wedding and baptism season for visitors is beginning – we have 6 Baptisms scheduled and 17 weddings.

o        Office Hours

§         The office staff will stay until 4PM throughout the summer but the office will close at noon on Fridays in September and October.  We are getting a sign for the outside office door to reflect hours.

o        Concerts

§         Update on Kim Kalman’s presentations:   The Concert of Hope to benefit Nativity Prep and the Summer Music Series at Trinity on Monday nights, June through Labor Day, to benefit our local charities (Food Pantry, ICO, Creative Choices etc.)  Kim will handle the money and report on collection and disbursement.  She is covered by our insurance.

Jane

o        The summer Mass schedule will begin the weekend of May 29-30

§         More lectors and Eucharistic Ministers will need to be scheduled and Jane will arrange training as needed.

Tim Gregory – Building & Grounds

o        The Lumen Christi Brazier

§          completed including capstones and will be used again for The Living Nativity.

o        The Sprinkler system

§         being updated with sprinkler heads being moved and the white PVC caps being removed.

o        Parking Lot

§          looking at having more stones laid in the parking lot at HR to cover up the webbing.

o        Trinity

§         He is working on getting the painting of the interior at Holy Trinity painted by the Latino volunteers.

Pastor’s Reports

o        Trinity Painting

§         Father Bill emphasized the ownership the Latinos are taking to fix up Trinity and John Buscemi will oversee the project which will include re-attaching the insulation under the Church.

o        Update on the effort to buy housing suitable for multiple (retired) priests.

§           He has been reviewing properties but has not yet found one that suits our needs.  He would consider selling the current priest’s house if that makes the plan more feasible.  He is working on a full presentation for the Finance Council.

o        First Communion Celebration

§         Father Bill was extremely pleased with the reception of First Communion by 34 children during the 9:00 AM Mass on May 9.  He was especially happy to see the inclusion of our Latino Parishioners.  He said Donna is to be congratulated for an excellent job.  Sarah Wismer (young adult parishioner) was the official parish photographer for the event.

o        Five Year Plan

§         Chuck Toney has graciously offered to chair a committee to review and update the Five Year Plan.  Two more people are still needed.

o        State of the Councils and Staff

§         Father Bill extends his gratitude to the Parish Council, the Financial Council, the Liturgical Council and the Parish staff.  The members are energized and fantastic progress is being made in the parish.  He thanks all for being good ambassadors to the surrounding community.

o        New Roman Missal

§         Slated to begin use by Advent of 2011.

§         He calls attention to the article he sent previously by Bishop Trautman.  Translation is not as fluent as the one we are using now; it strives for word for word translation from the Latin Mass.  The Pope has approved it but in South Africa where it has already been tried, the people did not receive it well.   The language is described as the sacred vernacular versus the colloquial vernacular.  It will be difficult to implement, especially in a parish like ours which hosts thousands of visitors from many different dioceses.

The next meeting is set for Tuesday, June 8, at 5:15PM. The new budget will be discussed and recommendations will be made to the Finance Council which is set to meet at 6PM on the same evening.

Closing Prayer

Fr. Bill offered thanks and a closing prayer, and the meeting was adjourned at 6:07