Parish Pastoral Council
Meeting Minutes

April 21, 2015

Present:       Begin Time: End Time:	Fr. Mark Pavlik, Samantha Smith (Secretary), Diane Amell, Doris Brandner (Co-Chair), Maureen Scaglia, Murray McCartan (Chair), Lizzy Cullen   6:01 pm 6:49 pm
Next meeting:	May 19, 2015  6pm

I.Prayer

Lead by Murray McCartan

II.4^th of July Sponsorship Request

• Sponsorship the Richfield 4^th of July Parade by St. Richard’s Church-not participating

 

III.Parish Council Constitution and Bylaws

• Change in the eligibility of the members in the bylaws
  • Limited to practicing Catholics not under censure wording was added

 
 

IV.Follow up from 3/19 Finance and Facilities Meeting

• No current update

V.United Properties Update

• Currently one concern by parish member about this possible idea
• Email from Principle Patrick O’Keefe-What do we tell Blessed Trinity Parents if anything?
  • Question should be when do we tell the parents?
  • Should the wording from Rick’s statement given at masses on 4/18 & 4/19 for a verbal statement if questions arise from the parents?
    • At this time nothing will need to be communicated to the parents
• Parents of child for whom the playground was paid and dedicated should be notified
• United Properties sent a letter of intent to St. Richard’s Church and will be meeting with the city on the proposal
• Nothing will be written until city approval has been received
• Archdiocese was notified of this possible sale & would be given 8% of the sale
   

VI.PC Rotation Status

• 9 member council to have 3 rotated off
  • Lizzy Cullen will be leaving the council
  • Jeff Smith is still considering rotating off
  • 2 off with 2 coming on
  • Chair will rotating off with the Co-Chair to step into the new Chair position & a new member coming in as Co-Chair

VII.Gifts Celebration

• Sheryl & Fr. Mark to meet with St. Richard’s Church staff on Celebration
• March Meeting the idea was that the Pastoral Council would be in charge of food
  • Popcorn will be made & served
• Booth for Pastoral Council will be up for both days
  • Sam, Lizzy, Jeff, Murray, Doris could do Sunday;Doris, Diane, Murray could do Saturday
  • What do we want on our table? Constitution available, meeting minutes, list of members
    • Possible games to draw people in
• Each group will be asked to come up with a statement for their booth
• Banners will be made for outside use to promote the Gifts Celebration
• Banner to be used to write gifts on will be available and placed in Narthex for view after that weekend
• Looking for kids activities such as face painting
• Two door prizes will be available

VIII. Committee Updates

• Faith Formation-no update
• Parish Formation-no update-next meeting June 2015
• Parishioner Resources-Gift Celebration
• Worship-Easter Sunday attendance up by 300
  • Possible change with Lent 3 day in 2016
  • Veneration will be moved to 3pm on Good Friday 2016
  • Fundraising starting for new hymnals
• Pastoral Care-no update

IX.  Parking Lot Statement

• Diane has written a statement about this change & will be sent out/discussed with the parish

 
 

X.Tentative Agenda Next Meeting

• Possible new candidates for council
• Update on United Properties
• Summary of gift celebration
• Update on committees status
• Finance and Facilities Recap
• Next meeting May 19th