Members Attending: Fr. Dave, Deacon Charlie Cornell, Ed Reverdy,
Laureen DeBenedetto, Dave Goulet, Marcia Melone, Bill Sullivan,
Charlie Corley, Sue Ormond
Members Absent: Brian Perreault, Cara Schomp, Jack Waldie
Parish Finance
Committee Liaison: Rosario Rizzo (in
attendance)
Minutes
Meeting of February
14, 2008 reviewed and minutes approved.
PPC Minutes from
03/13/2008.
PPC Election
PPC Election May 31
& June 1.
Start thinking of possible
candidates.
Outgoing members
include Ed Reverdy and Laureen DeBenedetto.
Ed and/or Laureen will speak at
masses the weekend of April 5 and 6 explaining the role of the PPC
and the call for candidates for 08/09. Need four candidates to run
to fill two spots.
Ed or Laureen will be contact
person for candidates.
Deacon Charlie will add a place
on the St. I website for potential candidates to view past candidate
bios and will direct them to read previous PPC minutes.
St. Isidore Parish Finance
Committee
Grand Annual
Collection continues, albeit more slowly.
$22.6 k collected
vs $25K goal
Rosario would like to know what
short and long term goals the PPC sees that will need funding to
work it into the budget.
Statement made that we should
look to build our parish community first with social activities.
Al DeBenedetto has volunteered
to chair a St. Isidore Social Committee.
Generations of Faith Religious
Education Program
The Heart of the
Cross: A Passion Play performed and created
by Olivia Woodford was successful.
Along with the GoF crowd there
were about a dozen parishioners who came out to watch the
performance.
Pastoral Planning
Committee
Allows parish
committees to work together.
Bill S. mentioned interesting
article in The Pilot regarding parishes in the Nashoba Valley. Read
it here.
Deacon Charlie brought in
booklets from the Chicago Studies titled “Can You Tell Me What
a Parish Is?”
PFC liaison,
Rosario R. brought this article to our attention.
http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/winter_2008/c21_notes/parish-thoughts.html
You can also see
it posted at www.stisidorestow.org >Bulletin Board
>News/Discussion – Discussion > Archdiocese
of Boston Pastoral Planning Committee Report > Post dated Thu
Mar 13, 2008 10:01 pm
At our April 10th PPC meeting (7:30-9:30PM),
we will meet with the PFC for a workshop led by Sister Mary Anne
Doyle, C.S.J., Business Manager (see bio below) to help us all to
understand what it means to budget to mission and the impact on
staff, PPC, and PFC.
Sister Mary Anne Doyle, C.S.J.,
Business Manager
Sister
Mary Anne belongs to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston. She grew up
in Medford and attended Mount St. Joseph Academy and Regis College.
She initially served as a teacher in St. Theresa School, West
Roxbury, and of high school mathematics at Mount St. Joseph Academy.
After receiving her doctorate in Physics from Ohio State University,
she began teaching at Regis College and directed the research center
there. She subsequently was elected by her community to its
leadership council. Sister was also part of the team that planned and
oversaw the Archdiocesan Synod, and she has served in the planning
offices of the Archdiocese of Boston and of the Catholic School
Office. She recently was awarded the certificate in accounting from
Bentley College. She lives at Casserly House in Roslindale, where the
Sisters of St. Joseph provide tutorial and community service to
newly-immigrated area residents in a cheerful, neighborhood setting.
Sister also teaches college physics part-time.
Building and Grounds Committee
Will meet every 3rd Wednesday beginning March 19.
Other News
Ed R. thought it
would be beneficial to the parish community to have each St. Isidore
Parish Committee take a turn on Coffee Sunday weekend masses to give
an update so the parish community would know what is happening and
how they can attend or help. This will start the first weekend of
April with the PPC. All agreed this was a wonderful idea!
Co-Workers in
the Vineyard: Laity and Clergy Journeying Together in Christ
Conference is scheduled for Friday,
April 4th, from 10:30 - 3:30. This conference is being organized at
Peterson Hall in Brighton by St. John's Seminary.
http://www.rcab.org/News/HomePage.html#080404
Please let a staff member know
if you would like to attend.
Meeting finished at
9:04 PM. Next meeting – April 10th @
7:30 PM downstairs in hall (no prayer)
