MEETING MINUTES

St. Isidore Parish Pastoral Council
November 8, 2007

Members Attending: Fr. Dave, Deacon Charlie Cornell, Bill Sullivan, Laureen DeBenedetto, Ed Reverdy, Dave Goulet, Cara Schomp, Marsha Malone, Kim Tocci, Brian Perreault, Charley Corley, Jack Waldie, Rose Colosi, Sue Ormond, Jeff LaPlante

Members Absent: None

Evening Prayer

• Led by Fr. Dave

Minutes

• Meeting of October 11, 2007 reviewed and minutes approved.

PPC Minutes from 11/8/2007.

Notes

• Ed Reverdy will continue as vice-chair.
• Laureen DeBenedetto will take over as minute taker.
• Hall user fee and checklist is working well.
• Harvard and Bolton parishes use St. Isidore Church for the sacrament of Confirmation in the spring – not in conjunction with our candidates.

Welcome and Introductions

• Welcome to our new members – Charley Corley, Marsha Melone, Jack Waldie, and Brian Perreault

• Thank you to our outgoing members – Jeff LaPlante, Kim Tocci, and Rose Colosi

St. Isidore Parish Pastoral Council

• Ed R. gave an overview of what we do.
• Charlie C. expanded definition stating that our job is to “dream” – not to do. We should dream what the parish should do and pray for the Holy Spirit to guide us.

Building and Grounds Committee

• Ed R. gave an overview of this committee.
• Dave G. is happy with the 7-8 volunteers who make up this committee and will be looking to “rejuvenate” it with more scheduled meetings.

St. Isidore Parish Photo Directory

• Olan Mills will be contacting St. Isidore’s secretary Lorraine C. to inform her of additional dates they will be in the area in case there are more families who would like to have their picture in our parish directory but were unable to in October.

• Lorraine is also looking into whether parishioners can submit their own pictures.

Interfaith Thanksgiving Service

• Sunday, November 18, 2007 – 7PM – St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church, 435 Central Street, Acton
  • Unfortunately, this year it is on the same night as our GoF program.
• Charlie gave history of our area’s Interfaith Thanksgiving Service (Acton, Boxborough, Stow Clergy Assoc.)
  • celebrates differences in faiths
  • St. Isidore’s attendance has been non-existent
    • Do we have a responsibility to attend these services?
    • Should we focus on building our own parish community before we push for this or will this help to build our parish community?

Pastoral Planning Committee Report

• We were not able to focus on this tonight due to a full night’s agenda, however the following discussions resulted from talk regarding the Interfaith Service
  • Ed R. gave an overview of what this committee is.
  • What does this mean to our parish? What is the future of our parish?
  • Who are we as a parish community?
  • Are there things that are currently being done to grow our parish community?
    • We spoke briefly about the Building God’s Kingdom Project through GoF.
    • Volunteer signups received during the last GoF sessions that will allow parishioners to take more ownership in their parish community.
• Look into developing a Social Committee for St. Isidore.
• Please review and be prepared to discuss this report at our next meeting.

• It can be found online at http://www.rcab.org/Life/PastoralPlanMay2007.pdf

Meeting finished at 9:07 PM. Next meeting – December 13th @ 7:30 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Laureen DeBenedetto, 11/9/2007