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MEETING MINUTES

St. Isidore Parish Pastoral Council

March 13, 2008

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.

http://www.thebostonpilot.com/articlearchives.asp?ID=5970

  • 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)

Respectfully submitted,
Laureen DeBenedetto, 03/14/2008