Update from the pastor to parish pastoral council 8 December 2005

Rose Colosi

We are sorry to note that Rose’s mother died yesterday. The funeral for Loretta Gruppuso will be tomorrow at 10 a.m..

Generations of Faith

G o F going forward well.

Reconciliation

The reconciliation service, December 2^nd, went well.

Christmas Pageant and the Twelve Days of Christmas

Rehearsals have already begun for the January 1^st program.

A Christmas Movie night

We are planning a movie night for young and old Tuesday Wednesday December 28^th.

R. C. I. A.

Gloria Pierce was welcomed as a catechumen December 4^th.

Newsletter

The winter Newsletter is out. We have not had response on editorial and publishing help for future issues.

Finances

The Finance Council is concerned that the increase in revenue has plateaued well short of the goal.

The Finance Council is also exploring ways of promoting contributions via electronic finance transfer, EFT. It would fit the mode of increasing number of parishioners who pay bills regularly by EFT.

Census

In recent years we had begun the practice of an annual census each January, begun actually with the bulletin at Christmas time when we have a larger attendance than usual. (Last year we did not do this, given the reconfiguration.) What we do this year may be nuanced by the direction of tonight’s P P C.