Parish Council Meeting

“As part of a Eucharistic Community, this Parish Council will strive with the help of the Holy Spirit to plan for the future of our Church. We will pray together, investigate, discern, and formulate recommendations for the good of the parish in an effort to further the kingdom of God.”

Date: 10/10/06

Presider: Fr. Ray Goodwin

Council Members present: Robin Christo, John Gill, Debra Milkman,Keith Coveney, Colleen Griffin, Tom Flaherty, Ellen MacDonough, Joan Shanley,Steve Sheridan

Ex- Officio members present: Sr. Yvonne Millman

Ex- Officio members Absent: Deacon Nicholas CaraDonna

Absent: Mary Belmore,Jo Dascanio,Jim Moro

Opening Prayer: Debra Milkman

Guest Speaker: Julie Stephany (Prolife Ministry)

Recording Secretary: Debra Milkman

#	Topic	Discussion	Key Notes & Follow-up Tasks
I.	Administrative Update	*Nothing to report
II.	October Topics	*Julie Stephany talked about "The Third Chair Campaign" and got approval to proceed. * Joan Venincasa is retiring in June.
III.	Ministry Updates	*Finance/property: Tom Flaherty; Six more handcap parking spots out back of St. Mary's. *Religious Education: Pot Luck Supper on Friday,Nov. 17 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. Epiphany Pageant on Jan. 7th at the 9 AM Liturgy. *Cluster: Two parish representatives are needed to represent St. Mary's at the Cluster meetings.
IV.	Father Ray	*Mini-Parish retreat coming in Janurary here at St. Mary's. *Mortgage burning reception on December 31st, after 11:30AM Mass. * Lenten Series March 25,26 and 27, all at 7:00PM. * Father Ray wants to Thank all the Parish Council for what they do for the Parish.
V.	Open Topics	*Debra Milkman will be putting in the bulletin 3 or 4 bullets about our Parish Council meeting. *Whenver anyone gets an email from a Parishioner about an issue, that they want to talk about, please email Robin.
	Closing Prayer and Blessing	Father Ray
	Next Meeting	In the Music Room	November 14,2006 at 7:00pm