St. Norbert Parish Council Meeting Minutes

Thursday, March 10, 2005

 

Attendance: Fr. Pat Ryan, Kevin McMichael, Joe Mooney, Bud Alexander, Risë Schreiber, John Brendel and Jill Anselm

 

Absent: Ron Taylor, Ken Poorman, and Rick Gwydir

 

February meeting minutes were approved.  Parish Council minutes will be posted on the parish web site and organizations can retrieve the minutes from the web site instead of each organization being emailed a copy.  This decision was made because of not having email addresses for all organizations and that the minutes were returned as undeliverable through email.  It is the responsibility for each organization to obtain a copy of the approved minutes through the parish web site. 

 

Pastors Report:

 

  1. Fr. Pat updated the council on the School Parent Meeting held March 8, 2005.  Tuition rates and school/parish budget, financing options for parents, and results of the ACRE test were presented to the parents as well as given a handout with the information. 

 

  1. Fr. Pat updated the council on the reconfiguration of the North County Parishes with a July 1, 2005 date for parishes to be combined.

 

  1. Fr. Pat updated the Council on the NCEA ACRE test that was taken by our eighth graders in January 2005.  Concern regarding the answers on moral formation was expressed.  The Parish Council made and passed the following motion.  The Parish Council request that Mrs. Gilbert, the school faculty, and the School Board address how they will act on the results of this test.  The Parish Council also request a comparison of this test from the last 2 to 3 years.  We would like this information to be presented to the Parish Council before the end of the school year.  

 

Old Business:

 

1.      Jill Anselm updated the council on the plans for the 40th Anniversary celebration.  The celebration will be held on Saturday, June 11, 2005 starting with 5:00 Mass.  A Pot-Luck dinner will follow the Mass.  A Drive-In Theatre will follow the dinner.

 

2.      Nominations for new Parish Council Board Members will be held in April 2005.  Announcement in the bulletin will be on March 27, 2005.  John Brendel will get the nomination forms to the ushers to put in the pews on the weekends of April 3 and 10, 2005.  Nominees will be contacted during the next week.  Fr. Pat will meet with the nominees on April 24, 2005 after the 11:00a.m. Mass to explain membership on the council.  Fr. Pat will draw three new member’s names at Mass on May 1, 2005.

 

3.      Pledges to our Stewardship Program are not being met.  A follow-up letter will be sent to parishioners.  We will add to the parish bulletin the amount

 

      that was pledged in this drive so parishioners can see if we are meeting

      our commitment. 

 

New Business:

 

1.      Fr. Pat has received complaints from parishioners that they have not been contacted by organizations that they signed up to join at the Ministry Fair in September.  Each council member will contact the head of the organizations under their commission to remind them to contact these parishioners.

 

2.      At the Leadership Meeting held in January each organization was given a Mission/Vision Organizational Goal form.  To date only 12 out of 65 organizations have returned the form, which were supposed to be returned by March 1, 2005.  Each council member will contact the head of the organizations under their commission to return their forms. 

 

The meeting closed with a prayer by Kevin McMichael.  The next Parish Council Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, April 14, 2005.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Jill Anselm