MQHR Parish Pastoral Council Minutes (unapproved) for December 4, 2013 Meeting
PPC Members in attendance: John Tibe, Erich Maul, Cora Mudd, Karen Morgison, Carol Lee, Norma Flores, Anna Byrd, Mary Grace Allen, Brian Carlson, John Mitchell, Fr. Arock Arockiasami, Walter Leachman, Andrew Moore, Kevin Lamping, Fr. Dan Noll, Phil Heink. Absent: Deacon Bill Rood and Inocencio (Vicente) Muñoz.
Note:
The meeting originally scheduled for November 26, 2013 was canceled because of inclement weather. This special meeting was called because Father Dan requested input from the council prior to the meeting scheduled for the following week in December.
New Business and Updates:
The meeting began at 5:30 pm.
Father Dan requested that John Mitchell describe a project which had been proposed to the Evangelization Committee by Leo Brown. Leo suggested that Mary Queen and Good Shepherd serve as test parishes for the rollout of this project during Lent the 2014. The premise is that (according to some survey) 70% of Mass that attendees don’t have a sufficient understanding of them as we’re church teachings. His proposal was that during lent those 2014, parishioners who felt they needed better instruction would be dismissed prior to the celebration of the Eucharist for discipleship training. Leo discussed this with Bishop Gainer, who stated that he was willing to give dispensation from Eucharistic attendance during the six weeks of Lent for those who choose to participate. But meeting different to discuss this with representatives from Mary Queen and Good Shepherd was scheduled for Monday December 9. After some considerable discussion of the pros and cons of such a program, Andrew Moore, John Mitchell, Cara Johnson, Phil Heink, and Father Dan volunteered to attend the December 9 meeting with representatives from Real Life Radio and Good Shepherd parish. The council indicated that desire to serve at our parish before agreeing to participate in such a program.
A motion to set up a task force to further study the book Rebuilt by White and Corcoran was passed by consensus.
We had a discussion of a live webinar conducted the previous day on the topic: Tools for Rebuilding, also by the White and Corcoran. Instructions for accessing the recorded version of that webinar were to be sent to the council by Phil Heink.
Walter Leachman reported that 441 financial pledges have been returned to date totaling $1,411k ($3200/pledge). This represents a 30% increase over last year. He also reported that thank you notes were to be sent to all parishioners who are using electronic giving.
Andrew Moore was introduced as a new member representing the parish life committee.
Announcements and Updates
Father Dan requested that each member of the council read the pope’s recent apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium (available free on the USCCB website), in lieu of holding a council meeting in December.
Minutes of October 29, 2013 PPC Meeting
There was no motion to approve the minutes from the previous meeting.
Next PPC Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 7:00 pm. It will be held in the media center of the Education Life Center (ELC).
Closing prayer and adjournment
A closing prayer was offered by Erich Maul.
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