Present: Bernie Fritz, Fr. Dan, Bill Rood, Fr. Arock, Jenna Canning, Kristy Tucker, Karen Snider, Francis Southwood, Lisa Hardin, Lisa Ivy, Norma Flores & Judy Purdom
1. Prayer-Karen (song)
2. Introduction of Judy Purdom (not sure what her role is)
3. Old Business
a. Correction of July minutes (not sure what was wrong)
b. Confirmed everyone received Time & Talent sign up lists. Discussed issue of having EM sign ups placed in the form this year when it shouldn’t have been. Conclusion- identify people who are available to help where we have a shortage, which appears to be the 5:30 mass, and Fr. Dan will work it out.
c. Established that the Choir/Cantor, and not the lector, will chant “The Word of the Lord”.
d. Liturgical Ministers will have a training this year, tentatively scheduled for Sept 28, 9-11:30, need to confirm time with the speaker.
e. Fr. Dan met with Lonnie? and gave him the measurement for the Book of Gospels stand. Hopefully the stand will be finished by the weekend of Sept 21st.
f. There are currently 160 people signed up for the 40 hours of adoration. Fr. Arock is going to work on having a sheet of prayer suggestions for people to use for the adoration. 4 Candles will be used for the adoration.
g. Discussed having a Facebook page and the pros and cons. Conclusion- Facebook should not be avoided out of fear. Tim Weinmann is willing to come and advise and Kristy offered to help advise also. Need to speak with John Mitchell.
h. Discussed hymnbooks again-conclusion – We need a better assessment on what is practical for the Spanish speaking community before a decision is made. Fr. Dan will talk to the comité. The deadline to order the books is sometime in Sept, Karen Snider will check on it.
i. Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary- décor needs to be white or gold and can be taken down Tues or Wed. Have plenty of flowers.
j. Diaconal Blessing mass- These will be on the Sun. that the Deacon preaches.
4. Committee Reports-
Lector’s- Kristy
Altar Servers-Jeff & Norma- plan to have another training soon.
Extraordinary Ministers of HC- Jenna
Music- Karen & Frances – Karen will pick a date for the Advent sub-committee to meet.
Art & Environment- Lisa & Lisa
Hospitality/Ushers-Jack
Hospitality / Greeters- Sue
Sacramental Formation- Cara- provided an updated schedule of dates for sacraments.
Hispanic Ministry- Omar
Devotions- Jeanne
Children’s Liturgy of the Word- Michelle
Recorder- Lynne
5. Prayer/refreshment sign -up sheet was passed
6. Fr. Dan’s Remarks- He attended a Deanery meeting and discussed the need for a Spanish mass on Sunday morning. He is proposing having a mass at 8am in the gym, where the kids could then go to formation class 9:30, which is a convenience. This could be for a trial basis of 3 months, provided he has support from other priests twice a month. Before moving forward he is waiting to hear if the adult Spanish formation class says they are interested in attending the Sun morning mass.