Parish Council
 
Meeting Minutes

February 17, 2015

 

Present:	Fr. Mark Pavlik, Sheryl Rose, Samantha Smith (Secretary), Jeffrey Smith, Diane Amell, Doris Brandner (Co-Chair), Maureen Scaglia, Judy Black, Murray McCartan (Chair), Paul Kujawski
Begin Time: End Time: Next meeting:	6pm 7:34pm March 17, 2015 6pm

I.Opening Prayer

• Lead by Doris Brandner

II.Archdiocesan Bankruptcy

• Encouraged by meditator to retain legal counsel as a group of parishes
• $50,000 retainer fee total for approximately 100 parishes, $500 per parish
• Two Goals
  • Release across the board for all parishes at the same time
  • Protect our interest in funds
• No claims currently lodged against St. Richard’s Church
• MN Legislature has requested 5/2016 as the end date to be part of the group settlement

 

III.Potential Parking Lot Revenue Opportunity

• Potential to lease the side lot by Richfield Bloomington Honda to use as overflow
• Legal ramifications of such use to be reviewed by legal counsel
  • Would need to assess if there would be zoning issues with the City of Richfield
• Will be brought to the Finance Council
• Would consider a time frame for use of the lot
   

 

IV.St. Richard’s Church’s Identity In Regards to Shared Ministry

• Feelings of being cared for and caring for others, the community of worship, strong music, intimate, moderate/progressive parish
• What sets us apart?
  • Unconditionally welcoming atmosphere/open
  • Real, straightforward, being without pretense, genuine
  • People care about each other and the community
  • Shared Ministry

 
 

V.Ministry Fair Update

• Stewardship.Org being used and came out of a stewardship meeting attended in 2014 with a breakout group for shared ministry
• Reviewed invites for the event & will be sending invites to current members of the ministry groups
• Sending out save the date
• Will figure out a goal
• Booklet listing all the ministry available will also be done in Spanish along with other resources being used, literature will be in both languages
• Next meeting is 3/5/15
• May 16 & 17^th are the dates of the fair
• This is a celebration of gifts
• Use of bulletin to build momentum up to the fair weekend
• How to engage our Filipino, West African families?
   
   
   

VI.Update on Committees

• Formation Committees Discussion-7 out of 14 have responded
  1. Focusing on adults
• Finance Committees
  1. Changed meeting date to 3^rd Thursday of the month & time to 6:30pm
  2. Report will be a month late to the Parish Council
  3. Meeting 3/19 will be with the Facilities Commission
• Facilities Committees
  1. Continuing to work on what to bring forward to the commission for building list repairs/needs
  2. Looking at what needs to be done vs what would be nice to be done
  3. How far into the future should this go-5 yrs., 10 yrs., 15 yrs. etc.
  4. Are there parishioners involved in any professional groups that can help with repairs?
• Worship Committees
  1. Detailed on the upcoming Lent & Easter Seasons
  2. Financial needs for replacing materials such as decorations for the worship space decorations
• Pastoral Care Committees
  1. Senior Luncheon 2/17/15-100 people attending
• Justice Committee
  1. Currently is no committee
  2. Justice committee in the past encompassed-Habitat for Humanity, HealthCare, Capital Punishment, etc.
     1. Hosted articles in the bulletin on issues, videos
     2. Collaborated with other parishes on justice events
  3. Areas of Justice St Richard’s Church could address
     1. Social teachings of the Catholic Church when issues come up for voting in the legislature

 

VII.Jeff’s Status

• Will continue on with the Parish Council despite the change in hours

 

VIII.Tentative Agenda for Next Meeting

• Discussion on process of succession/rotation status
• Diversity Committee Update & Committee
• Vision Statement Review
• Leader of Prayer-Paul K.