ST. PAUL PARISH COUNCIL

MEETING MINUTES

May 5, 2008 – 6:30 p.m.

 

Present:  Father Romanus, Paul Anderson, Sherry Kaminski, Katrin Kempowski,
Dick Kucharski, Sue Dolkiewicz, Vince Sciano, and Pat Sciano

 

Not Present:  Linda Krowsky

 

Nominees for Parish Council:  Rob Bohlmann, Tom Swirkowski, Carla Neldner, and Mike Bogdonovich 

 

Parish Council Discernment

 

The meeting began with all those present reciting the "Living Our Faith" prayer.

 

Current Parish Council members introduced themselves to the candidates; the candidates then introduced themselves to the Council.  

 

Paul began the discernment process by explaining the mission of our parish and the purpose of the Parish Council. 

 

Sherry explained some of the projects the Council has taken on and completed in the last year; she also explained the structure of the School Advisory Board and their meeting process.  

 

Paul, Sherry, and Pat, as officers of the Council, asked the candidates to express their vision for the future of St. Paul's and comment on what gifts, talents, and qualifications they would bring to the Council.  After this discussion took place, candidates were then given the opportunity to make any final comments.  They were then thanked for their willingness to serve on the Council and were then free to leave.  A closed discernment took place by the current Council members.  It was agreed that Rob Bohlmann, Carla Neldner, and Mike Bogdonovich become acting members of the Parish Council for the next three years with Tom Swirkowski acting as alternate.  Carla also expressed an interest in becoming a member on the School Advisory Board.  Katrin will contact the candidates to let them know of the Council's decision.

 

Old Business

 

The Parish Council has been thinking about possibly setting up a Sister Parish relationship with St. Benedict's Church in Nigeria.  This would be something we could work on as a parish in the future.

 

The Time and Talent forms will continue to be collected through the weekend of May 10-11. 

 

The Faith in Our Future Campaign has held a workshop of the leadership teams at Blessed Sacrament Parish.  RSI, who is the coordinating company for the campaign, did a presentation and stated information would be sent to parishes to explain what comes next.  A process will be started with parishes and each parish must then decide what to do with the
60 percent of the money that it will maintain through the campaign.  It was suggested
St. Paul's hold a town hall meeting or forum in order to give parishioners a chance to voice their ideas about how and where the money should be spent. 

 

Father Romanus will address the issue before the Masses on the weekend of May 17-18.  Father will also get in touch with the consultant from RSI to find out if he will be available to speak at the Masses also. 

 

Selection of Parish Council Officers for 2008-2009

 

Katrin Kempowski agreed to represent the Council as president for the next year;
Paul Anderson agreed to act as Vice Chair.  The position of Secretary still needs to be filled. 

 

Updates from Father Romanus

 

The Business Manager position has been filled.  Patrice Hansen has accepted the position, which will be on a part-time basis of 20 hours per week.  The Parish Secretary position is about to be filled, and this will be on a full-time basis. 

 

Mary Stallmann, principal of STAA, is seeking another position, so an interview team is being set up to find a replacement for her position at the school. 

 

Father Romanus stated a youth Mass will be held next year on a quarterly basis as a collaborative effort between St. Paul’s and St. Veronica’s.

 

The meeting ended at 8:45 p.m.  The next meeting will be Monday, June 2, 2008.

 

Respectfully submitted by:  Pat Sciano, Parish Council Secretary