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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
November 8, 2011
Present: Martha
Green, Clint Woodfin, Mary Burkhart, Luis Ramos, Fr. Bill McNeeley,
Dennis Ryneic, Claudia Huddleston, Carl Muse, Velma Burke, Barbara
Foster
Absent: Fr. Bill McKenzie
Guest: Tony Hartman
Meeting was called to order at 6:35 PM. Fr. Bill McNeeley offered the opening prayer.
Old Business:
Election of new council members is set for November 20.
Nominating committee now has 5 candidates and will create a ballot to
elect 3 out of the five. Clint reminded the council that members
will be replaced if they do not attend meetings. They will need to show
good cause when absent.
Committee Reports:
CYO:
Luis reported on events within the CYO. There was
participation in both the Pancake breakfast for Haiti and Trunk or
Treat on Oct 30th. The “Leaders” have discussed “Modesty”
and a study of the Roman Missal changes beginning in Advent. ACYC
(Alcoa Catholic Youth Conference) in Townsend, sale of luminaries for
Christmas eve and plans for progressive dinner are the current
focuses. A Youth Forum blog is also in the works.
Kid-Safe education had a good turn-out.
Family Life:
Mary discussed the Trunk and Treat on Sunday October 30. There
was a larger than expected turnout. The total budget for this
event is $125.00. Discussion followed regarding the budget
process and efforts to increase to cover costs next
year. It was suggested that a donation could be
requested when families attend. Mary also asked if the
One-Call system could be used to promote a local business which would
contribute a portion of sales to OLOF. The decision was deferred
to the Finance Committee and Fr. McKenzie
Education: See Attached.
Worship and Spiritual Life
Liturgy Committee:
Barbara reported that the All Souls Day was well attended. There
are changes in the procession. Christmas Mass schedule is as
follows: Christmas Eve: 5PM, 7PM and 12 MN. Christmas day
is 8:30 and 11 AM. No separate Hispanic Mass is
planned. The Penance service is December 13 at 7
PM. There are no new efforts on behalf of the church
nursery services. Spiritual Life Committee has no report.
Social Action:
Martha reported that the parish Right To Life Group expressed a big
thank you for the many parishioners who participated in the 40 Days for
Life at Concord Street Abortion Clinic. The Good Neighbors
program annual progressive dinner drew 176 with OLOF responsible for
desserts. The event was also supported by the Hospitality
Committee. Martha distributed fliers from Good
Neighbors. See attached. The Haiti fundraising with
the necklaces raised $685. The quilt and chest raised
$1500.
Parish Life:
Dennis reported on the welcome packet. He requested members of
the council to be present in the Narthex to assist. He
distributed a sign-up sheet for this purpose. Bob Myers has
agreed to cover 11 AM Mass. The 55+ group is without a
formal leader at this time as Fran Gallagher recovers from a recent
illness.
Communication: Claudia reported that the Website is being updated.
Administration:
The parking lot lights are now on timers. Pavilion lights are
near completion. There is still mud on the pavilion
floor after rains. The dead trees on the property are to be
replaced by ALDIs according to Tony.
Minutes from the October meeting were reviewed. The motion
to accept, with one correction, was made by Carl. Mary
seconded. The minutes were accepted by voice vote.
New Business: The Council is signed up for church cleaning on December 10. No council meeting in December.
Pastor’s Notes:
No new issues to
report.
Fr. McNeeley closed the meeting with prayer.
Director of Religious Education
Parish Pastoral Council Monthly Report
November 2011
• As of November 2, Pre-K through Grade 8 enrollment
is 238 students, an increase of 17 since the October report was
submitted. There are a total of 15 classes and 31 catechists:
• Class sizes range from 13 students in kindergarten to 34 students in the sixth grade;
• During the current CCD year, 33 second graders and 23 eighth graders are completing sacramental prep;
• Due the catechist inservice, CCD not meet on
November 6 and 9. Catechists may choose t attend either meeting
on Sunday, November 6: from 9:45-10:45 AM or 12:15-1:15 PM;
• The CCD and CYO programs present the
diocesan-mandated Keeping Kids Safe program during regular class
meeting times on Sunday 23 and Wednesday, October 26;
• The mandatory Confirmation workshop for eighth
graders, their parents and sponsors wqs held in the Fatima center on
Saturday, October 22. Eight students (1 excused and 7 unexcused)
did not attend;
• First grade CCD enrollment, at 21 students, is
smaller than expected. A bulletin announcement was run on
Sundays, October 30 and November 6 to remind families to enroll their
first graders in the program;
• A variety of volunteers are needed in the CCD
program; including substitute teachers and Wednesday night parking lot
dismissal supervision. An announcement will run in the November 6
bulletin asking for help.
Respectfully submitted by Dana Hogan, DRE November 6, 2011
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
October 11, 2011
Present: Martha
Green, Clint Woodfin, Mary Burkhardt, Luis Ramos, Fr. Bill McNeeley,
Dennis Ryneic, Claudia Huddleston, Carl Muse, Velma Burke, Barbara
Foster, Phil Malach
Absent: Tony Robinson, Fr. Bill McKenzie
Guests: Dana Hogan, DRE and Tony Hartman
Meeting was called to order at 6:32 PM. Fr. Bill McNeeley offered the opening prayer.
Minutes from the August meeting were reviewed. The motion
to accept was made by Carl. Phil seconded. The minutes were
accepted by voice vote.
Introductions:
Dana Hogan was introduced as the new DRE. She has a long
history of Catholic education, including some experience as an
assistant principal. She gave a brief report. (See
attached)
Old Business:
Election of new council members was discussed. Clint reviewed the
current bylaws which call for a nominating committee of no more than 2
council members with 2 other parishioners. It was moved
by Velma and seconded by Martha that the nominating
committee be formed and elections happen on the second weekend of
November, as outlined in the bylaws. Carl and Barbara will
represent the council. Keith Feltz and Louise Thompson were
suggested to complete the committee. Clint will follow-up.
Committee Reports:
CYO: Luis reported on events within the
CYO. CYO gatherings started Sept 7. Stress in HS was
a topic early this session and Fr. McNeeley presented “Parts of the
Mass” with the new changes. Apologetics will be the theme of the CYO
this year. A parent meeting highlighted the CYO event
schedule and Virtus training. Upcoming events include: ACYC
(Alcoa Catholic Youth Conference), 40 Days for Life at the Concord
abortion clinic prayer vigil. Pancake breakfast for Haiti and
Trunk or Treat events both on Oct 30th. Awards given during the
Youth Day were: The Discipleship to Luis, Light of the World to
Andy Schneider, and Companion of the Journey to Beth Parsons.
Family Life:
Quilters group is providing a quilt to raffle for funds to pay off the
church. The Mom’s group is still interested in having the
playground phase 2 and 3 completed. However, they are not
focusing their efforts on that project at this time. Mary discussed the
Trunk and Treat set for Sunday October 30 from 4 to 7:30
PM. She will need help with decorating on
Saturday the 29th starting at 9:30 AM, Sunday set up at 1 PM and
clean-up. CYO will assist. Sign-up sheets will be posted in
the narthex. The nursery is no longer available during Sunday
Masses. There are no Virtus-trained adults available to
provide supervision.
Education:
See Attached. The foyer into the Fatima Center has had some
improvements. The placement of OLOF statues and Our Lady of
Guadalupe is under discussion.
Worship and Spiritual Life:
Barbara reported there has been no new activity since the Scott Hahn
event. Feedback from the parishioners is being sought through a
survey. The chairpersons from the major parish committees will be
polled regarding their preference for retreats, devotions, speakers or
topics for small study groups.
Liturgy Committee:
Barbara reported on the Healing service on Monday, October 24th at the
8AM Mass. There will be a first-class relic available at
the service. A Novena to St. Anthony Claret is a part of the
healing prayers. Roman Missal translation is ongoing.
At the All Souls Day Mass parishioners, who have lost someone in the
last year, will be asked to be part of the Mass.
Social Action:
Martha reported that the parish Prolife Group is sponsoring a table at
the Right to Life dinner in Knoxville. There is one ticket left
at a cost of $50. 40 days for Life is underway at Concord
Street Abortion Clinic, OLOF is responsible for 3 days (7 AM to 7 PM)
and we are in need of more volunteers. St Joseph Workers has
steady flow of calls for needs and helpers. Joe Schmitz needs a
backup organizer. He has green forms in the hall for
treasures to donate or needs for specific items. Martha expressed
a concern about confidentiality of those requesting help. Martha
continues investigate the thrift store idea. Ladies of
Charity versus St. Vincent DePaul was a point of
discussion. She was referred to Fr. McKenzie after further
information is gathered. The Good Neighbors program
is having their annual progressive dinner with OLOF responsible for
desserts. The event will be November 6 at 1:15PM with a
possible attendance of 250. Tickets are $25
each. A fundraiser coupon idea was tabled for this
time. Haiti fundraising will involve the Confirmation
class who will be helping with a raffle on November 12th.
The breakfast on Oct 30th is still planned for the Haiti effort as
well. Family Promise OLOF week is Oct 24th. All
arrangements are in place. Family Promise is also hosting a
Pastor’s breakfast on Oct 18, a commitment from OLOF is
pending.
Parish Life:
Dennis reported on the welcome packet and plans to begin first Sunday
of Nov. He showed a small directional sign to draw new
members in the narthex space. All weekend Masses need
coverage. It was suggested that the ushers be informed in the
event they are approached by newcomers. Additional
volunteers are needed to cover. Coffee and donut Sundays
are an opportunity to get others to join this effort. Council
members were reminded to wear the Council name tags.
Communication:
Claudia gave a history of the communication committee efforts.
Email addresses and phone numbers were updated in the parish
database. The ability to send an email to a selected group
is built into the system. It was recommended that interaction
between groups would be better facilitated if all the groups knew the
heads of the rest of the groups. The website has also
improved information flow to all the parishioners. Multiple
positive comments have been given for the bulletin.
Administration:
The Pavilion will have more sidewalks and a ceiling with lights
soon. Church roof repair is completed. The kitchen
and pantry is now locked. Mary will check out the key with a
checklist of materials. The hidden culvert with a sharp edge has
been painted bright orange and a protective covering is planned.
The ladies restroom light in the church was repaired.
New Business: The Council is signed up for church cleaning Oct 22 and December 10.
Pastor’s Notes:
No new issues to
report.
Fr. McNeely closed the meeting with prayer.
Director of Religious Education
Parish Pastoral Council Monthly Report
October 2011
• As of October 10, Pre-K through Grade 8 enrollment
is 221 students. There are a total of 15 classes and 31
catechists:
• Class sizes range from 13 students in kindergarten to 33 students in the sixth grade;
• During the current CCD year, 30 second graders and 21 eighth graders are completing sacramental prep;
• Due the school district’s fall break, class did not
meet the weeks of Oct 2 and 9. They will resume on Sunday,
October 16;
• To get acquainted with the catechists, the DRE has
scheduled a meeting. Catechists may choose from two sessions:
Wednesday, October 12 at 6 PM or Sunday, October 16 at noon.
• During October, the CCD and CYO programs will be
presenting the diocesan “Keeping Kids Safe” program during regular
class meeting times on Sunday, October 23 and Wednesday, October 26;
• The Confirmation workshop of eighth graders, their
parents and sponsors will be held at the Fatima Center on Saturday,
October 22 from 10 AM – 2 PM.
Respectfully submitted by Dana Hogan, DRE
October 10, 2011
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
September 2011
The meeting was cancelled. There are not minutes.
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
August 16, 2011
Present: Martha
Green, Clint Woodfin, Mary Burkhardt, Luis Ramos, Fr. Bill McKenzie,
Fr. Bill McNeeley, Dennis Ryneic, Claudia Huddleston, Carl Muse,
Absent: Velma Burke, Barbara Foster, Tony Robinson
Meeting was called to order at 6:35 PM by Clint. Fr. Bill McKenzie gave the opening prayer.
Minutes from the July meeting were reviewed. A motion to
accept was made by Claudia with a second by Dennis. The minutes
were accepted by voice vote.
Old Business: Election of new council members was
discussed. Four replacements are needed. Carl Muse,
Kathy and Claudia will run for election later this
month. Nominations are still open and Tony Hartman will create
the ballot. Fr. McKenzie noted that in the future a roster of
candidates must be submitted to the Pastor before the ballot is
created. The roof work will begin on the 22nd. One-Call
system has been set up for the Council by Mary Burkhardt. The
meeting will be set again on the second Tuesday.
Committee Reports:
Family Life:
Mary discussed the Trunk and Treat celebration set for Sunday October
30 within the Fatima Center around 4 to 7:30
PM.
CYO: Luis reported on events within the
CYO. Facebook page is well underway. Questions to the
Priest are being included. Update of permission slips from
the Diocese will now include permission for pictures to be
published. Upcoming events will be: Board game night,
coffee karaoke and luau night. Diocesan World Youth Day camp,
Sept 10 is the Diocesan Youth Mass and celebration. First
night of CYO is Sept 2nd. Apologetics will be the theme of the
CYO this year. Also look at the changes to the Roman
Missal.
Education: CCD registration is underway. Fr. McKenzie is heading up a team for a new DRE selection.
Worship and Spiritual: Clint read a report of the Scott
Hahn event from Angie Feltz. (See Attached). In addition
there is interest in promoting the Eucharist Adoration and the
traveling St. Mary’s statue. They hope to prepare a survey for
the CCD open house. They want to get input from parishioners for
upcoming Spiritual Life activities.
Liturgy Committee: Clint submitted a report from
Barbara. There is a plan to have a 7PM Mass on All Souls Day with
a special invitation to all parishioners who lost some one within the
last year. Also have planned with Father on how to
best implement the changes in the Roman Missal planned for
Advent. Father clarified that there are no changes in
the Mass, only a new translation in certain parts of the Mass.
The number of workbooks for lectors is questioned, since some are not
being used. Father will discuss the quantity with the
lectors. Specific changes were then listed for all the lectors
and Eucharistic ministers.
Social Action: Fr. McNeely accompanied Martha to 4
local service offices and she received positive feedback from several
people as a result. Respect Life Group is assisting with a
fund raiser at Sevier Heights Baptist Church on August 18.
Fr. McKenzie will lead the opening prayer. St. Josephs Helpers is
gaining momentum. Currently there have been 277 people offering
assistance and 13 requests for help. Joe Szmidt continues
to lead the group. Fr. McNeely requested a parish policy on
visits to individual homes. Fr. McKenzie stated all visits must
be done by 2 people for safety reasons. The exception is
when the Eucharistic Ministers are providing Holy
Communion. Family Promise OLOF week in July
went well. There is a suggestion that we become a Host church
instead of Support. As it stands, during our week to support the
people stay at St. Paul Lutheran church. Pete O’Neil is the
program chair and does not feel our Fatima center is conducive to
hosting at this time. We may be asked to increase our volunteer
hours during the commitment. The question of Diocesan
support was discussed. At this time the Diocese is firm that we
be only a support church. Fr. Wilfranc, from Haiti was
grateful to the parish for the financial support. The new pastor
for our school in Haiti is Fr. Phito Gilles. K of C is doing a
breakfast Oct 30th. The Confirmation class will be helping with a
raffle. The raffle is a quilt made by Delores Maglione and
blanket chest made by Richard Harbison. The goal is to raise
$4000 for a village water filtration system. This is
important to prevent cholera. The Souders made a trip to
Haiti to teach how to make soap. Habitat for Humanity is
beginning a Faith Relations Committee. They want a priest from
our parish to attend the monthly meeting and promote their efforts in
our parish. Martha then suggested some ways the parish
could raise extra dollars to help support more social action within the
county. A thrift store, owned and operated by a local church
clears $30,000 a year. Gift cards similar to the Kroger and Food
City cards, sold by the K of C, are available from thousands of
companies includingTarget, Walmart, and area
restaurants. An on-line company “Great Lakes Scrips”
projected that the church could earn $11 per family per week from these
cards.
Parish Life: Dennis reported on the welcome packet
and plans to begin ASAP. Narthex space and volunteers to man a
table is recommended. Also discussed was the process of
welcoming through use of a lapel button that says “If you are new, tell
me.” Father would also like to make a verbal
welcoming during the Mass one weekend a month. Other
suggestions were to have new comers recognized by either the person who
does the announcements at the beginning of Mass or the greeting before
Mass. Decisions were tabled for the next meeting. In
addition, September 17 is the Parish welcome for the Priests.
Communication: Claudia reported that the parish office
secretary needs the contact numbers for future council meetings.
Website is under construction. Corrections were made to the
Council roster.
Administration: Church roof repair is coming up
soon. There was an injury by a CYO member last week on a nearly
hidden culvert that has a sharp edge. Repairs are needed.
Tony Hartman will be informed. The Ladies restroom light is
flickering was reported by a parishioner with a concern about her
daughter’s epilepsy. Other structural/maintenance issues were
discussed.
New Business:
September 17 is the Parish welcome for the Priests.
In the spirit of helping persons through the current tough times,
Martha suggested a singles group to be supported by the parish.
An exercise class that is free was also recommended. Father
noted that Blount County Senior Citizens Services provides some of
these types of offerings.
Pastor’s Notes: Both the priests were encouraged by the transition with the parish. No new issues to report.
Fr. McNeely closed the meeting with prayer.
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Our Lady of Fatima
Parish Council Meeting
May 10, 2011
Present: Greg Ward, Steve Kintzele,
Mary Burkhardt, Velma Burke, Martha Green, Claudia
Huddleston, Clint Woodfin, James Haug,
Dennis Ryneic, Carl Muse, Fr. Bede
Absent: Barbara Foster, Phil Malach, Tony
Robinson
Guest: Tony Hartman, Tom Witt
Meeting was called to order at 6:36 PM by Greg. Fr. Bede offered an
opening prayer.
Minutes from the March meeting were reviewed. Minor changes were made. The motion to accept was made by Clint with
a second by Mary. The minutes were
accepted by voice vote.
Old Business: Tom Witt reported on the ALDI agreement specifics. See Attached map and table. The outcome of the agreement
netted the parish approximately $77,000 in benefits. He also reported good results on
the electric expense management with a reduction especially noted in
March. Negotiations, with several
parties, on the roof repairs are expected later this week. Tom also reminded the council that the
budget process is beginning soon.
All committee chairs need to complete and return budget requests promptly.
Committee Reports:
CYO: James Haug reported that CYO will formally end for the summer on
the 18th of May. All the
local High School graduates will be recognized at the 8:30 Sunday Mass on the
15th. The
recycling program has been well received and executed. James successor to the council has not
yet been appointed.
Family Life: Mary
Burkhart reported on the changes to the bulletin. The first edition of the new format was
considered a success. Mary asked
that all groups contribute information regularly. CCW contributed $500 to the
Mothers Group for Phase One of the playground. There is only $300 remaining to finish
this phase. Discussion followed regarding
the clothing donations which are overflowing the container provided. Mary will get with the Mother’s group to
keep the area cleared. Assistance from the CYO had been
suggested.
Education: Claudia Huddleston reminded the Council that
Confirmation is Saturday, May 14 at the 5:00 Mass.
Worship and Spiritual: Steve Kintzele
discussed the travelling Fatima statue schedule, there are several
openings. The Scott Haun event in July has sold more than 318 tickets to date. OLOF accounts for 55% of the
tickets. Proceeds exceed $4000 to
date. At this point the expenditures are
covered. Any profit will be used
for future spiritual life events. The
committee and sub committees are preparing to feed the crowd with a catered
lunch and snacks between talks. Greg requested a complete list of
committee chairs and participants in order to formally recognize their
efforts. Finally Steve noted that
the council has another cleaning date on Saturday, June 4th.
Social Action: Martha Green noted that the OLOF Family Promise week went
well. A mentoring program, for
families who have graduated, is being planned. Martha will bring additional details to
the next meeting. The Haiti
Outreach committee shipped 81 boxes including 4 bikes, diesel generator, water
purification system and Collette Souder’s soap materials. The Rocking chair fundraiser brought in
more than $2500. The Good Neighbors
fundraiser entitled “Lean on Me” netted $7200. Thanks to Joe Szmidt
who organized and emceed the event.
Other active groups within the parish include the MEV group (aka “Right
to Life”), who have raised funds with bread sales and now the baby bottle
program available in the narthex.
Martha then listed multiple comments from the wider Blount Co. community
about OLOF parishioner’s work.
Agencies with OLOF volunteers include Community Food Connection, Global
Women’s work day, Good Neighbors, Trinity Dental, local nursing home
visitors.
Parish Life: Dennis Ryneic commented that the Lenten meals seem to go
well. He raised the issue of the
welcome committee and pamphlets.
Fr. Bede noted that there is a brochure available. Greg expressed a concern that space in
the narthex is limited due to the many rows of chairs in the “Cry area”. It was noted that this area
is being used by individuals without children. Efforts will be made to reorganize the
narthex to allow for a Welcome table. Claudia recommended an Email
welcome as well. It was suggested that any Welcome table
effort include the ushers since most newcomers approach them first.
Communication: Claudia
Huddleston and Clint Woodfin reported that the
website is undergoing significant change to allow time-sensitive and up-to-date
information to be entered by each ministries chair or designated
representative. Policy and
procedures for posted information will be established to assure
appropriateness. Greg Ward (not the
council chair) is instrumental in making the website user-friendly. Thanks were expressed for all the efforts
of Roy Ehman to maintain the website since its
beginning. Attention to the hall
bulletin boards will happen next.
Administration: Carl
Muse reported on the Knights efforts to raise money at the recent Townsend “Old
Settlers Days and BBQ. A total of
$2500 was brought in.
Greg noted that Parish council nominations are currently being
sought. The elections will
occur in June. Bios and pictures
are needed by the end of May. Four replacements are needed to maintain
a 12-member council. Greg also
asked to have the council president vote in June, since he will be completing
his term this year.
Pastor’s Comments: Seminarian collection yielded approximately $3000. Fr. Bede requested a letter of
commendation from the council to Tom Witt for all his efforts on behalf of the
parish. OLOF will have seminarian
Arthur Torres in residence for the next few months. A music ministry director position has
been awarded to Will Thomas, with a start date of 6-1-11. He will hold the organist position as
well after Jonathan Ziegler leaves later this year. The Pastor/Parish secretary position has
not yet been filled. Dottie
O’Neal is filling in temporarily.
Fr. Bede offered a closing prayer and blessing.
The meeting ended at 8:40PM.
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
March 8, 2011
Attendance:
Fr. Bede, Greg Ward, Steve Kintzele, Mary Burkhart, Martha Green,
Phil Malach, Claudia Huddleston, Clint Woodfin, Barbara Foster,
Velma Burke, Dennis Ryniec, Carl Muse, Tony Richardson
Absent: James
Haug
Guest: Tony
Hartman, Fr Shelton
Meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Greg. Fr. Bede led the
Council in an opening Prayer.
The minutes for February were reviewed. A motion was made by Phil to
accept the minutes and Carl seconded the motion. The council, by voice
vote, accepted the minutes.
Old Business:
Dolores Maglione discussed the One Call System which has been used in a
limited amount, it is now in full use and Dolores gave the information
on how to use it to the council. It will also be given to the other
parish ministry groups.
Velma will be taking over the secretary job from Steve beginning with
the next meeting.
Barbara passed out the remaining Parish Council name tags to the
members of the council.
Committee Reports:
CYO: No Report
Family Life:
The fabric has been bought and sown for all the statues, so that they
will be covered the 5th week of Lent. There is only one that still has
to be done and that one is at the entrance of the Fatima Center. Mary
asked Fr. Bede about its use on Good Friday. The new bulletin is just
about ready, still need to check with Louise. The Mom’s Group
will be having their Easter egg hunt on Saturday, and it will be an
Easter Celebration with lots of things to do for the kids. They will
have a bake sale to raise money for the playground equipment. They
still need $3,000.00 to install the 1st phase of the playground
equipment. If anyone has an idea on how to raise money please get
with Liz.
Education:
The door going down to the basement classroom will start to be locked
when classes are not being held. Kids are being dropped off and are
going downstairs without supervision. They are proceeding with changing
the entrance of Fatima Center; they will be painting a mural on the
wall.
Worship and Spiritual Life:
Ash Wednesday masses will be 8:00am, noon, and 7:00 bilingual. Stations
of the Cross will begin on Friday along with the Lenten Meal. Holy Week
Masses will be the same on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be
one mass, bilingual, on Holy Thursday at 7:00PM. Good Friday service
will be at 7:00PM, Holy Saturday Easter Vigil mass will start at 8:30,
sundown, it will be bilingual. Easter Masses will be at 8:00, 11:00 and
1:00PM. 1st Communion will be on May 1st. The crowning of Mary will be
held on May 8th after the 8:30 Mass, weather permitting. Confirmation
will be on May 14th, with Bishop Sitka presiding, at 5:00PM. Our Lady
of Fatima feast day is Friday May 13th; there will be an 8:00am and
7:00pm mass. The 7:00pm mass will be bilingual.
Fr. Simon will be here April 9th thru the 15th, for our Parish Mission.
Tickets are on sale for the Scott Hahn Event.
Social Action:
Haiti Committee has reported that FR. Wilfranc has asked for a
Monstrance and one of the members committee will purchase one for him.
FR. Wilfranc will be in Virginia in April. They will be boxing up
they supplies for Haiti. Habitat for Humanity is moving and Martha is
going to check and see if they have any left over stuff that we could
send to Haiti. The Souder’s will be going to Haiti to teach them how to
make soap, so that they can make the soap and sell it.
Good Neighbors had an article in the Daily Times which was caught by a
TV station and they also did a piece on them. The result of this they
have received over $15,000.00 in donations. The homeless situation in
Blount County is approximately 70; there are 30 of these that have no
car or much of anything.
Parish Life:
Dennis reported that the dates have been set with the ministries. He
reported what several churches do in our area to get information to new
members. They have committees that get back to the new people within 24
hours. Info was passed around to the council members to view. Once we
are set up there will be an announcement made every weekend to inform
people who would like to join our parish.
Communication:
There was a discussion about the messaging system needing updating; it
is still giving information about Christmas. Also the web site also
needs to be checked for correct info.
Administration:
The pavilion is moving along, they are deciding what to use on the
overhang and end caps. They have cut a ditch along the edge of the pad,
with the heavy rain the water is coming onto the pad. Carl and Phil
will inform the workers. The K of C are looking into what
types of tables are going to go in the pavilion; they are going to give
several suggestions to Fr. Bede. They are still deciding what course to
follow in fixing all of the roof leaks; Tom Witt is taking the lead.
There will be a double row of trees between the pavilion and the road,
Tom Witt is in communication with the city. The parish council election
was brought up, need candidates.
New Business:
Fr. Shelton gave a report on his presentation of Priest and Parish: he
had 18 sessions; there was a slow response from the ministry groups. He
scheduled 8 groups. He had several recommendations:
1-The office could maintain an updated list of contact people for
the ministries.
2- All parish groups make a monthly report to the RRC.
FR Shelton will start his Lenten Reflections on Thursday 3-10-11;
it will be on the Church and the Sacred Scriptures. (“Between”).
Velma will be taking over as the recording secretary.
Juan and Martha were talking about a “Cinco de Mayo” party for the
parish with the help of the Hospitality Group. Martha will get
back with Juan.
Fr Bede talked about the new liturgy that will be starting the
first week of Advent. It will be new for the priest also. It will be
done all at the same time it will not be piece meal. The new liturgies
will more closely follow the Latin prayers.
There was a discussion about the policy about the use of the church and
what type payment should be made. The Administration committee will
look back at the policy.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:34.
Fr. Shelton led the council in the closing prayer; he then blessed the
council members.
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Our Lady of Fatima
Parish Council Meeting
February 8, 2011
Attendance: Greg Ward,
Steve Kintzele, Mary Burkhart, Martha Green, Phil Malach, Claudia
Huddleston, Clint Woodfin, Barbara Foster, James Haug, Velma Burke,
Dennis Ryniec, Carl Muse
Absent: Fr. Bede, Tony
Richardson
Guest: Tony Hartman
Meeting was called to order at 6:30 by Greg. Greg led the Council in an
opening Prayer.
The minutes for January were reviewed. A motion was made by Phil to
accept the minutes and Velma seconded the motion. The council, by voice
vote, accepted the minutes.
Old Business: The Parish
Retreat will be in April instead of March.
The name of Scott Haun has been misspelled in the past minutes, Steve
will update the last several months of minutes.
There are questions about the electronic Faith Giving site, where is it
located on our web site. Also there was a question of whether it was a
lump sum at the beginning of the month or if it can it be done weekly.
A question was asked if we still had the copper wire from the old
911 center and had it been stripped; it is still in the rectory.
Name tags, for the council, were brought up. Barbara will get the names
tags.
The lights outside the narthex are now working. They also leveled out
the hill, by Louisville Road.
They are still talking to the shingle company about the bad shingles.
Tom Witt is still working on this.
Committee Reports:
CYO—No CYO meeting was
held during January because of the weather. The annual spaghetti
dinner/auction was held last Saturday, it was well attended and the
auction went very well. The big item was a TV set which had a lot of
action. They are working on a project to recycle in the parish.
Family Life: No
Report. Mary is still working on the new bulletin.
Education: Joyce held a
reconciliation workshop to begin preparation for the 2nd grade class on
January 29th. 1st reconciliation will be held on Feb 26th. Joyce asked
about the Lenten meals, Dennis will contact her and they may work with
the CYO. There will be teachers’ in-services for Lent on Feb. 20 and
23. They are still working on the mural at the entrance of the Fatima
Center, where the Coke machine used to be.
Worship and Spiritual Life:
There was no Liturgy meeting since December; the next one is scheduled
for the end of February.
Spiritual Life is moving along with the Scott Haun visit in July.
Tickets will be going on sale in the parish shortly. Two tickets were
given to the CYO for their auction. We are now looking at where we will
be getting the box lunches. Tickets will be going on sale for people
outside the parish at the end of March.
The Parish Retreat will be on April 8th thru April 15th.
Social Action:
Family Promise had a great week. They received $20,000.00 from area
churches. A family donated over 30 children’s books. They have two new
board members and a new intern. Marriott Business services brought us
$700-800 in needed supplies (diapers, wipes, laundry detergent, toilet
paper, etc.)
Good neighbors had 698 phone calls come in and volunteers for the month
numbered 295 hours. That represents a very large amount of
volunteering for just one group.
There is a homeless coalition forming in Blount County to address
the situation. The Salvation Army, over Christmas, raised $70,000.00 in
Blount County.
The Haiti committee, sea container, is coming up April 1st thru the
15th; more info will be forthcoming. Father Wilfranc did get another
parish to be the sister parish of his new parish. They are still
working on the Cholera situation by looking into a water system.
BCEAC luncheon will here on June 28th 11:30 to 1:00. Martha will get
them the info about Scott Haun coming here in July.
Parish Life: Dennis has
the groups set for the Lenten meals with the Parish Council starting it
off on March 11th.
Communication:
They will be taking over the communication with the East
Tennessee Catholic, to get info in the paper about Our Lady of Fatima.
Clint has been looking at the web site to see what needs to be updated.
Clint asked if the Council members would be OK having their picture
taken and having it placed in the Narthex someplace so people know who
is on the council.
Administration:
Tony will be out of town for a couple of weeks. Phil is going to get
with Jack Henson about the gulley between the two sidewalks, by the new
pavilion, to see what can be done to level or redirect this area. The
dumpster has been moved to behind the Fatima Center, by the A/C units.
They will have to keep an eye on it this summer to make sure that the
asphalt is thick enough to hold the truck up.
There will be a gate installed by the entrance, on the right side of
the rectory, which we will be able to open and close. They are also
looking into putting up signs saying Our Lady of Fatima Parking only.
They are looking for some one to take over the kitchen duties, as well
as ordering supplies.
New Business: James
made a suggestion that we have a way to get the parishioners to write
letters in favor of our priests and then forward them to the bishop. We
know that there are people who like the way they are providing for our
parish. The way to do this was discussed and will be discussed later.
Steve announced that he would be resigning as the secretary for health
reasons and is not sure how much time this problem is going to
take up. He will do the February minutes and then hand it off to
someone else. He will finish his term doing the worship and spiritual
life until the next election.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15.
The council members went to the Adoration Chapel to pray a
closing prayer on their own.
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Our
Lady of Fatima
Parish Council Meeting
January
11, 2011
Attendance:
Greg Ward, Steve Kintzele, Mary Burkhart, Martha Green,
Phil Malach, Claudia Huddleston, Clint Woodfin, Barbara Foster, Fr. Bede
Absent:
James Haug, Velma Burke, Tony Richardson, Dennis Ryniec, Carl
Muse
Meeting
was called to order at 6:32
Greg
Ward led the members in an opening prayer.
The minutes for
November were
reviewed. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Clint Woodfin and
seconded
by Phil Malach. The motion to accept was made by a voice vote and the
minutes
were accepted.
The
next date
for the Parish
Council to clean the church is February 12th.
Old
Business: Name tags for council members were brought up. Tony
was to check on it and he was not at the meeting.
Committee
Reports
Family
Life: Mary presented to the council a new outline for our
bulletin. It will be more concise and laid out in an orderly fashion.
It will
also have a new front cover that features Our Lady of Fatima and the
church.
The Mom’s group
has received the
phase one items for the playground. They are looking for people to
donate money
for certain sections, either by individuals or groups. The play ground
will be
located by the new pavilion. They are also looking for people to assist
in
assembling it to reduce the cost.
CYO:
No Report
Administration:
Phil advised the council of the meeting that was
held about the problem with the roof and the leaks. All the contractors
involved with the building of the church and parish administration
group have
met and we are looking at our options. Tom Witt has sent an email to
the
manufacturer of the shingles and is waiting for a reply.
The lights that
are underneath
the canopy in the front of the church are not working.
Phil is going
to talk to the
people grading the area by the road to see if they will lower the
ridge, so
that the view is clearer to the left as you leave the parking lot.
Education: There was a problem with the
notification of classes
being canceled during the snow storm; they are working to resolve the
problem.
The biggest problem was the time frame that they had in which to notify
parents.
Worship
and Spiritual Life: The Liturgy committee had a short
meeting in November to finalize the Christmas season liturgy.
Spiritual Life
had a meeting last
Tuesday and will meet on the first Tuesday of the month. We talked
about the
Scott Haun visit; we have a contract so everything can start moving
ahead full
steam. We have just about all committee heads set and will begin
selling
tickets very shortly.
There
will be a
Parish Retreat on
March 8th thru March 15th; the retreat will focus
on the
Divine Mercy. Fr. Simon will be the presenter.
Social
Action: The Souder’s soap sale raised a little less than
$2,000.00 for Haiti. The Haiti group will meet next week.
A parishioner
has called Martha
and would like to know what our answer is to helping the homeless.
There was a lot
of discussion on
the topic, by the council. The legal problems that could arise are a
main
concern with doing more. We will still help Family Promise as much as
we can.
Parish
Life: No Report
Communication:
The email communications list is still being worked
by Claudia and Kathy; as soon as the lists are completed they will
start to
send out test communications to these groups.
Claudia and Fr.
Bede will meet
with Louise tomorrow about how they are going to send our news to the
East
Tennessee Catholic.
New
Business
A question was
raised about
having a new program that will follow Why Catholic. Nothing is
scheduled
through the Diocese.
The Friday
dinners during Lent
will be started again. It will be done by different groups; the Parish
Life
will be the head of this.
Fr Bede talked
to the council about
the Electronic Giving which we are starting here in the parish.
Christmas
giving was very small because of the inclement weather we had.
Fr. Bede said
the closing prayer
and blessed the council.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:57
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Our
Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
November
9, 2010
Attendance: Greg Ward, Steve
Kintzele, Mary Burkhart, Martha Green, Phil Malach, James Haug, Carl
Muse, Velma Burke, Tony Richardson, Claudia Huddleston, Dennis Ryniec,
Barbara Foster, Fr. Bede
Absent: Clint
Woodfin
Guests:
Tony Hartman,
Joe Szmidt
Meeting was
called to order at 6:30 Fr. Bede led the council in an
opening prayer.
The minutes for
September and October were reviewed and accepted by a voice vote of the
council members.
The next date
for the Parish Council to clean the church is December 11th.
Clint was
nominated and accepted to join the American INS of Court. The dinner
and recognition is tonight, so he will not be able to attend the
meeting.
There will
be no meeting in December.
Old Business: James brought up about
not being able to change info on the web site. He said that you can
change data on your screen, but it does not change the data on the web
site. It can only be changed by the Webmaster or someone that has the
password.
Names were
turned in, to Greg, for the Strategic Planning group. He will meet with
Fr. Bede.
Committee
Reports
CYO:
The CYO cleaned
the church on Nov 6th; they had 5 people show up. They are
having a fall retreat in Townsend this Sunday; it will be focusing on
self esteem and prayer. Beginning Nov 20th the youths will
be volunteering to be Lectors, Ushers, Choir members at the 5pm Mass on
Saturday night. They will be doing this on the 3rd Saturday
of every month. December 15th they will be having a potluck
dinner and gift exchange.
Administration: Carl mentioned that the
two plugs under the service window, are not working. The garbage
disposal switch is not working properly and needs to be checked out.
The handle for the hot water, on one of the sinks is missing. The work
is continuing on the pavilion. Someone reported the one of the
commodes is not working in the ladies restroom.
Family Life: Mary wanted to thank
everyone who helped with Trunk or Treat, it went very well. Over
100 people attended. There was, however, a problem with scheduling.
Mary had signed up to have the Social Hall Saturday and Sunday for
trunk or treat. The KOC had a pancake breakfast scheduled for Sunday
and the social hall had already been set up. So it had basically been
double booked.
Mary also
mentioned that when she went down stairs, with Joyce and Beth, to put
the Halloween stuff away that the lights were on. No one knew how long
they had been on. Mary asked if there could be a motion sensor switch
put in to turn the lights off and on. Tony Hartman said though there is
a plan to look at sensors, there was not one for this area. He said he
will also check on having them installed there, as well.
The CCW will be
having their bake/no bake sale this weekend after all the Masses.
Education: Joyce is very busy in the
Religious Ed Dept. They enjoyed helping and participating in the trunk
or treat event. Mary did a great job. This coming Sunday and next
Wednesday, there will be a catechists meeting to review Advent
preparation and activates. Joyce would love having someone step up and
help put together a Jesse tree presentation instead of just putting up
a tree in the narthex. Joyce does not have the time to take on any new
projects but wishes to make more of a connection with the parish and
thinks this would be a good way to do it. Perhaps a narrative about
what the Jesse tree stands for would be a start.
Joyce will be
on vacation from Nov 21st-November 30th. There will be no classes other
than on the 21st. There was some discussion about the second
entrance to the Fatima center being dirty and needing to be cleaned up.
Someone also asked about a coke machine being put back in that area.
Worship and
Spiritual Life: Advent begins on November
27th. Feast of the Immaculate Conception is on Wednesday Dec
8th, the Vigil Mass will be Tuesday Dec 7th at
6:00pm, Masses on Wednesday at 8:00am and 7:00pm bi-lingual. The feast
of Our Lady of Guadalupe is Saturday Dec 11th, at 7:30 the
regular Spanish mass. The penitential service will be Monday Dec 14th
at 7:00. Christmas Masses are scheduled for Friday (Christmas Eve)
6:30, children’s mass, 7:30 Spanish and 12:00am Midnight mass, with
carols starting at 11:30pm. Christmas Day mass are 8:30, 11:00, and
1:00pm all English. Sunday, Dec 26, there will be no vigil masses on
Saturday; the Masses will be at 8:30am 11:00am and 1:00pm Spanish. New
Years Day there will be just the regular 8:00 am Mass. January 2nd
Masses will go back to the regular schedule, including the Vigil Mass.
Spiritual Life
had their second meeting for the Scott Haun presentation on July 16th
2011. We are still waiting for a contract so that we can confirm that
he will be here. There will be a box lunch served. We are looking into
prices, so that we can keep the price of the ticket at $15.00.
Social
Action: Haiti
has had a cholera outbreak, Fr. Wilfranc is in need of chorine tablets,
so the committee is sending him $2,000.00, we can not send the tablets
not sure if they would get to him. Fr. Wilfranc is looking for a sister
parish to work with his new parish. The Souder’s will be having their
soap sale again after all masses December 11th with all the
proceeds going to Haiti.
Good Neighbors
had their progressive dinner and raised over $5,000.00 which is better
than last year.
Family Promise:
Our next scheduled week is the first week of January. They are planning
a rummage sale to help raise money. We have about 27 people involved in
this program.
Parish Life:
Dennis
is trying to reach the people in the different groups that fall under
parish life; it has been just causal conversation right now.
Communication:
Claudia
has about 50% of the emails. She is going to work with Kathy to try and
pull out the information of the organization in the parish to get more
emails. She will meet with Fr. Bede so that they can decide what groups
are to be included. She will then meet with the heads of these groups
for the emails address as needed.
Claudia brought
up an inconsistency of putting flyers into the bulletin. She was told
that there would be no charge and another person said that there was a
charge. She put the flyer in for 4 weeks; she was later told that there
would be a $7.00 charge for the flyers. She has looked at other
bulletins and was wondering if we could revamp ours so that we could
get information out without the added flyers. Fr. Bede has told the
office workers that only Diocesan and parish flyers that he has
approved will be put into the bulletin. This will take effect January 1st.
The telephone
communication update project is still being worked on.
Joe Szmidt
mentioned that there was so much “stuff” near the bulletin board by the
Nursery you could not get to the board to read it.
New Business: 2011 Parish Council
election, everyone needs to be thinking about it now. The elections
will be held in May. The people, who are chosen, should be asked in
January/ February to discern if they would like to be nominated, and
put up for election to the parish council. There will be 4 people
whose terms are ending in June.
There has been
a lot of discussion about why members have left and why. The number one
reason is that there is a lot of negativism that is taking away from
the mass. The second thing that was brought up was that only one
committee is doing all the work and they are getting burned out. It
seems that the fun, and the fellowship, is starting to erode. It seems
that the attendance at the Mass is going down. One past member said
that she went to a different church because of the “kissing and
hugging” at her new church; this church is not a Catholic church.
One of the
council members said that she visited her son’s church, in California,
and that there were 2 Parish Council Members, a greeter, and the priest
saying hi to everyone that came through the door. There was
discussion of going back to the Parish Council name tags and have them
start to greet people at the masses.
Tony Hartman
said that the he would like the parish council to clean the church on
Dec 11th. Tony asked for a person to be a point
contact for the parish council and nobody stepped up, so I, Steve said
I would be the contact person.
Fr. Bede gave
his comments about how he sees our parish moving forward and becoming
one parish. He would like to see the new people recognized when they
visit us. He likes the conversations that the parish council has and
the way we are trying to improve our parish. Fr Bede wants our parish
to have more of a spiritual meaning which will bring the fellowship of
the members. He is looking into bringing a priest here to present a
retreat for the parish at the beginning of Lent.
Bishop Stika’s
Twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination is coming up on Dec. 12th
at Scared Heart at 3:00pm.
Father also
spoke about the memorial bricks, and that they are starting to have a
lot of weeds and are sagging. Tony said that he would get with Sharon
Brothers and see what can be done. It was brought up that the brick
base may have to be redone to correct the bricks that are sagging. He
asked if the Blount County Ecumenical council could assist in the
prison ministry. Martha Green will talk with Fr. Bede. Fr. Bede asked
for assistance in shutting off lights if you are the last person in a
room, he knows that they are going to put sensors in the restrooms to
help with this situation.
Roof leaks: a
claim has been turned into Catholic Mutual Insurance. They sent an
engineer out to look at it; the engineer and the roofer walked the
whole length between the ceiling and roof. The engineer determined that
the roof was not constructed correctly. He or Father would write Merit
Construction to see what they say about coming out to fix it. The
roofer that went up with the engineer said he would do the job for
$85,000.00 that is putting on a whole new roof. It is a construction
problem, we could just patch it but we would get another leak some
where else.
Dennis will
look into a visitor table at the entrance of the church.
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:55pm
Fr. Bede led
the council in the closing prayer and final blessing.
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| Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council
Meeting October 12, 2010
Attendance: Greg Ward, Steve Kintzele, Mary Burkhart, Martha
Green, Clint Woodfin, James Haug, Carl Muse, Barbara Foster, Velma
Burke, Fr. Bede
Absent: Phil Malach, Dennis Ryniec, Tony Richardson, Claudia
Huddleston
Guest: Tony Hartman
Meeting was called to order at 6:33
Fr. Bede led the council in an opening prayer.
The September minutes were not presented, will be reviewed
next month.
Old Business: None
Committee Reports:
CYO—September 29th a parent meeting was held. We had a good
turnout with both parents and young adults. October 6th we did not meet
because of fall break. October 13th the CYO will go as a group to pray
at the 40 Days of Life. Father Shelton will give his presentation to
the group on October 20th. There are no plans for anything special for
much of November, just their regular meetings. They will hold a single
day retreat at the end of November, which will be held at Fatima. They
will not attend the Diocesan Retreat this year.
Family Life—Dolores said that they will be starting the one
call message system; they are getting a packet together. We will get a
60 day trial and anyone will be able to use it as long as they have
permission. The cost would be $1000.00 a year.
Trunk or Treat is coming along nicely; we have a lot of
volunteers.
The Quilting Group will be creating some quilts; they are
going to raffle them off to help reduce the debt of the parish.
Education—No Report
Worship and Spiritual Life—there was no meeting for the
Liturgy Committee. There will be a mass at 7:00 pm on November 2nd, for
All Souls Day. It will be bilingual.
Spiritual Life held a meeting, the main topic of which was the
Scott Haun Presentation. He will be here July 16th 2011. The next
meeting will be November 3rd, at this time we will start setting up
committees. The subject of child care was mentioned and the thought was
that this might be too big an obstacle. There was discussion by the
Parish Council about this subject. We are looking at a price of $10 to
$15. The traveling Mary has been repainted and the crown has been
fixed.
Social Action—the Haiti Committee has changed their name after
a lot of discussion and they finally decided on the Haiti Outreach
Committee. They recently sent another $2000.00 to Fr. Wilfranc, in
Haiti. They are saying a lot of masses for our parish as a thank you.
Family Promise had a large fund raiser, which raised $5000.00. We
recently had our week with families of Family Promises. The people who
were involved in this week had nothing but praises for our parish. The
people involved singled out two people from our parish. It was
suggested that thank you letters be sent to these people. Good
Neighbors progressive dinner is scheduled for November 7th. Tickets are
available, the price is $25.00. A parishioner asked Martha to bring up
to the Parish Council about setting up an organization to set up a
central job location for people who have job openings. That way people
who are looking for a job would know where to look.
Parish Life—no report
Communication—Claudia is still working on merging all the
information and it is getting very intense. Clint has been getting in
contact that has information technology experience so that we will not
have to pay for this. He has been in touch with two parishioners who
have this knowledge. He said while looking at our website he found a
roster that you could click on and was able to change the information
even though you weren’t that person and that was a big concern.
Administration—the site for our pavilion has been graded, it
looks like its ready for forms and to pour concrete. The steel
structure as been fabricated and there will be some welding on site.
Hospitality Group is going to have a story telling at the dinner on
November 8th. Tickets are now on sale. There is small electrical
problem on the island in the kitchen and it is going to be looked into.
New Business— Barbara was asked to bring up a light that is
out as you come into the door to Adoration Chapel. Tony said that it
has been fixed. There is a concern about the handicap door, on the
Fatima Center, is always locked. This door should unlock when ever the
Fatima Center is in operation. There was some confusion on exactly
which door, Barbara will get more information. The storage area, for
the table and chairs was locked. Tony said that the door should not be
locked and it was accidentally done. There is a key in the office to
unlock it. Greg talked about the parish 5 year debt reduction plan; the
Finance Committee is working on this, with Jim Link from the Diocese.
We are looking at setting up a strategic planning group, who will look
at things for the future. The council will think about who they think
would be a good fit to be on this group, which will then be submitted
to Fr. Bede.
The Mom’s Group will have a day of recollection on the 4th of
December. Father also mentioned that we need to get more spiritual
activities at the parish.
Bishop Sitka will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of his
Ordination on December 12th.
Fr. Bede led the council in a closing prayer.
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Our Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
September 14, 2010
Attendance:
Greg Ward, Steve Kintzele, Mary Burkhart, Martha
Green, Phil Malach, Clint Woodfin, James Haug, Carl Muse, Velma Burke,
Tony Richardson, Claudia Huddleston, Fr. Bede
Absent: Dennis Ryniec, Barbara
Foster
Meeting was called to order at 6:32.
Fr. Bede led the council in an
opening prayer.
The August minutes were reviewed and a
motion was made by Clint to accept the minutes and Mary seconded. The
council gave a unanimous approval by voice vote.
The
Parish Council next date to clean
the church is October
16.
Old Business: Greg passed out a copy
of an email about the minutes for the past months not being put in on a
timely manner. I, Steve, take full responsibility of this and will try
my best to improve the situation.
Committee Reports
Communication: Claudia talked
about the email address cards that had been filled out and turned in
from the Sunday masses. It was commented that this was probably the
best turn out in a long time. Claudia will merge the email address
cards into a data base.
It was brought up about the size of
our bulletin and the number of inserts that we have. The council was
told that the cost of the inserts is paid for by the organization that
want them put in the bulletin.
CYO: They had their first
meeting on August 25th. The main thing that they have been
working on is the carnival, for the CCD picnic.
The youth participated at the Diocesan Youth
Mass on September 11th. They represented our parish in a
very fine matter.
They have been working on the CYO room; it
will be used as a small prayer room.
CYO goes all year long but officially begins
on Sept 1st.
Family Life: The Mom’s group made
$1,600.00 this year on their sale, this compares to $400.00 last year.
They have approximately $14,000.00 for they playground project. There
are Trunk or Treat sign ups in the narthex. The Knights will take care
of the hot dogs. Mary will get with Louise about putting the
information in the bulletin and announcements after the masses.
Education: Joyce is busy preparing
for the start of the classes and the Kick Off event.
On Wednesday September 15th Joyce
will meet with the 8th grade (confirmation) students and
parents. They will take an assessment test to see how we are doing on
covering the material they should know at this juncture.
The first calls will be Sunday Sept. 19th
and Wednesday Sept. 22nd.
They will be tackling the mural project soon.
The Kick Off was a huge success, thanks to
Fr. Bede for being a good sport agreeing to be dunked.
Worship and Spiritual Life: Why
Catholic will have a kickoff next weekend, this is the 4th
year. The will begin on Sunday September 26th and go for 6
weeks.
There will be a meeting for new EMHC
tomorrow night, we have six new people.
There will be meetings for the lectors in
November, we will go over a few changes and pass out the new lector
books.
Spiritual Life met and talked about Scott
Haun coming to OLOF on July 16, 2010. We started the planning for this
project. We will need help putting this together.
Social Action: Martha found out some
information about the Legion of Mary. There is a brochure in the
Adoration Chapel.
Haiti committee is looking at ways to raise
money, they have things in the works but nothing is finalized.
Family Promise- our week will be the first
week of October.
Parish Life: No Report
Administration: The Knights held a
ground breaking for the pavilion, Monsignor Menkle, Fr. Bede, and Fr
John Orr where there.
We are storing the dirt, for Aldi’s, by the
white house, they will be doing the ground work for the Pavilion.
New Business: Nothing to add.
Fr. Bede reported that he had received a
letter form the Newcomer Group. He will be meeting with them to discuss
their concerns.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:14
Fr. Bede led the council in the closing
prayer.
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Our
Lady of Fatima Parish Council Meeting
August 10, 2010
Attendance:
Greg Ward, Steve Kintzele. Mary Burkhart, Martha Green, Phil Malach,
Dennis Ryniec, Clint Woodfin, James Haug, Carl Muse, Barbara Foster,
Velma Burke, Tony Richardson
Absent: Fr.
Bede, Claudia Huddleston
Guest:
Meeting was
called to order at 6:33.
Phil Malach led
the council in an opening in prayer.
The July
minutes were read, a motion was made by Martha to accept the minutes
and Phil seconded. the council gave a unanimous approval by a voice
vote.
Tony will
discern on which committee he would best fit in.
Velma will team
with Mary Burkhart as co-chairman of Family Life.
Committee
Reports
CYO—August
25th will be their first meeting. They are working on the
room just outside the social hall, which will be their meeting room.
Family Life-Mary
met with the Mom’s Group, they gave her some ideas for Trunk or Treat,
which she will put in an outline as she goes forward for the October 31st
Trunk or Treat night. She asked who she should contact from Knights
about the hot dogs, she was told to contact Dave Bender.
Education: Greg
attended the Teachers Inservice. Fr. Shelton presented “The Priest,
Pastor and Leader of the Parish Community”.
Worship and
Spiritually Life: The liturgy committee was given the presentation
from Fr. Shelton at the end of their monthly meeting. They are making
announcements at the masses to please return any borrowed books to the
Adoration chapel. They are about to complete cards, which will be given
to the local hotels that will have the directions and mass schedules
for Our Lady of Fatima.
Social
Actions: The second collection for Fr. Wilfranc totaled $8,300.00.
Two people came in on Monday and gave $3,000.00 and $1,000.00, for a
total of $12,300.00. The parish needs to be given a huge at-a-boy. The
regular green envelopes usually bring in $4,000.00 a month but this
month it was $6,000.00, which goes to the teachers salaries. There were
a lot of parishioners that offered to take Fr. Wilfranc out while he
was here. His English has greatly improved. There have been people who
have volunteered to go to Haiti next year. Marty Deschenes has stepped
up to head the Haiti Group.
Family Promise
has a new chairman, beginning in October the program is working well,
but it’s hard to keep a person in the leader position.
Good Neighbors
is having a Progressive Dinner November 7th, as of this time
they do not know which churches will be involved in the dinner.
Our parish will be selling tickets. There are programs that Martha
would like to see our parish gets involved in like Blount County
Housing Repair Collaborative which repairs things at homes of people
who need it. Another thing is helping people with transportation, to
doctor’s appointments, taking them to church, etc. The Angel Food
ministry is another thing that was suggested we get involved in.
Welcome table
is a program that gives a free dinner that is open to the public and
anybody can come to it. There used to be 7 churches that did this, now
New Providence has been going for two years now.
Parish Life:
No Report
Communication:
They are tossing around ideas about how to get the
communication improved in the parish. One idea is to get the email
addresses of our parishioners in order to contact them about things
that are happening in the parish. There will have to be, possibly
several groups to do this and they are still working on how to get it
off the ground.
Administration:
The Hospitality group finished the entrance to the Fatima
Center, mounting a picture and crucifix, also painted the area. The
steps were pressure washed. Knights of Columbus new flatware has been
washed and put in a bin and is stored in the pantry, which has been
locked. Tony had keys made, he (Tony), Carl, Louise, and Dottie Berry
each have a key to get in the pantry.
July 22nd
Carl, Phil, Tony and Louise have a meeting to talk about the charges
for the use of the facilities. If you use the Fatima Center for 20
hours or more a month you will be charged $50.00 for power bill.
Parishioners will be charged $150.00, non-parishioners $350.00. If you
are going to use the hall you need to set up on the same day. Last year
we had to pay out over $40,000 just for the Fatima Center. We get
charged for peak demand, which is the highest amount that is used and
it does not matter if it happened on the last day you pay for the whole
month. There was some discussion on charging for Baptism, Weddings and
other uses when people need a church. It was decided to wait for Fr.
Bede to discuss it more.
The meeting was
adjourned at 7:59.
The
council went to the Adoration to pray for our Priests, our Parish, and
their own intentions.
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