ST ALBERT THE GREAT NEWMAN PARISH
Pastoral Council Meeting August 14, 2018 at 6:30PM
SUMMARY NOTES
Present: Fr. Alex, P. Browne (Chairperson), H. Davis, R. Higgs,
C. Logan, A. Price
Absent: J.del Castillo, A. Doinquez, E. Paredes, E. Pfeifer
Overview: Paul called the meeting to order. R. Higgs provided the
prayer.
Richard moved that the Summary Notes in conjunction with the
July 17 meeting be approved; Anna seconded, Notes were
unanimously approved.
New Business:
1 ) Additional Sunday Mass- Fr. Alex reported that the Lectionary materials for the Spanish Mass have been ordered. These
include: Book of the Gospel, Lectionary for Sundays,
Lectionary for weekdays, and Lectionary for especial days
(feasts, Solemnities, etc.) He is working on identifying
musicians. He will announce on the 3rd Sunday in October that
the 8:30am Mass will start at 8:am.
2) “Add information to the Church Registration form that we need
additional Parish Council members, and provide a space for
them to sign up”- Paul offered this suggestion. Following
discussion it was agreed that we will revisit Council member
recruitment in the future.
Old Business:
1) Goals/Research Status- Hiram distributed a letter Fr. Alex
requesting the Pastoral Council, on behalf of the Finance
Council, to initiate a strategic planning process on behalf of the
church. He reported that following the July meeting he,
Elizabeth Marrufo and Sue Padilla met and discussed the
formation of a Core Strategic Planning Team (SPT) to initiate
the strategic planning process. He distributed a draft timeline
and the core members who have agreed to be a part of the team.
● Initial meeting has been scheduled for August 23rd
● Process to accomplished by the end of the year.
2) New Church Registration- Anna and Christine have continued
to work with Isabel regarding the registration process. They
distributed a revised/final copy of the St. Albert the Great
Newman Parish Registration Form. The Council endorsed the
form. In addition, the Council agreed to the proposed Bulletin
inserts, i.e. 1) “What does being a member of St. Albert
Newman Parish mean for you?” “Your Parish Need You!” and
two “2018 Parish Census.
● Anna begin signing up names to assist at Masses in
conjunction with the registration process. It was agreed that
we should work in pairs.
● She will send out the form with names and Mass times.
Next Meeting- Has been scheduled for September 5 at 6:30pm at the Bridge.