St.

Mary’s Pastoral Council

St. Mary’s Parish Office
April 6, 2011

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order by Mike Lanning

Moment of silence to reflect on the presence of the Lord.

Opening Prayer: Father Hummer

Roll Call:
Present: Mike Lanning, Mike Hirsch, Ken Kern, Kristen Dodd, Wendy Arth, Father Hummer, Chrissy Kessler,
Karen Leeth, Fritz Schafer, and Laura Corcoran

Excused: Pat Reed, Steve Burkhardt, Kathy Senff, Brian Jenkins, Ana Alcorn, Mary Greeno and Pat Laughlin

Absent: Mary Ginther

Recognition of Visitors: Joan D’Antoni

Spiritual Reading: Father Hummer read from a section of the Passion according to Mathew and a discussion
followed.

Reading of the Rule of Pastoral Council Constitution: Article X read by Mike Hirsch

Approval of March minutes: All was approved

Committee Reports:
Education committee: Bishop Flaget school is currently accepting applications for admission at all levels for
the next school year. We are very excited about the next school year; we are having many inquiries at various
levels from families looking for the best in education. The spring play will be held May 12th at 7PM. This
year’s musical will be “Seussical Jr.” a fun and exciting approach to Dr. Seuss. The dress rehearsal will be held
at 12:30PM on May 11th for anyone who does not like to drive at night or is unable to attend the May 12th
showing. The Track Team is competing this spring and is doing very well. We are probably going to see a few
more records broken this year! The junior high thanks everyone for their support of the fish fry. Our 7th and 8th
graders will be traveling to Chicago, after Easter for their class trip. We have completed our budget for next
year and have made some staffing changes to meet our changing needs. We continue to be thankful to the
parishes for your support, especially in the monthly envelopes, which we have used exclusively for tuition
assistance for families who are struggling to keep their children at Flaget.

Spiritual Life: No report

Social Concern: No report

Family Life: There will be no Coffee and Donuts during the month of April due to Lent.

We will hold a small reception on April 16th after the First Communion Mass in the Family Life Center.
Congratulations to those children as they join our parish to share in the body and blood of Christ.
We will host two receptions during Holy Week, Tuesday, April 19th & Wednesday, April 20th in the Family Life
Center. Light hors d’oeurves & beverages will be served, so please come over and join us.

If you would like to help with this or any event throughout the year please contact Karen Leeth. We would love
for you to share your time & talents with us.

Lazarus Committee: We had 3 funerals the month of March. The committee served luncheons for friends and
family of Pat Depugh, Eileen Boyle & Deacon George Lovensheimer. Pat Reed would like to thank all the
folks who provided extra dishes for these large gathering. If you would like to help or just provide a dish please
contact Pat Reed or myself. Food is always welcome.

Finance Council: Steve Burkhardt reported the monthly collections:

ST. MARY'S OFFERTORY

7/1/10 THROUGH 3/31/11

CUMULATIVE

OFFERTORY BUDGET DEFICIT DEFICIT

JULY 2010 $ 22,561 $ 27,200 $ (4,639) $ (4,639)
AUGUST $ 30,321 $ 27,200 $ 3,121 $ (1,518)
SEPTEMBER $ 21,628 $ 27,200 $ (5,572) $ (7,090)
OCTOBER $ 28,972 $ 27,200 $ 1,772 $ (5,318)
NOVEMBER $ 22,072 $ 27,200 $ (5,128) $ (10,446)
DECEMBER $ 29,796 $ 27,200 $ 2,596 $ (7,850)
JANUARY 2011 $ 26,472 $ 27,200 $ (728) $ (8,578)
FEBRUARY $ 22,816 $ 27,200 $ (4,384) $ (12,962)
MARCH $ 24,588 $ 27,200 $ (2,612) $ (15,574)
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
TOTALS $ 229,226 $ 244,800 $ (15, 574)

BEQUESTS:
In Memorium $ 2,400
BFS Class of 1960 $ 150
Knights of Columbus $ 2,772
John Grabb Estate $ 4,000

$ 9,322

The FLC floor is coming along nicely. A time table to start fundraising for renovations for the church is in the
works. We would like to start the renovations in the summer of 2012.

Pastor’s Report: Father Hummer discussed the Holy Week schedule. He also expressed his sorrow of the
many recent deaths. Father also discussed how best to implement the new liturgical changes to the parishioners.
Old Business: Ken Kern expressed a concern of electronic devices going off during Mass. It was approved to
announce before Mass to turn off all electronic devices.

New Business: Pastoral nomination committee is coming up after Easter.

Correspondence: The parish received a thank you from the Gregorian University Foundation for our gift.

Secret Collection for St. Vincent de Paul Society

Moment of Silence

Closing Prayer: Father Hummer

Next Meeting: Wednesday May 4, 2011

Respectfully submitted,
Wendy Arth