Saint Luke Catholic Church
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Parish Council Minutes
Minutes of the meeting February 21, 2005

Members/Staff present: - Al Huber, Kevin Lucia, Paul Lucia, JoAnn Kozloski, John Sanchez, George Arackaparambil.

Following handouts were distributed by Al Huber : -

  • Minutes of the last meeting
  • Agenda for current meeting

Meeting began with Opening Prayer by John Sanchez.

Al provided an update on Fr. Jack who was convalescing at St. Mary's Hospital.

This was followed by approval of minutes of the previous parish council meeting held on 19th January.

Updates on various committees were provided as below:

  • Finance (update from Gail -via George - as Gail was attending the Crab feed committee meeting) - $15000 in pledges received as of date towards Archbishop's Annual Appeal.

  • Buildings & Grounds (update from Al/Paul) - Davy trees were to come in and offer a bid - but no idea if they came in to do so - (Paul).

  • Catholic Formation (update from Kevin) - Video on Bible Study - "Fathers Plan" almost done. Mass and Book of Revelation being considered as next topics ; Fr. Jack (convalescing at St. Mary's) asked Al to have someone check with Mike McDevvit ?) if the follow up to the Parish Retreat for bringing members considering returning to the Catholic Church was on the calendar (for April 9th ? ) Kevin volunteered to check on this with Gail ; Cathechesis workshop at the Crowne Plaza (attended by Al, Kevin, Paul, JoAnn) was said to be great ; Archdiocese Leadership Training day on Saturday Feb 26, 2005 (copy was distributed by Al at the meeting). Flyer was received too late at the parish.

  • Parish Life - (no representative as Robin who represented the Parish Life committee is leaving the council because of a schedule conflict with a class she is attending). - Crab Feed was on target for March-5th ; Easter Egg Hunt this year being planned by Nancy (plans to have a separate area for different age groups) ; Al to ask Gail if somebody is going to organize the potluck as Gail cannot.

  • Public Affairs (update from Paul) - Islander is running a regular ad

  • Social Justice (update from John) - Vitae Caring to make a presentation at St Luke's on Friday night, March 11th. ; Date for the next "West Coast Walk for Life" set for Jan 21 st, 2006.

Discuss Parish Goals for 2005

  • John Sanchez suggested that we focus on staffing the Pastoral Council as an important goal (We are short 2 members as Robin and Bong have opted out). Al has asked for suggestions of new names to be sent to him - so he can run them by Fr. Jack - before the offers are made to the new individuals.
  • Other suggestions
  • Revisit the idea of making a Parish Registry Book.
  • Focus on our Mission statement.
  • Have a Lending library as a source of involvement.
  • Art improvements - should we consider statues of Mary/Joseph ?
  • JoAnn suggested gathering all Parish committees together one day to present/ discuss/brainstorm ideas for Parish Goals considered to date.

New Business

  • None

Donut Duty List

  • Already filled through Easter- new signups will be taken at next meeting.

Assignments for next time

  • Next Council meeting will be on March 21st.
  • JoAnn will do the opening and closing prayer

Meeting concluded with Closing prayer by John Sanchez.

(Minutes prepared by: - George Arackaparambil)