Saint Luke Catholic Church
1111 Beach Park Boulevard, Foster City, CA 94404
(650) 345-6660 . FAX: (650) 345-8167

Parish Council Minutes
Minutes of the meeting March 21, 2005

Members/Staff present: - Fr. Jack, Al Huber, Kevin Lucia, Paul Lucia, Mary True, George Arackaparambil, JoAnn Kozloski, Ngoc Anh Nguyen, John Sanchez

Following handouts were distributed by Al Huber : -

  • Minutes of the last meeting

  • Agenda for current meeting

Meeting began with Opening Prayer by JoAnn

This was followed by approval of minutes of the previous parish council meeting held on 21st February.

Updates on various committees were provided as below:

  • Finance (update from Fr.Jack on behalf of Gail) - The recent Crab Feed brought in $7000 ; this almost made up for the shortfall of $8000 in the 2004 Archdiocesan Annual Appeal.

  • Buildings & Grounds (update from Al) - Kitchen leaks fixed; Water heater in Sacresty replaced; Chapel door repaired; Drain in Sacrarium fixed; Lights by Mens room wired by Al; Classroom 3 has apparent roof leak - Al is looking into it, found crack and patched it, but that may not have done it - hard to tell with the flat roof ; Toilet running in chapel hall way, Al to take a look; Trees have been taken care of (some were taken down) - took 2 full days - Cost only half as much as quoted by Laurel;

  • (Thanks to John for taking notes on minutes up unto this point as I was late to the meeting)

  • Catholic Formation (update from Kevin) - Bible Study, Fathers plan completed ; Lenten Series - Parish Retreat Video on Thursday nights going well (20 - 30 people/night); Penitential service went well; Easter season to focus on the Eucharist in the next 6 weeks (as suggested by the Archdiocese); Holy hour planned and to be concluded with Benediction; Mike McDermott - Reunion Retreat to be delayed to Fall (because of the heavy schedule next month)

  • Parish Life (update from Fr. Jack) - Crab feed was a great success - it also brought in a lot of new volunteers ; Easter Egg (organized by Nancy) is on track for coming week; Potluck on Holy Thursday is also on Track (although Gail will not be available).

  • Public Affairs (update from Paul) - Vitae caring, March 11th presentation was very good.

  • Social Justice (update from John) - Added to above update - the presenter for Vitae Caring will be coming back to the area - so additional activities are possible.

Discuss Parish Goals for 2005

  • Discussed getting new members - suggested check with Gail on Crab feed volunteers as potential candidates.

  • Parish Directory idea from last month - Paul circulated samples from "Busson Portrait Directories" - an Ohio based company; Directory will take 4 months but the pictures will be ready sooner. (Other companies to consider :-Lifetouch (not impressive from last time) and Olan Mills; Al, Ngoc and John have offered to review proposals from Olan Mills and Busson - this is to be setup by Paul

Update on New Business by Paul

  • Paul played a video and CD depicting the work of Fr. Richard Ho Lung M.O.P (Missionaries of the Poor) in Jamaica. Question was if there was an opportunity to host a music performance by the Missionary Troupe as a fund raiser for them and as an activity for the Parish. Was put on the back burner to mull over - as most Mission Fund raisers are usually through the Missionary Cooperative.

Update on Donut Duty List

  • Suggestion was to add more Donuts - as they have been running out recently.

  • Donut duty signup sheet was circulated.

 

Al will do the Opening and Closing Prayer at the April meeting on April 18th, 2005.

Meeting was concluded with a closing Prayer by JoAnn.

(Minutes prepared by: - George Arackaparambil )