Saint Luke Catholic Church
1111 Beach Park Boulevard, Foster City, CA 94404
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Parish Council Minutes
Minutes of the meeting June 20, 2005

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

Following handouts were distributed by Al Huber : -

  • Agenda for current meeting
  • Note: Minutes for previous month were not presented - as George had missed the May meeting and no formal minutes were prepared. To be decided if we should collate notes from John and other members and approve May minutes in our next meeting.

- Meeting began with Opening Prayer by John Sanchez

- Updates on various committees were provided as below: -

  • Finance (update from Gail) - Annual appeal is at 55%; Escrip provides $200/month but needs more participation.

  • Buildings & Grounds (update from Al) - All toilet seats in women's bathroom replaced ; In process of getting bids for exterior painting; Roof still has a leak that would need fixing before the next rainy season.

  • Catholic Formation (update from Kevin) - Tuesday faith formation group currently viewing the Video Series on the Book of Revelation ; Suggestions for Future Topics were collected from participating members.

  • Parish Life - Parish retreat planned for Sept 17 (8:30am-3:30pm) - theme to be 'Springtime of Evangelization'; Parish Directory photo reservations will take place after masses in July for sittings in August and September ; Parish Picnic is slated for Sept 8th at 5:30pm.

  • Public Affairs and Social Justice - Vitae Caring - another program scheduled by the organizers for July 4th Weekend.

 

- New Business

  • Council recommends that the Parish Office get a Cable modem for efficient Web processing speeds. (DSL was not an option due to distance limitations of the parish office from the provider.)
  • Parish Web site was introduced by Al to members and feedback and suggestions were solicited.
  • Eagle scout, Adam Lee to build a shed for the Parish for which he will solicit funds from the parishioners.

 

- Donut Duty List

  • Was distributed by Kevin and filled in by members present.

- Assignments for next time

  • Opening/Closing prayer at next meeting on 7/18/05 (Kevin)

- Meeting adjourned with Closing Prayer by John Sanchez.

(Minutes prepared by: - George Arackaparambil - with help of notes collated from Al, Gail, Kevin and Paul - as my original notes were misplaced. Thanks!)