January 2016

Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church
Parish Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes

 
January 19, 2016
 
In attendance:
Karen Morgison        Lee McGrath
David Bernard          Joyce Fister-Daley
Erich Maul                Fr Dan Noll
John Tibe                 Bill Rood
Cora Mudd               Fr Miguel Alizures
Andrew Moore
  
Meeting opened at 7:01PM with an opening prayer provided by Cora Mudd.
 
Old Business:

• Andrew Moore provided a review of the changes to the proposed Goals and Objectives.
• Melissa Sloan was unable to be here.  Her report on School Goals and Objectives is tabled until next meeting.
• John Mitchell took photographs of those that needed photos for the bulletin board.
• Father Dan review of Goals and Objectives that were submitted to him
  • Father Dan will provide an updated G&O document to the PPC following final changes.

• Father Dan review of the Diocesan Mission Statement from the bishop.
  • The questions to the PPC are:
    • Does this adequately express what we want
  • To what extent does the average parishioner care about the diocese?
    • Responses from the PPC were that the average parishioner cares very little about the diocese.  Parishioners probably don’t know that we are a mission diocese or what the even means.  When a specific need is presented, the parish members step up to take care of it.  We need to find a way to make it known that other parishes need our help and support
  • The official PPC response to the 3 questions from the Bishop’s letter regarding the diocese mission statement:
    • Guided by the Holy Spirit, we witness to Christ's saving love as disciples and missionaries in the fifty counties of our mission Diocese.  As a Eucharistic people, we celebrate the sacraments, promote justice in word and deed, minister to the spiritual and material needs of all, and evangelize by sharing the Word of God and the teachings of the Catholic Church.
    • 1.  Does this adequately express what we want to be and how we wish to extend God's kingdom?
      • Yes
    • 2.  Is it something that laity of all ages, women and men religious as well as clergy can buy into?
      • No
        • Not completely, some may have problems with the wording or terminology used, specifically the use of justice instead of service.
        • Not everyone understands what it means to be a Eucharistic people.
        • Some Catholics have lost their understanding of what the Sacraments are.
        • Many Catholics don’t feel qualified to evangelize the Word of God due to a lack of catechesis.
    • 3.  Does it inspire and motivate?
      • No
        • This is just a sentence, not a motivational tool, although it does call us to a higher ideal.
        • Falling back to the terminology issue listed above, this may de-motivate some people.
        • Some think the mission statement is too long.

• Erich Maul will fill in as recorder for the time being.
• Father Dan asked the PPC to come up with a way to bring Hispanic leadership in concert with the PPC.
  • The PPC recommend doing a quarterly joint meeting with the Hispanic leadership, where we would start with community prayer, separate into two groups to discuss the agenda in each group’s native language, then gather back together to recap.
• Father Dan asked the PPC to look into the possibility of creating a dialogue on the divisive issues within the Catholic Church.
  • How do we create the conditions for dialogue?
  • Provide some feedback before the next meeting. 

The next meeting is February 23, 2016.

Submitted by Andrew Moore

posted 03/07/2016 jm