Holy Family Finance Council meeting: June 16, 2010
Present: Fr. Joe, Ron Hemberger, Jim Suda, Bonnie Lee
Absent: Lori DeLong
Budget for the year has been very close to actual cost. Next year’s budget will be about the same as this year. Fr. Joe will go ahead and finish it.
Discussion has been ongoing about getting a dishwasher for the kitchen. Ron Hemberger will look into the cost of getting a dishwasher installed.
The new outdoor sign and landscaping around the sign and church building has been done. It looks great!
Holy Family Parish Council meeting: June 16, 2010
Present: Fr. Joe, Ron Hemberger, Jim Suda, Joan Harrington, Bonnie Lee
Absent: Greg Vetter, Mary Gallagher, Lea Saga Leiser, Kathy Shulstad, Danette McCradie
Fr. Joe reported on the Diocesan Synod which ended on June 11th. The Synod discussions were fruitful and the final document was submitted to Bishop Hoeppner.
The 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal was approved by Rome. The diocese will be leading workshops and other information sessions on the new Missal for the next 18 months. The new translation is set to be implemented in the United States and other English speaking countries in Advent of 2011.
The Mass is not changing – the wording of some of the prayers and responses has been retranslated to more closely reflect the original text and the translation used in other languages.
Fr. Joe will provide for the cost of retreats for adults and youth in the parish budget for those who request financial assistance so they can attend a retreat. The parish will assist with the cost of any approved, Catholic retreat as we are able.
The Holy Family picture in the hospitality room was in storage at the Cathedral rectory and was given to us by Msgr. David Baumgartner.
Mass will be on Saturday evenings at 7 pm beginning July 3rd and continuing through Labor Day weekend.
The fall dinner is set for Sunday, October 24th from 11 am – 1 pm. Mass that weekend will be on Saturday evening, October 23rd at 7 pm.
Next year’s LIVING FAITH will have a Sunday morning component. This component will include ALL youth and their families. All adults of the parish will be encouraged to attend. One Sunday morning each month, we will have Living Faith for k-12/adults at 10 am-11:15 am, followed by Mass and hospitality.
Next meeting – after Mass on Sunday, September 12th
Parish finance council/pastoral council/PIA May 5, 2010 7 pm
Meeting notes
Present – Fr. Joe, Ron, Lori, Kathy S, Joan H, Bonnie; absent Jim S., Lea SL, Greg V., Danette M., Mary G
Budget and expenses are in line with the year’s expenses and income. There is some concern as to the collection for May and June as people go on vacations. Everyone is encouraged to continue their weekly contributions even if we are out of town.
Bev’s 2nd term on the council has expired. Mary Gallagher’s first term has expired. Elections will be held on May 16th.
Church insurance inspector wants the panels and other items cleaned out around the heating unit. Also, he recommended a defibrillator be purchased and available for use in the parish.
The Synod opening Mass is Sunday, May 23rd at 7 pm at the Cathedral. Bishop is hoping for people from every parish in the Diocese to attend this important “kick-off” Mass. Synod is coming up in June. The outcome of these meetings is VERY IMPORTANT and will influence the worship, prayer and teaching that will be done in the Diocese of Crookston through the coming years. The Bishop asks that every parish in the diocese have people praying during the entire time the meetings are in session. Sign-up sheets are available and everyone is asked to spend time in prayer during these days. Joe Noel, Fr. Joe DeCrans and Mary Lou Delaney are representing our parishes at the Synod meetings. The Synod will be held June 2, 3, 4, 10, and 11.
Confirmation is May 23rd at the Cathedral. Mass that weekend at Holy Family will be on May 22nd at 7 pm. That will also be senior recognition for our only senior, Karen Brommenschenkel. All parishioners are welcome to attend the Confirmation Mass at the Cathedral at 1 pm on May 23rd.
Summer Mass – we will try the Saturday evening Mass again at 7 pm each weekend beginning July 3rd through Labor Day September 4th.
June 6th Holy Family is hosting the closing Diocesan celebration at our 11:30 am Mass. EVERYONE in the parish is encouraged to be here! Ron, Sue, Lori and Joan H will coordinate the event. Everyone in the diocese is invited.
Fall Faith Formation – The Discovering Faith (K-6th grade) classes will remain on Sunday mornings from 10-11am – 3 Sundays per month. The Living Faith (7-12) will be revised to include total family and adult faith formation. Once per month, the youth, parents, siblings and other adults of the parish will gather for formation at 10 AM Sunday mornings. K-12 youth will be required to attend as this will be there regular class time. Parents will be expected to attend with them. The sessions will be set up to include interaction within the family unit as well as age-appropriate experiential sessions and seasonal activities. Hopefully, the Sunday morning sessions will be a good time for families as we come together for Mass that day anyway! The Bishop’s pastoral plan resulting from the Synod, will also guide our faith formation program.
Next meeting – June 16 at 6:30 (finance), 7:00 full council
Bonnie Lee
Parish council secretary
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:30 pm
Present: Fr. Joe, Ron Hemberger, Jim Suda, Kathy Shulstad, Bev Kolness, Danette McCradie, Mary Gallagher, Greg Vetter, Bonnie Lee; absent: Lea Saga Leiser
Fr. Joe reviewed the budget statement.
Old Business:
Holy Family hosted the Thanksgiving Service in November. About 30 people attended the evening prayer service.
The bake sale, raffle and stew luncheon went very well. The proceeds went into the general budget.
This year’s Advent Giving items were given to Care & Share and St. Mary’s Mission, Redlake. The parish also gave $500 to Redlake Mission as we do each year.
Most of the lighting work has been completed along with the landscaping around the sign. Plants, etc will be added in the spring.
Fr. Joe asks that more people/families participate in adoration on Thursdays. Families will be asked to commit to ONE hour during Lent as part of their Lenten prayer and almsgiving.
Upcoming events:
Holy Family parish will host the Middle School Youth Rally on April 24th at Norman County West High School. A committee is being formed to oversee the preparations in conjunction with Ray Hollcraft, Director of Youth Ministry for the Diocese of Crookston. MANY people from the parishes will be asked to help with the many aspects of the event. The first meeting will be January 21st at 7 pm at Holy Family.
The place for this year’s Triduum has not been set, but it will be decided by the first of February.
February 5th has been set for an Adult FUN Night. A committee (Bonnie, Lea and Greg) will plan the evening.
February 14th after Mass we will have a Mardi Gras carnival for the parish. Bring your kids and grandkids!!
The Great Bible Adventure will begin on Jan 13th at 7pm for all adults and high school youth.
Next meeting is scheduled for: Sunday, March 7th at 12:30 pm.
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting October 27, 2009
Present: Fr. Joe, Ron H, Kathy S, Jim S, Danette M, Bev K, Joe Noel; absent: Bonnie L, Greg V, Mary G
Joe Noel gave a presentation on the upcoming Synod discussion. Father and Joe went to the facilitator training on Oct 25th in preparation for upcoming parish discussions. Each parish of the diocese will have discussion meetings prior to the Synod. These discussions, based on the questions given by Bishop Hoeppner will be compiled to be discussed at the Synod next June. Joe explained the process each parish will use to discuss and compile the information to present to the Synod Preparatory Commission. There will be 2 meetings to accommodate people’s schedules: Nov 19th at 7 pm and Nov 22nd at 1 pm.
Lights for the parish sign would total approximately $680.00 plus labor. LED lights will be on all the time and will be very economical. Landscaping will be done after lights are installed this fall.
The fall dinner grossed $2500.00 with expenses totaling approximately $1000.00
The Winter Bake Sale, raffle and stew luncheon is scheduled for December 5th. Bev and Kathy S will coordinate.
There was discussion of Family and Adult faith formation. “Great Adventure” series will be resumed. Joe will be asked to lead a group.
Fall Adult Night out. Bonnie, Lorie D, Lea S and Greg V were suggested as a possible committee.
An Advent Penance Service is scheduled for Wednesday, December 9th at 7 pm.
Holy Family will host the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Prayer Service on Wednesday, Nov 25th at 7 pm.
The Diocese of Crookston is 100 years old! The diocese will celebrate with a Centennial Mass on Sunday, December 6th at 3 pm at the Cathedral. The parish needs 4 representatives from the parish. (2) to present a symbol of our parish (a candle will be provided) and (2) to receive a Centennial candle from Bishop Hoeppner at the end of Mass. All are invited and encouraged to attend the Mass, the dinner and the program that will follow. A diocesan choir will be formed for the event.
The High School Youth Rally was held in Ada on October 24th. Holy Family will host the Middle School Youth Rally at Norman County West High School on Saturday, April 24th, 2010.
Submitted by Bev Kolness
BLee
Holy Family Parish Council meeting June 16, 2009
Exposition – More people are needed to spend time in prayer during Exposition. Fr. Joe suggested assigning families to take hours of adoration. Kathy will coordinate.
Funeral issues – Discussion was held regarding what services we should provide to families when their loved one dies. Currently the parish offers a family meal before the wake, coffee and sweets after the wake, and a meal or sandwiches/salads after the funeral. It was decided we can never do too much for them, but we need MORE people to help. A suggestion was given that the parish be divided into 3 groups. The groups would take turns being responsible for the next funeral .
How to grow spiritually – Fr. Joe has been here a year now. Things are going well as far as liturgy, youth faith formation, parish activities, etc. How can we grow spiritually as a parish and adult faithful. Your ideas are welcome and encouraged. What would you like to do? Learn? Be involved in?
Synod activities and appointments will be discussed and acted upon at the next meeting.
Next meeting – Thursday, July 30th at 7:00 pm
BLee
Holy Family Finance meeting April 29, 2009
Present: Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Ron Hemberger, Fr. Joe DeCrans
Absent: Lori DeLong
Prayer was led by Father Joe
Checking Balance $8289.29 savings in CD $5136.63
All expenditures and income items are within budget
Father Joe talked about budget planning. He stated the need to increase the parish’s share of health insurance costs for the parish secretary and parish liturgy coordinator. He also discussed plans to include some assistance for continuing education for staff and parish members in the budget for 2010.
Father will do a suggested budget and will bring a draft to finance council members for suggestions.
DAA collection for this year exceeded the goal by a large amount. Parish donations amounted to $9300.00. This will increase the amount of the parish reimbursement from the diocese this year.
The finance council approved a fund raising effort to purchase new tables for parish use. A buy one get one fund raiser is planned in that if a parish member pays for a new table in the amount of $90.00 they will be offered an old table for their own use. Approval will also be sought from the parish pastoral council.
Jim Suda is still looking into the cost of providing more lighting outside the church as well as lighting for the parish sign on the boulevard.
Meeting adjourned – next meeting June 16 6:30 PM
Minutes prepared by Joe Noel - Trustee
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting April 29, 2009
Members present: Kathy Shulstad, Bev Kolness, Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Fr. Joe DeCrans, Bonnie
Synod prayer was prayed
Minutes were read and approved
Lent: The Lenten study group ended meeting early due to bad weather and flooding. The people who attended enjoyed the sessions. We will try and do it again in the future.
The Spring Soup Kitchen with the Lutheran parishes also was canceled due to the flood fight.
Faith Formation has been going well. We have 6 youth in Confirming Faith.
Fr. Joe lead a discussion on the upcoming Diocesan Synod that began in March and meetings/planning, etc continue through June 2010.
The DAA was very successful as more was pledged and contributed by Holy Family than ever before. The goal was $3700.00 and $9300.00 has been pledged. We will get half the amount over the goal back to the parish.
June 13th is the First Annual Bishops Fishing Tourney to be held at Warroad.
Next meeting – June 16th at 7 pm
BLee
Holy Family Finance meeting Jan 28, 2009
Present: Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Lori DeLong, Fr. Joe DeCrans
Absent: Ron Hemberger
Prayer was led by Fr. Joe
Checking balance $8982.00; savings in CD $5136.00
All expenditures and income items are within budget
DAA letter from Bishop will be read on Feb. 1st. Collection kick-off will be Feb 8th. Last year’s second DAA rebate check for Holy Family came in January.
New tables are needed. Discussion was held on how to pay for them. Possibly parishioners could buy a table. The old tables could be given to families that donate a new table. The council will be consulted on the idea.
In the spring, landscaping will be done around the new sign. A suggestion was made to add lights on the sign. Jim will look into connecting to the lights on the boulevard.
More lighting is needed in the church parking lot. We will look into putting dusk-to-dawn lights by the front and back doors. Jim will look into cost of switching out the lights and possible more lighting.
Meeting adjourned – next meeting April
Notes prepared by Bonnie Lee – council secretary
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Holy Family Parish Council meeting Jan 28, 2009
Present: Fr. Joe DeCrans, Joe Noel, Mary Gallagher, Jim Suda, Kathy Shulstad, Bonnie Lee, Greg Vetter.
Absent: Bev Kolness, Ron Hemberger, Lea Saga-Leiser
Prayer was led by Fr. Joe.
WORD
The Great Bible Adventure was suggested for Lenten Bible Study. Fr. Joe will check into it. Many people from other parishes have been very impressed with the program and have enjoyed it immensely. Another option would be a “book club” using the book “The Shack.”
A Time for Choices, funeral planning session is rescheduled for Feb 19th at 7 pm.
First Communion is set for Sunday, May 3rd at Mass. The Safe Environment training for grades K-6 and 7-12 will be done this week.
April 3rd – Sonar a contemporary Christian band is coming to St. Joseph’s to present music and drama.
WORSHIP
Ash Wednesday times will be set. Possibly 6:00 pm Halstad and 7:30 pm Ada. St. William will have a communion service. Possibly have Benediction and/or Stations sometime during Lent.
Triduum will be held at either Ada or Twin Valley this year. It will be decided soon. Fr. Joe will be here for Benediction and Reconciliation on March 19th and Reconciliation on March 11th.
SERVICE
There will be an Ecumenical soup kitchen held again this year with Halstad Luth, and Augustana. Date and time to be set soon.
Buying new tables was discussed with the entire council. We will begin this project after the DAA drive is completed.
Sunday hospitality was discussed. It was decided that Sunday hospitality is a vital part of Holy Family’s ministry. We do not have many other activities which bring everyone together on a regular basis outside of Mass.
Post-meeting note: it was discussed and decided with several council members that when there is a dinner or fundraiser within our cluster of parishes, at Halstad Lutheran or at the school, our hospitality would be canceled for that Sunday so that our members can support the community dinner.
Fr. Joe’s 25th anniversary of ordination is May 18th. Holy Family’s 25th anniversary is also this year. Discussion was held as to a combined celebration in May, with Bishop and fellow clergy. Fr. Joe will look into a date.
A Mardi Gras carnival along with our regular hospitality will be held on Sunday, March 1st. Kathy Shulstad will coordinate the event. Money raised will go to Fr. Jack’s Mission in Chimbote.
Next meeting: 7 pm April 16, Parish Council; finance council time/date not set
Notes prepared by Bonnie Lee – council secretary
Holy Family Parish Council Meeting Dec 2, 2008
Finance council meeting - present: Fr. Joe, Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Lori DeLong; absent - Ron Hemberger
Full council meeting - present: Fr. Joe, Joe Noel, Bev Kolness, Kathy Shulstad, Greg Vetter, Lea Saga-Leiser
Absent: Mary Gallagher, Jim Suda, Danette McCradie
Prayer led by Joe
Mission statement was read.
Approved minutes from the previous meeting.
Old business: The new Holy Family sign is up. The ground work around the sign will be done in the spring.
The NET retreat was held at Holy Family with St. William’s and St. Joseph youth also attending. It was enjoyed by all.
New business: A suggestion was made to have a bible study group during the year. Fr. Joe had a suggestion for material – the Great Bible Adventure.
Holy Family Feast Day is Dec 28th. The parish will have a potluck; Lea and Kathy S will plan activities to follow the dinner for youth.
The Dec 8th Holy Day Mass will be at 5 pm at Holy Family; Dec 25th – 10 am; Dec 31st – 4:30 pm at the nursing home and 5:30 pm at the parish.
A discussion was held about doing more community activities for family involvement and spiritual growth. Possibility of doing something Sat, Feb 14th.
A 25th Anniversary celebration for the parish will be planned for the fall.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament will be every Thursday from 4-7 pm.
Our fall dinner net was $1700.
Next meeting – Wed, Jan 28th 6 pm finance council
7 pm full council
Notes taken by Bev Kolness
BLee
Bonnie’s report for Liturgy and Faith Formation
The NET retreat was well attended and enjoyed. We had 60 youth here from the 3 parishes. RE is going well. Safe Environment training and certification is almost complete.
Bishop Hoeppner is (probably) not available on Sept 9th; and is not available the weekends of Sept 2009. His secretary asked me to contact them again in the spring to see if anything has changed. We are on the diocesan calendar for June 2010 to close the 100th anniversary year of the diocese as the ‘youngest’ parish.
Fr. Augie came and talked about the gift of being in the presence of Jesus for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. We will begin Exposition at HF on Dec 4th from 4 pm – 7 pm each Thursday. Hopefully, we can increase the number of hours and adorers as time goes on. Kathy Shulstad is in charge of the schedule for Exposition.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be celebrated at Holy Family on Monday, Dec 8th at 5 pm. Feast of Mary, Mother of God, (Jan 1st) will be celebrated at Holy Family on Wed., Dec 31st at 5:30 pm (there will also be Mass at the Living Center at 4:30 that same day).
Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Ron Hemberger, and Lori Delong will serve on the Finance council with Fr. Joe.
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Holy Family Council Meeting minutes - approved
Sept 24, 2008
Prayer was led by Bonnie
Mission statement was read
Old Business
The sign is here and will be put up this fall.
The unused Capital acct at the RRSB has been closed and the money, $5100.00 has been put in a CD at 3% interest.
Faith Formation
Faith formation for K-6th has begun. There will be Children’s Lit of the Word the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. The NET retreat is scheduled at Holy Family on Nov 19th. St. Joseph, St. William are also invited. The youth raised $250.00 and the KC Council 8280 donated $300.00 towards the cost of the event.
Joe has found a possible book to be used for our Lenten book club – The Shack.
Holy Family will celebrate its 25th anniversary in Sept of 2009. Bonnie will check with Bishop to see if he is available to celebrate with us next fall.
Worship
Dec 8th is a holy day of obligation each year. A time for Mass has not been decided yet. There will be Perpetual Exposition/Adoration in each deanery beginning in Advent 2008. Our parish cluster will have Exposition on Thursdays. Bonnie will check with Fr. Augie to have him come and speak about Exposition to the parishes.
Service
Our fall dinner will be Oct 19th with Mass that Sunday being celebrated on Sat at 7 pm. A finance council will be organized to work with the physical needs of the parish and the budget. Our bake sale/raffle is scheduled for Dec 6th.
Bonnie Lee
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting Notes July 22, 2008
Present: Fr. Joe DeCrans, Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Danette McCradie, Leah Saga-Leiser, Bonnie Lee
Prayer – Feast of St. Mary Magdalene
Mission statement was read
The time was set for the upcoming Holy Day of Obligation – The Assumption of Mary: Mass at Holy Family will be at 7:00 pm on August 15th.
Faith Formation: The NET Team, sponsored by the Diocese of Crookston is scheduled to give a youth retreat at Holy Family on Wed., November 19th for all high school youth. The youth of St. Joseph and St. William will be invited to participate in the retreat.
Ray Hollcraft asked if Holy Family would host the Jr. High Youth Rally this coming spring. Ray will come to Halstad to look at the school facility to see if it would be sufficient to host the rally.
Fr. Joe commented that the parish has 3 separate accounts at Red River State Bank. A passbook savings, a NOW account and a parish checking account. He recommended closing the 2 accounts that have been dormant for the past 1-2 years and transfer the money to a CD until needed. Lori will be asked to research possible CDs for the parish.
Finance: Fr. Joe handed out the 2008-2009 budget and the 2007-2008 final financial statement. It was suggested that a finance council be formed in an advisory role to Fr. Joe on the financial aspects of the parish. The 2 trustees along with 2 or 3 others would comprise the finance council. Names were suggested to Fr. Joe as to who might serve on the finance council.
The pastoral council’s main objective is the spiritual health and growth of the parish. The finance council would take care of maintenance issues and budget issues.
Next meeting: September 10th at 7 pm
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting 14 April 2008
Present: Fr. Tom, Joe Noel, Bev Kolness, Greg Vetter, Lea Saga Leiser, Danette McCradie, Jim Suda, Kathy Shulstad, Bonnie Lee
Absent: Mary Gallagher
Prayer was led by Bonnie
Parish elections were held in February. Greg Vetter and Leah Saga Leiser were elected to a first term on the board. Welcome to Greg and Leah! Jim Suda was nominated to act as vice-chairperson of the council, with Joe Noel remaining chairperson and Bonnie Lee will continue as secretary. Nominations were confirmed by the membership.
January meeting minutes were reviewed from Fr. Tom’s notes.
Joe will order a new sign for in front of the parish building. He will work with Ron Hemberger to have it erected this spring.
The diocese will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2008-2009. Fr. Tom reported that some of the activities planned may include a Diocesan Synod in 2009, diocesan opening and closing Mass, perpetual adoration for vocations by deaneries. All events are yet to be scheduled.
The diocesan office on Safe Environments include training for K-6th grade youth. Training for Holy Family youth will be Sunday, April 27th.
Faith formation needs more involvement by parents, especially in the Living Faith program.
We have one person wishing to begin the RCIA process. We will form a core team and schedule meeting times this summer or fall.
Fr. Tom presented the year to date budget report and a draft of the 2008-2009 budget. Discussion was held regarding the envelope system, tithing, and raising awareness of our need to respond to God’s call to stewardship.
Lunch was provided by Bev.
Next meeting will be scheduled after the arrival of Fr. Joe DeCrans in July.
Bonnie Lee – council secretary.
Present: Fr. Tom Friedl, Joe Noel, Bev Kolness, Ron Hemberger, Kathy Shulstad, Mary Gallagher, Bonnie Lee Absent: Tom McNamee, Jim Suda, Danette McCradie
Prayer was led by Kathy. The mission statement was read by all.
Parish elections were held in February. Bev was re-elected to a second term and Mary Gallagher was elected to a first term on the board. Mary Gallagher was welcomed to the parish board.
Old Business:
A new water heater was discussed. The current one is 12 years old and needs to be replaced. Joe will get a price from the hardware store.
An under-the-counter dishwasher was priced at about $4000-5000.00 and put on the parish wish list.
The parish will host Fr. Jack Davis on May 16th beginning with Mass at 6:30 pm and followed by a potluck. This event was rescheduled from February due to bad weather.
A new offering envelope system will be implemented for next year. The envelopes will be mailed to parishioners quarterly along with a parish newsletter.
Faith Formation and Liturgy:
The Triduum was held at HF this year and went very well and was well attended.
First Communion will be held May 6th.
The Living Faith and Discovering Faith programs are in need of parent involvement. A parent meeting will be held this summer to discuss the coming year.
St. Joseph Church is hosting a Vacation Bible School for all 3 parishes the first week of June. This will be for K- 6th grade with a Jr. High evening component.
The Diocese has added a new collection to be implemented on Father’s Day. It will be in support of retired priests.
Fr. Tom will have a Saturday evening Mass June through August. Most weekends it will be held at Bridges Retirement Home in Ada with the exception of Confirmation June 9th at ST. William’s and June 23rd at St. Joseph’s.
Stewardship:
Fr. Tom presented a rough draft of the 2007-2008 budget along with a year-to-date expense and income report. It was suggested to have a stewardship pledge drive this fall along with a ministry renewal. The Time, Talent, Treasure drive will be held in October.
The Insurance inspector was here and suggested emergency exit lights be installed.
Parish Life:
The fall dinner will be held October 21st. Mass that weekend will be Saturday evening at 7 pm.
Discussion was held regarding a new outside sign. The board will look into designs. There is money donated in memory of Elaine Foley and in memory of Paul Hemberger marked for a project such as this.. The Knights of Columbus have pledged $1000.00 towards a pro-life memorial at Holy Family. This memorial could be incorporated into the new sign.
Holy Family Pastoral Advisory Board Minutes January 17, 2007
Present ~ Fr. Tom, Cheryl Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Ron Hemberger, Joe Noel,
Kathy Shulstad, Bonnie Lee
Absent ~ Jim Suda, Tom McNamee, Danette McCradie
Bonnie led prayer. Joe read our mission statement
PARISH LIFE – The bake sale and raffle in December raised approximately $1500. The March soup kitchen will be held at Halstad Lutheran this year. Cheryl will contact Ardyce Holte for date and details. The Mission committee reported that a $500 donation was given to Red Lake Mission over Christmas. Donated items from the parish were given to St. Mary’s in Red Lake and Care & Share through the Diocesan Advent Giving Project. Cheryl is researching options to help Fr. Jack’s mission such as possibly having Fr. Jack visit our parish again in the spring. Fr. Tom also reminded us that Fr. Larry Wieseler, from the Diocese of Crookston, serves parishes in Venezuela.
Our Advent Parish gathering and adult faith formation night on the Feast of St. Lucy went well and was well attended. It was decided to have another parish gathering to begin the Lenten season.
The Living Faith team is in need of new members if we are to continue this format with our youth. We will finish this year as scheduled and then decide what our options are for next year.
The water heater needs to be replaced. Joe will look into costs. Also, Joe will check on the cost of putting in an under-the-sink dishwasher in the parish kitchen.
STEWARDSHIP – The mid-year budget was reviewed and will be in the bulletin this weekend. Fr. Tom is looking into a different envelope system for the parishes. He will report back on this.
Elections will be held in February for the council. Cheryl Hemberger has served 2 terms and is not eligible for re-election. Bev has served one term and is eligible for re-election. Bev agreed to be on the ballot for another term. Thanks to both Bev and Cheryl for their work and dedication to Holy Family!
Next meeting – May 2nd at 7:00 pm
Lunch – Bev
Prayer – Kathy
Pastoral Advisory Board Meeting Minutes October 26, 2006
Present ~ Fr. Tom, Cheryl Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Danette McCradie,
Ron Hemberger, Jim Suda, Joe Noel, Bonnie Lee
Absent ~ Kathy Shulstad, Tom McNamee
Prayer was led by Bonnie.
Minutes from last meeting were reviewed and approved.
Parish Life
*Faith formation for this year is going well. Children’s Liturgy of the Word has been implemented for the pre-school through third grade youth twice a month.
*One Why Catholic? group has begun on Sunday mornings and Bev’s group will begin soon. There is still time for anyone to join!
*The implementation of this year’s Safe Environment training is on schedule.
*Our fall dinner went very well. 410 people were served with a net profit of aproximately $2000.00. The bake sale, stew luncheon and raffle will be held on Sat., Dec 2nd from 11 am – 1 pm.
*The mission bulletin board has been put up. It is a reminder to the parish of our commitment to serve the poor in our community and in our world. We will again give a donation to the Red Lake Mission at Christmas and participate in the Advent Giving project through the Diocese of Crookston to assist in the needs of Care and Share and St. Mary’s Mission, Red Lake; and Fr. Jack’s Mission, Peru.
*Joe Noel suggested that the parish resign their position on the Hillsboro Medical Center Board of Control as we have not been involved with the board for several years. Fr. Tom and the PAB agreed.
*There has been concern raised about the after-Mass hospitality. - “cannot afford to serve”, -“people bring too much”, “would prefer a simple luncheon like it used to be”, -“prefer no hospitality in the summer”. The board will look into the concerns.
*The hot water heater does not seem to be working properly. Joe and Ron will check on this. It was also brought up that a small, under-the-sink commercial dishwasher would be of great value in the kitchen. Cost and feasibility will be looked into.
Parish Worship
*The Ecumenical Thanksgiving service will be held at Halstad Lutheran this year on Nov 22nd at 7 pm. Fr. Tom will give the reflection.
*Since the 4th Sunday of Advent is Dec 24th, our TENTATIVE mass schedule that weekend will be:
4th Sunday of Advent (Sunday, 12/24) at 10:00 am
(IF we can get a substitute priest for this mass – if not, it will be at the regular time of 11:30 am)
Christmas Day Mass (Mon., Dec 25th) at 10:00 am
*Our paperback hymnals must be replaced yearly per terms of the subscription with OCP. This year’s hymnals have been received. Fr. Tom is working on having the new hardcover JourneySong hymnals the Navy
no longer uses donated to Holy Family. If this happens, we will not need to purchase hymnals for a few years.
Parish Finance and Stewardship
*Year-to-date budget printouts were handed out and are available to the parish.
*A separate board meeting is scheduled to discuss stewardship. The parish is invited to this meeting
(as they are to all meetings). This meeting is scheduled for November 13th at 7 pm
*The church building is paid off, so it was decided that we would not have
the calendar raffle in 2007.
Submitted by Bonnie Lee– Pastoral Advisory Board secretary
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Holy Family Parish Council Finance Meeting May 25, 2006
Present – Fr. Tom, Joe Noel, Jim Suda, Tom McNamee, Bev Kolness, Danette McCradie, Kathy Shulstad, Cheryl Hemberger, Bonnie Lee Excused-Ron Hemberger
Prayer was led by Bev
Fr. Tom passed out the 2005-2006 year-to-date budget. We are $3000 ahead of expenses so far. Our fiscal year ends June 30, 2006.
Next year’s proposed budget was reviewed. We are looking at a possible $8000-$10,000 shortfall. It was suggested to put the monthly budget income and expenses in the bulletin to show parishioners if we are ‘keeping up’ with expenses.
New items to the budget were rectory expenses, St. Joseph phone expense, office equipment upkeep, Fr. Tom’s business cell phone.
It was noted that all 3 parishes maintain and upkeep their own computers, phones and copiers and that 3 years ago, it was decided that each parish should maintain their own equipment. St. William and Holy Family would share in the cost of all office supplies used in Ada. Fr. will re-evaluate this line-item.
Fr. Tom explained the reasons for the mission parishes paying for mileage and for rectory expenses.
Fr. Tom also reviewed his salary and benefits as set forth by the Diocese; and the 2 employee’s wage and benefit proposals.
The council was in favor of doing a stewardship campaign to raise income to meet expenses this fall.
Fr. Tom will send out a revised budget, as it must be finalized by the end of June.
Next meeting date was not set.
Bonnie Lee- council secretary
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting May 4, 2006
Present – Joe Noel, Kathy Shulstad, Fr. Tom, Bev Kolness, Danette McCradie, Cheryl Hemberger, Bonnie Lee, Jim Suda, Ron Hemberger; Absent - Tom McNamee
Prayer was lead by Joe. Lunch was furnished by Cheryl.
WELCOME to Jim and Danette!
WORD: All three parishes will participate in Why Catholic? 92% of the parishes in the Diocese of Crookston are participating in the 4 yr program. Cost is $1800 per year. Fr. Tom asked how the cost should be divided. Joe recommended that we continue with the formula used for all other expenses – by size of parish.
Decoding DaVinci will be presented at our next LF Night on Wed., May 17th. Parents and all interested adults of the parish are invited.
WORSHIP: Mass times will stay as scheduled throughout the summer. The piano has been purchased but is not totally paid for yet. Donations for the piano will continue to be accepted throughout the summer.
SERVICE: The Mission committee has put up a new bulletin board to highlight the mission activity throughout the year.
Officer elections were discussed. It was decided to keep officers the same – Joe:chairperson; Ron: vice-chairperson; Bonnie:secretary
A meeting to discuss the budget is scheduled for May 25th at 7:00 pm.
Prayer – Bev
Lunch – Ron
Present – Fr. Tom, Joe Noel, Tony Hensel, Cheryl Hemberger, Joan Socha, Bonnie Lee
Minutes were reviewed and approved. Bonnie lead prayer
Adult faith formation – Bonnie attended the Diocesan information session on Feb 1st about the “Why Catholic” program promoted by Bishop Balke and the Diocese of Crookston. The cost is $1800.00 for the 3-year program per pastor. Which would mean that the 3 parishes would share the cost, probably dividing the cost using the same percentages we use to divide other expenses.
Lenten small groups were discussed. We will offer a ‘book club’ format as we have done the past 2 years. This year’s choice is Scott Hahn’s “Swear To God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments’. Day and time to be announced.
Youth Faith Formation is going well. 2 youth will be attending the TEC retreat in Feb. Confirmation at Holy Family is set for Sunday, Sept 10, 2006.
Ministry renewal for liturgical ministries will be held Feb 11 in Ada. It is required for EMHC.
Bonnie has looked into the purchase of a Yamaha piano. We will continue to research pianos and check on the spring college/university piano auctions.
Fr. Tom discussed the need to change mass time. The council agreed that the time could be changed to 11:30 am without too much disruption to the parish. Fr. will announce this to the parish and the change will take effect on March 5th.
Tony Hensel and Joan Socha have completed 2 terms on the council and are not eligible for re-election. Parish council elections will be held on Feb 12th. Joe, Tony and Cheryl will recruit candidates. A BIG THANK YOU! to Tony and Joan for their service on the council!
Red Lake Mission project - $500 and many needed items were given to the Red Lake Mission during Advent/Christmas. In March the Mission committee will focus on Care and Share and work with our PIA and Halstad Lutheran on the annual soup kitchen.
The calendar raffle is in full swing and the drawing will be held March 1st.
Fr. Tom handed out and discussed the financial reports. Expenses and income are on track for the year.
Next meeting – Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Lunch – Cheryl Prayer – Joe
Submitted by ~ Bonnie Lee – council secretary
UPDATES:
Danette McCradie and Jim Suda were elected for a 3 year term on the Pastoral Council. Welcome Danette and Jim!
Lenten Adult Faith Formation –
will begin Thursday, March 2 at 6:00 pm at Holy Family
Friday Fishstix with Father ~ “The Seven Last Words of Jesus”
will begin Friday, March 3 at 6:00 pm at St. Joseph’s
Present – Cheryl Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Joan Socha, Kathy Shulstad, Joe Noel, Ron Hemberger, Tony Hensel, Fr. Tom Friedl, Bonnie Lee
Bonnie lead prayer, Joe read the Mission Statement.
Calendar raffle – the annual calendar raffle will be held again in Feb 2006.
A new piano and new tables for the hall are on the list of parish upcoming needs.
Bonnie will order tickets and renew the state gambling license.
Missions - Our 3 mission projects were discussed. Bonnie Lee, Kathy Shulstad and Cheryl Hemberger will meet to discuss mission objectives – beginning with the Red Lake Mission.
Fall dinner – will be held Oct 22nd. PIA has it under control! Mass will be Sat evening at 7 pm with the dinner on Sunday Oct 23 from 11 – 1
Storeroom - One of the classrooms will be converted into a storeroom for now. It has not been used as a classroom for a couple of years and it was decided to use the space to store large items like extra tables, ladders, etc. instead of building a storage shed. If the space is needed as a classroom in the future, it will be converted back.
Faith Formation ~ Bonnie reported that a large group was going to the Youth Rally on Oct 20th. The Living Faith and Confirming Faith programs are going very well.
Liturgy - The servers have a new ‘home’ in the front pew. There will be a retreat for all liturgical ministers at St. Joseph Church in Ada in February. We will do a ministry renewal in November.
Fr. Tom handed out the current financial statement and addressed the council on the state of our finances. The balance sheet looks good at this point. The cost of heating fuel is expected to go up dramatically this winter, but it should not affect us much with our current heating system. Fr. Tom requests that all 3 parishes share in the expense of the rectory in Ada. This will begin Jan 1st and will be calculated at the same rate that the 3 parishes currently share other expenses such as wages and office supplies. Fr. Tom stated that he is always willing and available as needed to the parish; and asked that if we know of someone in need or someone requesting a visit that parishioners should always feel free to call him at any time.
Lunch was served by Cheryl
Next meeting – Thursday, Feb 2 at 7:00 pm
discuss Parish council elections – Joan and Tony’s second terms will expire in 2/06
Lunch – Tony Hensel
Prayer – Bonnie Lee - Council secretary
Present ~ Fr. David, Joe Noel, Tom McNamee, Ron Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Cheryl Hemberger, Kathy Shulstad and Bonnie Lee. Not present~ Tony Hensel and Joan Socha
Our evening began with prayer
Dinner was served by Bev.
A copy of the minutes from our last meeting and a current balance sheet were distributed.
The date for our fall dinner was set as Sunday, October 23, 2005. The PIA committee will coordinate the dinner as usual.
Finance
The church building is paid off. We will have a ‘note burning’ on Sunday, August 14th at the end of Mass.
Fr. David reminded the council that it is the policy of the parish to have the two trustees be on the signature cards at Red River State Bank. The trustees of the parish are Kathy Shulstad and Joe Noel. Fr. David will check to see that their signatures are on record.
The capital fund checking account currently has $2000+ in it. It was decided to keep the account open for now. As the church is now 10 years old, possible upcoming maintenance needs were discussed. Fr. also talked about and supported the need for a new piano at Holy Family. The council discussed continuing the calendar raffle and use the funds for various needs. Also, Fr. noted that some parishes set aside 10% of the weekly collection for future maintenance needs. The discussion will continue at our next meeting.
Faith Formation ~
The Living Faith youth held a car wash to raise money for Emily Nygaard to help with expenses for a mission trip with Bob Noel and youth from Oak Grove. They raised $505 for her expenses.
Religious Ed ~Due to low numbers, K - 4th grade youth will be given materials to be taught at home and will have periodic gatherings at the church. The two 6th graders will meet with the Wednesday night Living Faith group.
Mission/Ministry
Sr. Jean from the Sisters of Charity will be at all 3 parishes on Aug 21st to talk about their mission.
The Hispanic Ministry Pastoral Leadership Class through the Diocese of Crookston will be meeting at Holy Family this year.
On behalf of the council, Joe thanked Fr. David for his leadership on the council and in the parish.
Next meeting – date/time to be set with Fr. Thomas
Prayer –
Lunch –
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Holy Family Parish Council meeting April 21, 2005
Present – Fr. David Baumgartner, Joe Noel, Ron Hemberger, Tom McNamee, Tony Hensel, Cheryl Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Joan Socha, Kathy Shulstad and Bonnie Lee
Kathy led prayer, Fr. David read the mission statement.
The February minutes were read and approved.
Council elections were held in February. Ron and Tom were re-elected for another term.
The parish kitchen is in need of a new stove. The council approved, and Ron will purchase one from the Hillsboro or Halstad hardware store.
Finances ~ The building loan is at $2487.39. There is $1230.34 in the capital account. This leaves an approximate debt of $1240.00 The council will put in a bulletin insert and a building fund envelope each of the next 3 weeks. A goal was set to have the building paid off by July 1st and a mortgage burning before Fr. David leaves!
The council also approved giving a monetary gift to the Sr. of St. Joseph as a thank you for the many items we have received from them.
A preliminary 2005 – 2006 budget was handed out.
Mission Work ~ Bishop Balke asks all priests and their councils to ‘find a need and do something about it.’ A discussion was held about how the parish could continue to, and increase, its support of mission work locally and abroad. Three charities were discussed – Fr. Jack’s mission in Peru, Care and Share in Crookston and St. Mary’s School in Red Lake, MN. The parish has supported Red Lake by giving our Christmas collection to them each year; Care and Share during the March food drive; and has sponsored Fr. Jack’s mission on a number of occasions. It was suggested that we make a more concerted effort to keep these missions in front of the parish throughout the year, by having a display as part of the Environment of the parish, by educating each other on their mission activities and by inviting parishioners to participate on committees that would bring the needs of the missions to the parish. One goal would be to have a more personal relationship between the people of the parishes and the mission.
Transition ~ Fr. David stated that Bishop Balke has asked him to go back to school this fall. He will be leaving the parishes on July 6th or August 15th. Fr. David will study Canon Law in Ottawa, Canada beginning in September.
The trustees of the parishes along with the parish staff will meet with Fr. Rick Lambert, a representative of the Personnel Board of the Diocese of Crookston, to let them know of specific needs of the parishes as they choose a new pastor for us. Fr. David will invite parishioners to contact one of the trustees if they have a need or concern to bring to this meeting.
The council thanked Fr. David for his wonderful leadership and service to our parish. He will be greatly missed.
Lunch was served by Tom McNamee.
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting Jan 27, 2005
Present – Fr. David Baumgartner, Joe Noel, Tom McNamee, Ron Hemberger, Joan Socha, Cheryl Hemberger, Kathy Shulstad, Bev Kolness and Bonnie Lee.
Absent – Tony Hensel
Prayer was lead by Joan. Fr. David read the mission statement
The minutes from the Sept 23, 2004 council meeting were reviewed and approved.
Administration: The Calendar raffle tickets are out and the drawings will be held the month of March. There is $9426.00 left on the building debt. Hopefully this debt will be paid off by fall! The Financial statement was reviewed and finances look good.
There will be 2 seats open on the parish council - Ron Hemberger and Tom McNamee. Both are eligible and open to re-election. There will be a notice in the bulletin if anyone is interested in serving on the council, they should contact Fr. David, Bonnie Lee or Joe Noel. Elections will be held on February 27th.
Faith Formation: A Lenten discussion group will meet on Thursdays during Lent at Holy Family. We will read and discuss the book “The Lamb’s Supper – The Mass as Heaven on Earth” by Scott Hahn. Anyone interested may pick up a book at Holy Family and join the group.
The Living Faith youth will serve a meal at the Dorothy Day House on Feb 2 and will collect donations for the Dorothy Day House through the Souper Bowl of Caring on Sunday, Feb 6th.
The Living Faith group is also contemplating a short service trip this summer.
The Confirming Faith youth are meeting each Wednesday during Lent with Stations of the Cross starting at 7:00 pm Everyone in the parish is invited to pray the Stations with the youth on Wednesday evenings.
Liturgy: Discussion was held concerning the Christmas collection which is given to St. Mary’s Red Lake Indian Mission each year. Fr. David will invite someone from the St. Mary’s School to come and speak to the parish about their mission.
The Triduum will be held at St. William’s parish in Twin Valley this year. Holy Thursday mass 7:00 pm, Good Friday Service 7:00 pm, Easter Vigil Mass 8:00 pm.
St. Joseph Easter Mass will be at 9:00 am and Holy Family’s at 11::15 am.
Sr. of St. Joseph: Plans are still in the works to express our gratitude to them for their generous gifts to Holy Family.
Lunch was served.
Next meeting – April 21 7:00 pm Prayer-Kathy, Lunch-Tom
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HOLY FAMILY PARISH COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES
Present – Fr. David, Joe Noel, Tom McNamee, Cheryl Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Joan Socha and Bonnie Lee. Absent – Tony Hensel, Kathy Shulstad and Ron Hemberger
Prayer was led by Joe. Tom read our mission statement
July council meeting minutes were read and approved. The year-to-date financial statement was reviewed. Expenses are very close to budgeted amounts.
Fund Raisers ~ The next calendar raffle drawing will be held in March 2005. Tickets will be handed out and sold in January and February. Our Chicken and Meatball fall dinner will be held on Sunday, Oct 24th. The PIA committee, led by Ardyce McCradie and Ron and Sue Hemberger, will organize the dinner.
Halstad Lutheran has a new interim pastor – Fr. David Pretty. He will be their interim pastor for one year. Holy Family will send him a plant and a note welcoming him to the community. Joe will order the plant through Bambi’s floral shop.
The Ecumenical Thanksgiving service will be held at Halstad Lutheran this year. Money collected will go to the victims of the hurricanes; food donations will go to the local food pantry; and pharmaceutical items/toiletries will go to Care and Share.
Gifts ~ The Sisters of St. Joseph have been very kind and generous to Holy Family. We have received several items from them including the new Holy Family wall statues, 4 large candle stands and the Stations of the Cross which we got a couple of years ago.
Fr. David will set up a time with the Sisters to serve them a meal or luncheon at the Villa in Crookston.
R.E. ~ The Diocese is obligated to assist parishes in implementing the Keeping Our Children Safe program. They have mandated that all youth leaders, catechists, chaperones, etc. attend a training session on creating safe environments for children. Catechists are given teaching materials and must teach at least one session on personal safety issues to our youth by Thanksgiving. Our catechist training session was held on September 15th.
The Living Faith program will have its first night on Wed., Oct 13th. Our November Living Faith night will be on a Monday – November 15th, with Fr. Don Braukmann here to speak on the Eucharist. The parish will be invited to attend.
Discovering Faith will begin on October 3rd.
Youth interested in Confirming Faith started meeting over the summer. There are12 youth (grades 7 – 11) attending the Confirming Faith sessions.
The demographics of our religious education program will change drastically in the next few years. We have 25 youth in 7th – 12th grade and only 10 youth in K – 6th grade.
Birthday cake was provided by Kathy Shulstad in honor of Joe’s birthday!
Our next meeting will be January 13, 2005.
Lunch – Fr. David; prayer – Joan Socha
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Present – Fr. David, Joe Noel, Joan Socha, Bev Kolness, Tony Hensel, Kathy Shulstad, Ron Hemberger and Bonnie Lee. Absent – Tom McNamee and Cheryl Hemberger
Evening prayer was lead by Bonnie. Fr. David read our mission statement.
The minutes from the May 3rd council meeting were reviewed and approved.
Officers - The council moved to keep the current officers in place for the coming year – Fr. David-president, Joe Noel-chairperson, Ron Hemberger-vice chairperson, Bonnie Lee-secretary
20th Anniversary – Our parish will celebrate its 20th Anniversary on Sunday, September 12th with Mass at 11:15 am followed by a picnic lunch and games for the whole family. Members of the council will be in charge of forming committees and/or contacting parishioners to help with the various activities for the day.
Reserve the park – Joe; Parish History – Fr. David, Joe and Ron; Lunch – Ron and the PIA committee; Games – Kathy Shulstad; Park/set-up – Tony Hensel; Invitations and contacting former members – Joe and Bonnie; Liturgy – Bonnie; token of remembrance – Fr. David
Shelly City Council – An update on the action being taken by the Shelly City Council in regards to the Bear’s Den in Shelly was given. The Council has formed a sub-committee to look into ordinances, which would limit the activity at the dance club. They are also looking at the ordinances that are already on the books that the club may be in violation of already. This sub-committee presented their preliminary findings to the Council at their July meeting. Mr. Bob Pickle has been instrumental in working with the Ada Ministerial in the effort to help the Shelly Council find ways to legally close this business.
In-service Fr. David presented an in-service for the parish council on Politics and Holy Communion.
Fall Dinner – Our fall dinner is tentatively scheduled for October 24th (MEA weekend). Kathy Shulstad will check with area churches to be sure we will not conflict with other church dinners in the immediate area.
Lunch was served by Tony.
Next meeting – Thursday, September 23 at 7:00 p.m.
Lunch-Kathy Prayer-Joe
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Holy Family Parish Council Meeting Minutes
May 3, 2004
Present - Fr. David Baumgartner, Joe Noel, Tony Hensel, Ron Hemberger, Cheryl Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Joan Socha, Kathy Shulstad, Bonnie Lee Absent - Tom McNamee
Prayer was lead by Cheryl. Bev read our Mission Statement
Old Business:
The calendar raffle was a success! $9960.00 was raised (498 tickets were sold) with $138.00 for expenses and $2450 given in prizes. The net balance of over $7400 was applied to the building debt. The building debt balance stands at $15,760.00. The hope is to have this paid off by the fall of 2005. Fr David will send out a letter to parishioners as a reminder to continue their donations to the building fund.
Bev Kolness and Cheryl Hemberger were elected to the parish council in February. Election of officers will take place at our July meeting.
There was one group of 11 people that met during Lent to read and discuss the book “The Holy Longing” by Rolheiser. (The OND prints Fr. Rolheiser’s column in their paper.) The people involved enjoyed the group a lot. Fr. David will preview the book The Theology of the Body According to John Paul II: Human Love in the Divine Plan as a possible book for groups to read next year.
Thanks to Carol Nygaard for taking all the pictures that were lying in boxes and putting them into photo albums.
Cemetery: Fr. David and Joe Noel met with Halstad Lutheran’s cemetery committee, Duaine Trandem and Larry Aarestad. They are looking into developing a non-profit corporation with members of Halstad Lutheran Church and Holy Family Church serving as the governing body. The bylaws are yet to be written.
The consensus of the parish council is to continue to pursue a joint, non-profit cemetery corporation with Halstad Lutheran Church.
PIA report: From the last PIA meeting in March it was decided to have a bake sale again instead of the pie sale. The basket sale went well and will be continued. The fall dinner dates were discussed and it was decided to keep the dinner on the Sunday of MEA weekend – this year that should be October 17th or the 24th. The PIA also reported that the Confirmation dinner and Soup Kitchen went well.
New Business:
Holy Family Parish’s 20th anniversary is this fall! Sunday, September 12th was chosen to have an anniversary party following Mass. Details will be discussed at the July meeting. Anyone with ideas is welcome to pass them on to a council member. Fr. David volunteered for the dunking tank!
The financial statement looks very good. The 2004-2005 budget is not completed. Fr. David will contact the trustees to review and approve the budget before July 1st.
Discussion was held concerning the Bear’s Den – The council will draft a letter to the Shelly City Council members voicing concerns about the impending re-opening of the Bear’s Den as an exotic dance club and it’s effect on our families and community. The council also wants to voice their support of the Shelly City Council in its efforts to legally close this dance club. A copy of the letter would also be sent to the Valley Journal.
Lunch was served by Fr. David.
Next meeting – July 22 at 7:00 pm Lunch – Tony Hensel Prayer - Bonnie
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Holy
Family Parish Council Meeting Minutes Thursday, January 22, 2004
Present: Fr. David, Kathy Shulstad,
Cheryl Hemberger, Ron Hemberger, Bev Kolness, Joan Socha, Joe Noel, Tom McNamee,
and Bonnie Lee
Joe lead prayer. Fr. David read our
mission statement. The Minutes from October 9th were reviewed. No changes were
indicated.
Elections:
Bev Kolness and Cheryl Hemberger are up for re-election. They have finished
their first terms on the council. Parish election will be held on February
22nd.
PIA:
The pie sale held last fall raised $795.00. The basket raffle raised $700.00.
The PIA will have a meeting after Mass in March to discuss the pie/bake
sale/fall dinner. Other items to get ready for are the Ecumenical March soup
kitchen and the Confirmation dinner.
Picture board:
THANKS Cheryl!! for taking on this project. Cheryl stated that there are a few
families yet to have their pictures taken.
Diocesan Marriage Policy:
Fr. David gave an update concerning the
Diocesan Marriage policy. After receiving feedback from many in the Diocese,
Bishop Balke is still discerning what the marriage policy should be. The Priest
Senate has encouraged Bishop to write a Pastoral Letter on Marriage to initiate
a period of catechesis before any policy be made public. The content of the
policy would then flow from the Pastoral Letter.
Lenten Small Groups:
Two formats will be offered. One will be a discussion group on the book "The
Holy Longing" and the other a discussion guide on the Sunday readings. A sign
up sheet will be put out.
Stewardship Report and Balance sheets
were reviewed. There is $25,485 left
on the building loan.
Calendar raffle:
The calendar raffle sale runs through February 29th with drawings
beginning on March 1st, 2004. All proceeds go towards the building fund debt.
Archivist: The council is looking for someone is willing to go through the ‘shoe boxes’ of pictures and put them into photo albums. If you are interested, please contact Bonnie!
Holy Family’s 20th anniversary as a parish is Sept 2004. We will look into planning a parish celebration at the next meeting.
Next meeting: Thursday, April 29th at 7:00 p.m.
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Thursday, October 9, 2003
Present: Fr. David, Kathy Shulstad, Cheryl Hemberger, Tony Hensel, Ron Hemberger,
Bev Kolness, Joan Socha, Joe Noel and Bonnie Lee
Absent: Tom McNamee
Bonnie led our prayer. We read the mission statement together.
Minutes from August 3rd were read. No changes were indicated.
Parish in Action -
Ron Hemberger stated that the plans for the fall dinner scheduled for Oct
19th are coming along fine.
The music festival proposed for November has been canceled as Halstad
Lutheran is possibly going to have a music festival fundraiser. Perhaps they will do one this year and we can host it next year…
The apple pies for the pie sale are almost all done. Kathy Shulstad will
gather people together to start on the pecan pies in November.
Faith Formation
This year’s elementary and high school faith formation has begun.
The first Living Faith night was held Oct 8th. We had 20 youth
participate. It is going very well.
The elementary program, Discovering Faith, has also started.
There is a team of 5 leaders. There are 10 youth in grades K – 6. The first weeks we have had only 4-5 youth participating on Sunday mornings.
Sacramental preparation has also begun for First Reconciliation
and First Communion.
Time and Talent survey forms were reviewed and will be handed out starting on
October 12th.
The Membership picture board was discussed. It was decided that if we want
to continue using the display boards, we should update the pictures every few years. Cheryl Hemberger has agreed to take pictures after Mass of all the people in the parish beginning in November. A letter and schedule will be sent to all parishioners.
Diocesan Marriage Policy: Fr. David informed the council that the Diocesan
Marriage Policy is under review. He asked the council for input concerning a policy on co-habitation. A discussion revealed the following, which Fr. David will pass on to Bishop Balke as recommendations. 1) That whatever the policy is there needs to be a method of sharing it with the Catholics of the Diocese. In times past the marriage policy was read aloud in every parish every year. People knew what the policy was! This practice may not have been the best, but the point is: people need to know in advance the expectations of the Diocese concerning marriage preparation. 2) Concerning co-habitation specifically, our diocesan policy needs to consider the scandal that exists when a marriage is celebrated publicly when the couple has lived together prior to marriage. Fornication is morally grave, and parishes may unwittingly be giving a mixed message when weddings are celebrated publicly when the couple has lived together. A policy might look like this: If a couple is living together when they begin their marriage preparation they are asked to separate prior to setting a date for the wedding. (This date will be at least six months from the time of request) If they will not separate then the wedding will take place privately, so as to minimize the scandal.
Sexual Abuse Policy The Diocese of Crookston has a sexual abuse policy. All
catechists and anyone working with youth must read it, be aware of the procedures for reporting abuse and attend a “Keeping our Children Safe” workshop. We will put a link on our website to the sexual abuse policy for anyone to read.
Cemetery discussion continues. Fr. David and Joe Noel will meet with the
cemetery board this fall.
The Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service will be hosted by Holy Family on
November 26th at 7:00 p.m.
Calendar Raffle sales will begin in Jan. ’04 with the drawing to be held in
March 2004.
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Holy Family Council Meeting Minutes
Thursday, August 7, 2003
Present: Fr. David, Kim Noel, Cheryl Hemberger, Tony Hensel, Ron Hemberger,
Bev Kolness, Joan Socha, Joe Noel and Bonnie Lee
Absent: Tom McNamee
Our prayer was led by Bev. Fr. David read the mission statement.
A parish web site was researched by Tony Hensel. He reported that Halstad Telephone would give us web space free. Our web address would be included under the web address of Halstad Telephone. A web site of our own would be $35.00 per year.
We will need to purchase Microsoft Frontpage to design the web page. Suggestions of items to put on the web page were parish leadership, mass times, events (fundraisers), faith formation schedules, homilies. We will move ahead with this project.
Fund raisers: Bonnie researched ideas for fall fundraisers. The first was to have a pie sale instead of the usual bake sale. PIA director, Sue Hemberger, was supportive of the idea. Bev Kolness would like to coordinate the event. Orders for pies will be taken in advance. The parish will get together at Holy Family to make the pies, freeze them and have them ready before Thanksgiving.
The second idea was a music concert at Holy Family on Saturday, November 22nd – the feast of St. Cecilia-patron saint of music. Bonnie has contacted Kurt Vandermeer and he will check his schedule to see if that date is a possibility for the jazz band and other solo or duets from the school to perform.
Cemetery discussion continues. Fr. David and Joe Noel will attend the next cemetery board meeting in Halstad.
The financial reports and 2003-2004 budget were distributed by Fr. David.
Faith formation for the upcoming school year was discussed. Due to declining numbers, the elementary program will be changed from an ‘age-specific’ class format to a ‘single group’ format. The new program will be called “Discovering Faith” and will include prayer, lectionary-based teachings, bible stories, crafts and music.
4 youth and 2 and leaders are working on final plans and fundraising for their November pilgrimage to the National Catholic Youth Conference in Houston.
Evangelization was discussed. Again, we are encouraged to reach out to people – inviting them to become involved in the activities of the parish.
Bob and Kim Noel are moving to Fargo. Fr. David has appointed Kathy Shulstad to replace Kim as trustee for Holy Family. Thank you, Kim, for your service on the council!
Lunch was served by Kim.
Next meeting: October 9th at 7:00 p.m. Prayer-Bonnie Lunch-Joe