St. Raymond Catholic Church

PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

November 2nd, 2006

Meeting Location:

Moran Hall Conference Room @ 8:30pm

Attendees:

Laurianne Behrens

(P)

Dave Conley

(P)

Eric Hom

(P)

Bonnie Kramer

(P)

Fr. Bob McCann

(P)

Tom McClean

(P)

Rosann Russo

(P)

Connie Spence

(P)

Key: Present (P), Not Present (NP)

Guests: Diana Bitz (Pastoral Associate)

Tom McClean called the meeting to order.

1.) Opening Prayer

Rosann led the council in prayer

2.)

Approval of October 2006 Minutes –

Eric Hom & Pastoral Council

October 2006 minutes were approved as amended

3.) Meeting Discussion Topics – Pastoral Council

Pastoral Council Discernment:

All on the Council agreed that the Pastoral Council

Discernment Date should be Saturday December 2nd.  Tom mentioned that he will not be

able to attend this meeting as he will be out of town, but suggested that since he will be

leaving the Council, the meeting should go on.

Connie asked Fr. Bob how many applicants we will be taking for 2007.  Because both

Tom McClean and Rosann Russo will be leaving, Fr. Bob mentioned that we should only

look for two candidates.  

Census Questions:  Pastoral Council guest Diana Bitz came in to discuss and share her

learning’s from a workshop she attended in Sacramento on Parish Life.  She spoke about

how other parishes have effectively executed various types of Town Hall meetings and

that having input sessions prior to the actual Town Hall was successful.  

It was suggested that Fr. Bob needs to personally invite parishioners to these input

sessions.  A letter from Fr. Bob to the randomly selected individuals is the best and most

effective way to reach over 600 parishioners.  

Fr. Bob wants to have this Town Hall meeting and will encourage all to attend.  The Town

Hall meeting however needs to be well structured with a moderator as well as the input

sessions that will take place.  Each input session will need a facilitator and a note taker.  

The Pastoral Council continued to discuss the idea of doing the census/survey at one of

the mass weekend’s in January.  Concerns were whether there was enough time for

questionnaires to be completed.

The Council began to further discuss the idea of utilizing the input sessions to gather

feedback from parishioners.  Along with Diana’s input and knowledge about how the

input sessions work, the Council though about doing four 1 hour sessions.  

The Pastoral Council agreed to look at January to conduct the input sessions.  Eric and

Tom both volunteered to help Diana with the planning of these sessions.  

A list of questions were developed prior to the meeting.  Tom asked everyone on the

Council to complete the questionnaire and bring them to the next meeting for discussion.  

4.) Pastor’s Report – Fr. Bob McCann

Fr. Bob mentioned that Principal Tony Guevara will be in and out of school as his wife is

ill.  

He mentioned that Tony, Principal at St. Raymond School would like to implement a

Development Campaign for the school.  This idea will be presented to the parish Finance

Committee.

Fr. Bob reported that the Oktoberfest was a success and that he received a lot of positive

feedback.  He did mention that next year all booths need to stay open until time to close.  

Some of the food booths closed down early and ran out of food.  Rosann asked if the

parish made money on the event.  Fr. Bob didn’t have the final numbers, but will give the

Council an update at the next meeting.

In October, the Parish conducted its annual survey on church attendance.  Overall, Fr.

Bob mentioned that attendance it up, but won’t have the final numbers until the following

week.

5.) Old Business – Pastoral Council

N/A

6.) New Business

– Pastoral Council

The Pastoral Council December 2006 meeting will be moved from the first Thursday to

Wednesday December 6th to accommodate some Council member conflicting schedules.  

All were in agreement of the revised meeting date for December.

7.) Sacrificial Giving – Connie Spence

Fr. Bob mentioned that Fr. Terry would like to ask the Pastoral Council for financial

support for his outreach programs in Thailand.  He would like to attend the December

meeting to ask for support.

8.) Closing Prayer –

Pastoral Council

Used the current Parish Stewardship Prayer

Respectfully Submitted by __________________________________

  Eric D. Hom, Secretary