St. Raymond Catholic Church

PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES

May 4, 2007

Meeting Location: Moran Hall Conference Room @ 7:00pm

Attendees:

Laurianne Behrens

(P)

Dave Conley

(P)

Eric Hom

(P)

Bonnie Kramer

(P)

Fr. Bob McCann

(P)

Connie Spence

(P)

Bob Reguilon

(NP)

Kevan Blanco  

(P)

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

Eric Hom called the meeting to order.

1.) Opening Prayer

Laurianne Behrens led the council in prayer.

2.)

Approval of April 2007 Minutes – Eric Hom & Pastoral Council

April 2007 minutes were approved as amended

3.) Unfinished Business

The council reviewed the current 5-year plan and reviewed the mission statement. The council will

reach out to Chuck Siebenand to help strategize the parish goals to be consistent with the 5-year the

current 5-year plan. Chuck will also help to revise the mission statement so that it is more concise.

Dave Conley, Bonnie Kramer and Connie Spence have volunteered to be a committee to revise the

mission statement with Chuck.

The council continued to review the messaging of the 5-year plan. Father Bob brought in the goals

form St Perpetua as an example of a succinct message.

The council discussed the discernment timing and process. It was proposed that the time frame would

be moved from September to October. We decided that this year would be too soon because of the

timing. We also discussed recruiting strategies.

Social Justice update

Social Justice continues to be one of the top priorities for St Raymond from the feedback sessions. A

number of people came out to participate in the social justice brainstorming sessions. The Social

Justice committee is working on establishing a mission statement. The committee is working to build

and education program around social justice. The next Social Justice meeting will be on Tuesday,

May 9th to discuss the mission and objectives.

4) Pastor’s Report

·

The parish has achieved the goal of raising $25,000.

·

A new Youth Minister has been recruited. Keri Stempfle has been hired.

·

The bereavement committee is in the process of being reviewed. There is an evaluation as to

whether or not to establish a grief ministry.

5) New Business

We now have a booth for the San Ramon Art & Wind Festival.

The Parish Picnic will be on Sunday the 20th.

6) Sacrificial Giving

$5,000 was given to Catholic Charities

7) Closing prayer

The

meeting adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted by __________________________________

  Kevan B. Blanco, Secretary