SETON PASTORAL COUNCIL MINUTES
April 20, 2016
Opening Prayer led by Betty Crock
Roll Call
P Father Klima
P Deacon Hector
P Deacon Joe
P D. Candidate Greg
E Christina Brown
P Aaron Christy
P Betty Crock
P Judi Gleeson
P Chuck Janes
P Susan Kolb
P Sheila Marsh
P Nancy Miller
P Dennis O’Connor
P John Ogden
E Annette Oler
P Carol Puhlmann-Schneider
P Bill Richards
P Trevor Cooper
Approval of Minutes: March minutes approved
Commissions Updates
Spiritual Life – Carol Pulhmann-Schneider
 Divine Mercy Sunday had beautiful candles and music and
was attended by about 50 people
 Handed out the remainder of the bookmarks after the Easter
masses
 Still working on the Homeward Bound program
 Idea: to have Father Klima present before/after Religious Ed
classes
Liturgy-Deacon Hector Raymond
 Holy week services were beautiful and everyone did a great
job
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 Moving to the PAC in May, and will have training for all the
ministries
 Given up on the skeleton key
 Review the updated calendar
 Baccalaureate was taken out because the dates kept
conflicting with school activities
 The last liturgy will be Confirmation
 Food Truck Frenzy will be held after masses on June 5
Respect Life
 Will present flowers for the nursing home on May 14
 Many boxes of clothing were collected and donated
 An evening with Matt Walsh June 13 at Villa Milano for
fundraiser
Finance –Dennis O’Connor
 Income is $921,100 better than budget
o Offertory is down
 Expenses are $55,700 better than budget
 Net $976,700 better than budget
 Will be setting up the budget for next year, and will try to keep
the expenses down
SPY-Chuck Janes
 End of year High School Retreat is this weekend at Camp
Otterbein
 Religious Ed end of year parties will be held April 25 and 26
 Leadership Team Retreat is August 5-7 at the Hartland Retreat
Center and is open to anyone with 3+ years in SPY
 Car washes are June 12, July 17 and August 24
o Will have kids inside for anyone wanting to make a
donation
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 Leadership Team celebration is Sunday, June 5 after the 11:15
mass
 June 26 is the Ultimate Frisbee Tournament at Church of the
Resurrection
 Modifying to adults providing guidance for leadership
Technology and Communication – Aaron Christy
 Divine Mercy Sunday had 50 you tube views and 300 podcast
downloads
 Jim McQuade put up a new page for the renovation
 Cameras were ordered for the church for hourly snapshots of
construction
Old Business
Renovation
 Tremendous amount of work going on
 Big construction meeting tomorrow morning
 Letter is written and the contract will be ready for the Bishop
tomorrow
 Still some issues pending
 We are basically rebuilding the church
 Father will talk more about the project with the Parish
 We need a new roof- The new one will last 40 years guaranteed
 Father trusts the companies we are working with
 HVAC system will be more efficient
 Father is very impressed with Corna Kokosing’s dedication
 Nursery will remain open during construction, but we need
people to staff it
 May extend Adoration on the first Fridays once we see how
things work
 Keep this process and all the people involved in your prayers
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New Member Welcome Reception
 Went very well with 20 adults and many children
 The children and Betty had a good time playing outside
 A couple asked about a Book Club
 Father says there is a lot of good literature he could
recommend
 The idea is very welcome; this is another area of growth for our
parish
 Open discussion on Facebook: Are you interested in a Book
Club?
 Add a block to the calling list response page: incorrect phone
number
 Carol will call everyone to thank them for attending
Easter/Holy Week
 5:00 Good Friday service was well attended
 Multiple cross adoration stations worked well
May Crowning Date
 Mother’s Day weekend, May 7 and 8 in the PAC
New Business
Baptisms
 April 23-5pm-3 children-Judi
 April 24-11:15am-3 children-Nancy
 May 8-1pm-1 child-Nancy and Bill
Pastoral Council Member Status
 This is Annette’s and Bill last year-Thank you for your service
 President has option of 2 years? Judi will research old notes to
find the amendment wording
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 Sheila does not want to be President as she has too much on
her plate
 We have 3 names from last year that Sheila will call to see if
they are interested to be considered
 Nominations will be closed, if these 3 are interested
Concerns of Council
 Susan Kolb will take minutes at the May meeting, Judi will not
be there
 Betty has the name and number of someone needing help
washing windows
Concerns of Pastor
 Wednesday, June 8 at 6:30pm will be the Commissions Picnic
Book Discussion
 Will continue with Chapter 4 at the next meeting
Closing Prayer led by Betty Crock
Adjourned at 8:40 pm
Next Meeting: Wednesday, May 18 at 7pm
Prayer: To be led by Annette Oler
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Pastoral Council Meeting
September 16, 2015
October 21, 2015
November 18, 2015
December 16, 2015
January 20, 2016
February 17, 2016
March 16, 2016
April 20, 2016
May 18, 2016
June TBD Picnic
Pastoral Council Members:
Fr. Jim Klima
Deacon Hector Raymond
Deacon Joe Checca
Deacon Candidate Greg Waybright
Carol Puhlmann-Schneider- President
Sheila Marsh-Vice President
Judi Gleeson-Secretary
Christina Brown-At Large Member (2018)
Betty Crock-At Large Member (2017)
Susan Kolb-At Large Member (2018)
Nancy Miller-At Large Member (2017)
John Ogden-At Large Member (2017)
Annette Oler-At Large Member (2016)
Bill Richards-At Large Member (2016)
Aaron Christy-Technology and Communication
Chuck Janes-SPY
Dennis O’Connor– Finance
Submitted by: Judi Gleeson
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