Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes

10/21/2019

The October pastoral council meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Father Raul Perez-Cobo.  In attendance were Kelli Simonson, Danielle Holmes, Randy Mertes, Deacon Dean Roberts, Shari Lee, Sharon Jorschumb, Traci Steffen, Beverly Arey and Stefan Arey. Absent was Francisco Valenzuela and Sr. Lucy Perez-Calixto

The council recognized and welcomed two new members elected by the parish, Beverly and Stefan Arey.  They will serve a three-year term on the council.
For the new year, Danielle Holmes was elected to act as Secretary and Parish Committee liaisons were organized.  This year’s committee liaisons are as follows:
Social Concerns: Stefan Arey
Adult Faith Formation: Sharon Jorschumb and Deacon Dean Roberts
Liturgy: Beverly Arey
Maintenance: Randy Mertes
Youth Faith Formation: Traci Steffen
Stewardship: Shari Lee
Finance: Kelli Simonson
Guadalupe Ministries: Sr. Lucy Perez-Calixto and Francisco Valenzuela

Minutes from the September meeting were read by Shari Lee and approved as read.
The council reflected on the Health Fair provided by NDSU nursing students in the parish center this October.  It was noted that the information and services were great and overall the event was well received by the parish.  Plans to continue this annually or more often were discussed but not finalized.

An update on Fargodome event fundraising was given by Sharon Jorschumb.  The parish earned ~$800 for the three events worked over the summer. Discussion on ways to find new volunteers led to a suggestion to allow workers to designate the parish fund that their “cut” of the money would benefit. A way to organize this was tabled until next meeting.

Parish Vision: Your Voice our Future summaries were passed out to review if any action need be taken to immediately address parish concerns.  It was decided that committee liaisons would bring list to committee meetings to generate discussion and bring any action items from committees back to the council.

The council asked for a summary of the fall festival, but it was too early to have full numbers.  A quick estimation was that we served ~850 people at dinner and netted ~$15,000.

New business brought to the council was proposing fees for Religious Education Programming.  The council discussed dollar amounts, multi-child and catechist discounts as well as the impact, good or bad, the fees may have on our program.  No official actions were voted on and finalizing details were tabled to the next meeting. 
The meeting was closed in prayer led by Deacon Dean Roberts and adjourned at 8:05 pm.