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The Pastoral Council consists of members of the parish who serve as a consultative body to the Pastor.  The purpose of the council is to further the development of a Christian community by advising and assisting the duly appointed pastor in matters relating to the facilities, parish organizations, and pastoral activities.  It also serves as a channel of communication through which questions, insights, views, and plans of and for the parish may be exchanged and further an active, energetic, and unified parish.

At St. Paul's

The Council encourages communication within the parish, with the community, and with the Archdiocese.  Council members are elected for two year terms, with specific information defined in the by-laws.  Most members are elected, others are appointed by the pastor, and some represent the Pastoral Staff. A variety of committees and sub-committees provide updates on varied topics.

Examples of ministries and committees that provide reports include Religious Education, Youth and Young Adults, Finance Committee, Facilities Committee, St Vincent dePaul Ministry, and the History Committee.

Who can Attend?

Any parishioner is invited and welcomed to attend pastoral council meetings.

 
Parish Council
Help Meet the Evangelization Goals

The Pastoral Council needs your help in implementing the 2010-2011 Evangelization Goals.  Throughout the summer, we will be publishing needs and highlights of our implementation plan.

Looking For: Graphic Artist

One of our first needs is the help of a graphic artist.  We have the preliminary workings of a new logo for St. Paul's, but it needs some professional help.  If you have graphic arts skills or know of someone who does that would be willing to help, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

New Ministry: Greeters

As highlighted in the bulletin, St. Paul's is developing a new ministry, "Greeters" at each mass.  Sr. Dorothy is organizing this new ministry.  If you are interested in helping, please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
 
2010-2011 Evangelization Goals

Below are a listing of the 2010-2011 Evangelization Goals:

  1. Foster Fellowship
  2. Involve Active Parishioners
  3. Expand Youth Ministry
  4. Enhance/Promote New Evangelization Center (NEC) Utilization
  5. Awareness of Parishioner Needs/Wants
  6. Intergeneration/Demographics
    • Combined Activities
  7. Shape the image of St. Paul Parish
    • Branding
    • Actively Manage
  8. Expand Community Outreach
  9. Define "Evangelization" for the Parish and Community

Looking for ways to help out with these goals?  Help Meet the Evangelization Goals!
 
June 2010 Updates

The following are updates from the June 16th Pastoral Council Meeting.

  • The Brown House demolition will begin on Tuesday, July 6th, with an estimated completion of 2.5 weeks.
  • The detailed blueprints for the New Evangelization Center are going through the "Check Print" phase by both the parish and the Archdiocese.  It is estimated that bids for the new building bill be released later this summer.
  • The goals and implementation plans for the parish Evangelization theme that was worked on at the June 5th retreat were reviewed and expanded at the meeting.  Check here for the listing of the 2010-2011 Evangelization Goals.
 
Pastoral Council Retreat

All are SPECIAL!
On Saturday June 5th, fourteen members of the St. Paul’s Pastoral Council gathered at the Shrine of St. Anthony for a day long retreat. The experience was absolutely fabulous; the day was filled with prayer, guest speakers, and extensive discussion on how the Pastoral Council can serve the parishioners and community of St. Paul’s as we as a parish focus on Evangelization.

The theme for our retreat was Evangelization; Walking in the Footsteps of St. Paul. Our efforts and prayers resulted in nine (9) Goals for the Pastoral Council to work on in 2010-2011, and forty (40) actions to consider for implementation toward our goals.  As we work through the implementation plans over the next several weeks we will be sharing those details and asking for your help, so look for more communications from the Pastoral Council through the bulletin and our Website.

The Council did generate a theme for the parish as we move forward in our ministry of evangelization; “Disciples in Action”. Our plans and goals are centered on this theme; we want everyone in the local community to recognize the parishioners of St. Paul’s as true disciples of Jesus Christ through our actions. Since we all are SPECIAL children of God, we identified characteristics that defines’ us as “Disciples in Action”;

             S – Serving

             P – Prayerful

             E – Educators

             C – Caring

             I – Integrators

            A – Awareness

            L - Loving

Be on the lookout for examples of our parishioners demonstrating their abilities to be; “Disciples in Action”.

 
Adding to the Agenda

If you wish to have an item listed to the agenda, it must be submitted to the president of the council at least ONE WEEK before the next meeting.

George Krause
President

Mary Ellen Marselak
Vice Chair
 
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