Sts. Peter & Paul
Pastoral Council Meeting
September 1st, 2016
6:00 p.m. in Family Room
Those in attendance:
Father Tony Jill Peterek Greg Machalec
Curt Hand Herbert Strunk
Juanita Lopez Toby Gualandri Patrick Mattingly
Those not in attendance:
Deacon Rusty Bob Stewart Mario Silva
Peter Hudson Lidia Rodriguez Mike Senneway
I. Opening Prayer – Father Tony offered a prayerful message.
II. Reviewed Minutes of the August Meeting – Motion to adopt the minutes as presented was made and seconded, respectively, by Patrick Mattingly and Curt Hand. Motion was adopted.
III. Ministry Reports-
A. Herbert Strunk
1. Catholic Daughters: No report.
2. Eucharistic Adoration: No report.
3. Knights of Columbus:
- Fourth degree initiation 9/24.
- Rosary for Father Bealy Saturday, 9/30.
4. Doll Ministry: No report, ministry may be defunct.
B. Greg Machalec
1. Parish Choirs: Some new mass settings coming.
2. Lectors: No report.
3. Eucharistic Ministers: No report.
4. Thrift Store: No report.
C. Mario Silva
1. Youth Ministry:
- Finished our 22nd Teen ACTS Retreat at the beginning of August.
- Have also been contacted by the youth minister at St. Patrick's Church in Dallas, TX. They would like us to mission Teen ACTS to their parish next summer. So this coming year we will have three Teen ACTS retreats.
- Planning to host a Catholic Heart Workcamp in New Braunfels the week of July 4th, 2017. This would be in addition to taking our kids on a workcamp somewhere else.
- Took around 100 teens and young adults on our annual Leadership Retreat last weekend to TbarM. This group will lead all the retreats this year and serve as Edge Core.
- Life Teen and Confirmation begin on Sunday, September 18.
- Edge for Middle School begins on Monday, September 19. Registration is well underway.
2. Couples Prayer: No report.
3. Ushers and Greeters (Hospitality Ministry): No report.
4. Little Flowers: No report.
D. Patrick Mattingly
1. Men’s ACTS:
- Coffee With Christ on August 24 had 17 attending that heard the latest updates on the planned “Holy Smokes” Cook-off October 21 & 22 from Shaun Gibson. Group has already exceeded sponsorship goal by over a thousand dollars. Logistics, event details, and organizational matters have taken shape. Flyers are being distributed around town and since Comal County’s cook-off of the same date has filled we are getting some referrals for teams. Planning and execution appears to be well ahead of schedule.
- Deacon Ben Wehman delivered a spiritual talk about the importance of fellowship like Coffee with Christ and was congratulated on his 80th birthday that he celebrated while on vacation in New Mexico.
- Mathew Kelly’s Book “Rediscover Jesus” is being broken down by chapters for a meditation talk at each Core Team meeting by a team member. Brian Greenwell presented “The Heart & Soul of The Gospel” (2 parts).
- Next Taco & Bake Sale is scheduled for September 24 & 25. The test Taco Sale was a big success and improvements are being made to maximize that portion this go-around.
- Next Core Team Meeting is Tuesday, September 27 @ 6:30p.
- Two retreats scheduled for next year.
2. Rachel’s Journey (formerly Project Rachel): No report.
3. Gardening Angels:
- Met and worked a few hours with Tom & Freddy around the back of the church.
- Talked to Tom about his plan development and he is still working on that and trying to contact all the people working within the Gardening Ministry.
- Tom Walker will present at our October 6th Meeting as an introduction to the council and discuss his succession and immediate plans for the ministry.
4. Disaster Relief : No report.
5. Pro-Life: No report.
E. Lidia Rodriguez
1. Gabriel Project:
- Hotline answered 68 calls
- 10 cribs were given out in August.
- Had 21 new families sign up in August.
- Had referrals from 7 area agencies to help moms in need.
- Helped 167 families with diapers and clothes in the month of August.
- Baby Delia family moving to San Antonio where they will be closer to doctor’s appointments and work. A Gabriel Angel worked extensively with Dawn White, Director of Christian Assistance Ministries in San Antonio, to try and help them with rent deposit. We will continue to help with diapers until resources in San Antonio are found to help them.
- Pat Gittinger has been doing works of mercy for The Gabriel Project by making phone calls to all our new families who sign up with us. She is welcoming them into our program and finding out if their needs are being met.
- Plans are in the works for Diaper Days Closing for the entire months of November and December.
- Annual Christmas Party is being planned, with an added party the same day for our Gabriel Families! We are not participating in the Adopt a Family for Christmas Program. The program developed into something too large for our volunteer base to handle. If our volunteers want to give a Christmas gift to a child at Christmas, they will choose an angel ornament from the Giving Tree in the foyer like all the other parishioners do every year.
- Were able to help a family in a dire emergency situation with their rent. This was a referral from Family Life Center that had already asked everywhere they could for help for this family.
- Were able to provide a daycare scholarship for a hard working family in common with McKenna Parenting.
2. St. Anne’s Christian Mothers and Alter Society: No report, not meeting again until September.
3. Welcome Committee-Ministry Awareness Weekend: No report.
4. Women’s ACTS: No report.
F. Bob Stewart
1. Lending Library: No report.
2. Scouts:
Troop 163: No report
Cub Scouts: No report
3. Catholic Alliance: No report.
4. Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic School Charitable Trust: No report.
G. Toby Gualandri
1. Divine Mercy Cenacle: Upcoming in September beginning of 33 day self retreat program. Deacon Bob will kick-off program with spiritual talk on 9/20.
2. Divine Mercy Chaplet: No report
3. Helping Hands:
Listed below is a summary of how Helping Hands served the community during the month of September:
Helping Hands Assistance SummaryClients / 22/33Approved
Total Assistance / $5,000.00
Detail of Assistance:
Blessing Bags Project (350 bags for homeless) / -
Project Cool (20 fans) / -
HEB Cards / -
Utilities / -
Rental / -
School Supplies / -
Medical / -
Donation: Paper Goods / -
Donation: Linens/Under Garments for Comal County Crisis Center for Women / -
4. Family Promise: Attended host coordinator’s meeting held at our church.
H. Juanita Lopez
1. Archives: Reviewing old school pictures in an attempt to identify students.
2. Saints Peter and Paul School: No report.
3. Sick and Homebound: No report.
4. God’s Healing Love: No report.
I. Curt Hand
1. Bible Study: No report.
2. RCIA: No report.
3. CCD: No report.
4. Catholics for Freedom of Religion:
- Will be providing voter registration after all Masses at SP&P on the weekend of September 17-18.
- Evaluating different Catholic Voter Guides in the hopes of distributing these in advance of the election.
- On the evening of September 17, will be hosting a speaker from the Texas Convention of States (CoS) Project in St. Mary's Hall. The CoS Project is a non-profit organization promoting an Article V Convention of the States for the purposes of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Some claim that such a convention provides the best strategy for restoring and preserving religious freedom and freedom of conscience, and for reversing Federal Court mandates that conflict with our religious beliefs, such as Abortion and same-sex marriage.
J. Peter Hudson
1. PTC:
- 1stFridaySocial (church Hall after early mass) thisFriday, Sept. 2nd.
- 1st PTC meetingSept. 6th 6pm
- Grandparents Pancake BreakfastFriday, Sept. 9th
- Back to School Picnic was a huge success!! About 70 families.
- Making phone calls to new parents and to people that have signed up to join a committee.
- Working on fundraisers:
The spirit store will be selling items throughout the year.
Will have the giving tree at GPB (not on wall).
Asking our parents with carpentry skills to donate some woodwork pieces for
what we hope will be an all year around fundraiser or at our major events.
(Getting wood/scraps donated.) The parent gets service hours for a
project/projects. Accepting wood donations if you have any connections.
Hope to have a SPP 5k run at end of year.
Selling free dress passes.
Selling last year’s cookbooks.
2. Bereavement: Someone is using the bereavement ice chests without asking. And we cannot find them when we need them, for example, our ice chests. Some bowls have also gone missing. Expect our items to be in the closet when we have a funeral reception. Sorry to complain, but this needs to stop.
Deacon Rusty to look into securing the bereavement items somewhere in/near the kitchen.
3. Marriage Encounter:
- Next Weekend is Oct 14-16 at the Oblate in San Antonio. . Online application atwww.mesanantonio.org, or call Dick & Ellen at830-237-5041.
- WWME picnic Sunday, Sept 25th, in Rockport, near Corpus Christi fromnoon to 6 pm.
4. CYO:
a. Basketball: No report.
b. Volleyball: About to kick off our volleyball season:
- Have 8 volleyball teams from ages 7-12 years old this season.
- Regular season will begin onSaturday, September 10
- Assisted with lighting replacement in gym
- Looking to assist with improvements to outside entry of gym.
c. Baseball: No Report.
K. Jill Peterek
1. Healing Ministry: No report.
2. Rosary Guild: No report.
3. Prison Visits:
- Delivered 40 or so rosaries to the jail along with 48 Bibles donated by the Knights of Columbus. We still have another 52 Bibles available when they run out.
- Got 3 new ministers on the schedule, however we had one member drop off, who is willing to fill in as needed. So, we have a roster of 8 ministers including the one substitute.
- We continue to have issues getting into the jail, due to staff shortages. We have been getting turned away about 50% of the time. We will keep trying, becausewhen we do get in, it seems to have a very positive impact.
4. SOS Food Bank: Always in need of additional volunteers.
IV. Father Tony Comments
- School enrollment at 358.
- Father commented on the how the thrift shop is going “gangbusters”! expect to gross over $500,000 this year.
V. Other Business: None
VI. Next meeting will be October 6.
VII. Greg Machalec adjourned the meeting after the closing prayer.
PASTORAL COUNCIL REPORT
Rachel’s Journey
September 2016
· Last Team Meeting was Wednesday evening August 17.
o No retreat made in August and none are scheduled for September due to other commitments. Next retreat is scheduled for October 8.
o Still awaiting the completion of the “Monument to the Unborn”. Once completed the dedication would make a good feature for Today’s Catholic.
o Planned Parenthood Prayer will resume Tuesday, September 13th after morning Mass.
o 10 Team Members plan on attending the Catholic Women’s Conference in San Antonio this month and they will have a table to present handouts. Vicki Thorn, Guest Speaker is the founder of the National Organization.
o The ‘Options For Life’ Banquet October 25 at 6:30p at the NB Civic Center has 11 Team members registered. Keynote Speaker: Abby Johnson, a former Director of Planned Parenthood that had a drastic change of heart and published a book “Unplanned”.
o Stephanie will be speaking at Masses Sat/Sun October 1 & 2.
· Next Ministry Team Meeting is Wednesday, September 14 @ 6:45p.
Patrick M. Mattingly
Pastoral Council