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Attendance: Srs. Barbara Marie Cady, Joan Jurski, Mary Therese
Brown,
Joanna Walsh,
Margaret Gallagher, Mary Jean Korejwo
Excused: Srs. Mary Ann Czaja, Marilyn Winter
A. Opening Prayer lead by Sr. Joanna
B. Minutes … approved with a spelling
change
C. Meeting with Msgr. Mike Shugrue …Sr.
Barbara Marie will get more
information on this group we have been
invited to be part of and we
will send out a special email when the
information is available.
D. Enrichment Day Discussion…
Very positive response from all who
attended.
Many who come, come because WE sponsor
it and they know it
will be good. “NAME” of presenter
is not necessarily the draw.
Those who attended find these events
very helpful to them and
their spiritual growth.
Enrichment Day Expenses…
Budget amount: $1500
Income from Registration: $585
Expenses: Speaker Stipend and
Travel and Food…$1077.40
Conclusion:
The Enrichment Day and
the Jubilee celebration are ways
for us to be in-touch with each
other and the greater community
of women; so we believe it is
important to keep both of these
events on the Diocesan Calendar.
We will keep the
Enrichment Day as part of the Council
enrichment and outreach. Next
year’s will be put on the calendar
as Sept. 27th*. For next year, we
hope to do a program using the
expertise of some of our sisters in
the diocese. We have placed
this on the agenda for the January
meeting. If you are willing to do
a presentation under the umbrella
of “Spiritual Enrichment for
Women” please contact any member of
the Council or come and
join us for the Council Meeting on
January 10th. If you would like
to suggest someone to do a
presentation please ask them if they
are willing and then let us know.
At this point, we think that the
length of a presentation would be 1
˝ hours either in the morning
or the afternoon.
*Diocesan Calendar information
now goes to Terry Jackson.
E. Jubilee Celebration, Feb. 5th, 2005
Invitations and Program … Sr. Mary
Jean
Liturgy planning … Srs. Mary Margaret
and Janet;
musicians – Tom McGinnis
and the Cathedral 5 o’clock Choir
Flowers and corsages … Sr. Mary Jean
Gifts for the Jubilarians … Sr. Mary
Therese
Reception … Leslie Malinowski
Sacristan … Adam
Information from Jubilarians for NC
Catholic …Sr. Mary Therese
Publicity … Sr. Joanna
F. Peace and Justice issues …. Sr. Joan
brought the following to our
attention(from this point on all
program communications from Sr.
Joan will be sent through the Council
mail program in order to
get them to all the sisters):
a)Justice Theatre Project ..
“Nickel and Dimed” Nov. 13-20
www.thejusticetheatrerproject.org
b) A program is being held Nov.
11th to remember Sr. Evelyn
Mattern and her work.
c) 19th Anniversary of the “People
of Faith Against the Death
Penalty” Dec. 4th
www.pfadp.org
d) “A Benefit Concert for AILANTHUS
HOUSE” … which provides
hospitality for people
visiting loved ones on death row
- Nov. 16
Question arose about how “parishes” can
get information of programs
within the diocese which are available
for their parishioners
to contact when in need of help in their
special need. In many diocese
these resources are listed in the diocesan
directory. Sr. Barbara Marie
was asked to raise this issue at the next
meeting of the Pastoral Services Staff.
G. “Blue Book” … the diocesan directory is
being “re-created”. Information
of the sisters will be included in
“alphabetical order”, rather than the previous
format. All info was
checked through the Council and is accurate “
AS OF 04/11/04.
H. Retirement Fund for Religious …25
parishes will have presentations of
the appeal by Women Religious … Srs. Mary Kitty Bethea, Margaret
Holleran, Carmel Hamilton, Mary
Therese Brown, Mary Peter Meckle,
Barbara Marie Cady, Mary Catherine Warehime,
Maxine Tancraiter,
Theresine Gildea, Edna English, Rita Finnen,
Teresa Marry, Margaret
Mary Scally, Anne Heath, Jeanne Morgan, Grace
Campbell, Carol
Loughney, Dolly Glick, Margaret Gallagher, Betty
Bullen, Kieran Williams,
Mary Agnes Scalero, and Mary Jean Korejwo.
2 deacons will be doing
the presentation in their parish; and Joan
Marion will do it at Elizabethtown.
I. Sr. Joanna gave us information of a
meeting of leaders in religious life,
to take place in Rome in
November, 2005. The working paper for the
meeting can be accessed
at
www.vidimusdominum.org. The booklet
describes the situation of
religious life today in the world … its hopes,
challenges, call for
transformation. The title of the working document is:
“With a
Passion for Christ and Passion for Humanity.”
Recorded by Sr. Mary Jean, SND
J. Following the business part of the
meeting, the Council engaged in the
following process …lead by Sr.
Joanna.
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