May 13, 2004 Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the Meeting of the St. Therese Pastoral Council
May 13, 2004

The Pastoral Council met May 13th, 2004 in the reflection area of the Parish and Education Center. Nancy Fahey, Tom Skorupa, Pris Pawlikowski, Steve Hilliard, Joe Doetzl, Damian Gerstner, Wayne Snyder, Linda Winter, Brad Grill, Linda Albani and Fr. Mike Roach were present. Fr. Mike Roach departed early

Facilitator: Damian Gerstner
Scribe: Joe Doetzl

We opened the meeting with a Gospel reflection.

Damian then led a reflection exercise on the essential elements of St. Therese Parish life.
Everyone was asked to record on an index card what they regarded as the three essential elements of St. Therese Parish Life. Dennis Meier forwarded his responses via email. Unique responses included :

< Eucharist
< Legacy
< Relationships
< Community
< Service
< Learning
< Faith
< Spirit
< Fellowship
< Worship
< Love
< Justice
< Care
< Faith Formation
< Prayerful excellence in Liturgy
< Hospitality
< Ministry (authentic, open, inclusive, and responsive)


Damian continued the reflection exercise and provided items considered essential from the finance council, the visioning committee and Revisioning the Parish Pastoral Council. After this exercise everyone was again asked to record on an index card what they regarded as the essential elements of St. Therese Parish life. Unique responses included:

< Eucharist
< Prayer
< Spirituality
< Worship
< Word
< Love
< Care
< Community Service
< Outreach
< Stewardship
< Learning
< Faith Formation
< Hospitality
< Discerning Leadership
< Community/Unity
< Service
< Faith
< Diversity
< Justice
< Relationships
< Integrity
< Shared responsibility


At the next meeting on June 3, 2004 the group decided to use nominal group technique to attempt to form a parish mission statement. Steve Hilliard and Nancy Fahey will facilitate.