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Pastoral Council

Members serve in an advisory role to the parish priest. They plan for the future of the parish, review parish policies, promote faith formation and parish activities, coordinate parish groups, and accept and consider comments and suggestions from parishioners.

Eric Patera - Chair
Alejandrina Amado
Rob Cassleman
Trisha Doumit
Lorraine Farrand
Robert Harris
Aurora Horstkamp
Jim Lincoln
Charlotte Snekvik
Charlotte Worthy

Sacred Heart Parish Pastoral Council
In-person Meeting
May 10, 2022

Building Committee Presentation: Before the pastoral council meeting, the Sacred Heart finance council and pastoral council members watched a building committee presentation. A piece of property came to their attention through our realtor about a month ago. It is not on the market yet, and everyone attending signed a non-disclosure agreement, promising not to disclose identifying details about the property until the sellers are ready. The property has the potential to solve our church buildings’ current problems with accessibility, parking, classroom safety, drainage, and room for growth at a far lower cost than renovating our current buildings. It is in a good location, also.
After thorough discussion, the two councils agreed unanimously that the parish should put down earnest money for the property and find an architect to do a feasibility study. The members felt it would be unwise to pass up this opportunity. If the study shows that the property will not work for us the earnest money will be returned.
Council members present: Rob Cassleman, Fr. Steve Dublinski, Lorraine Farrand, Robert Harris, Aurora Horstkamp, Jim Lincoln, Eric Patera (chair), Char Snekvik, and Charlotte Worthy. Mary Sutherland, parish secretary.
Opening Prayer - Our Father.
Membership: A council member resigned on April 24, 2022, in order to spend more time with their family. Fr. Steve and chair Eric Patera proposed filling the vacancy with parishioner Trisha Doumit. She was nominated for the council in 2021. The council agreed that she may finish the former council member’s term, which ends in 2024.
Nominations: Two council members, Aurora Horstkamp and Rob Cassleman, have terms ending in June or this year. We need to get nomination ballots out to the parish. The Caritas Committee may need new members. The Faith Formation Board does not need new members at this time.
Hispanic ministry: Eric reported that some of the Hispanic community proposed having a potluck for the parish where they share food from their culture(s). The council members like that idea. Fr. Steve also proposed the idea of identifying important feasts of various cultures in our parish communities, and celebrating a feast from each culture.
We should have a representative from the Hispanic community on the building committee. The Hispanic Ministry is working on selecting Spanish hymnals and putting together a script for a Spanish Communion service when needed. We need to work on having a Palm Sunday and an Easter Mass in Spanish.
Disciples in Dialogue Listening Sessions: Fr. Steve is working on processing the answers to all the questions from those sessions. It would be valuable for the pastoral council to go over those at the fall retreat. The retreat day is still to be determined.
Parish Directory: The staff and Fr. Steve are going to try to get it finished over the summer. Keeping up with COVID changes kept us from getting that done. Fr. Steve should be able to start taking pictures again if the weather warms up.
Next meeting: Sunday, June 12, 9:45 am, social hall.
Closing prayer: Glory Be.
Submitted by Mary Sutherland
 

May 10, 2022 council minutes
October 16, 2021 council minutes
Community Outreach Commissioin report October 2021
September 11, 2021 council minutes
Community Outreach Commission report September 2021
CDC slide show about delta variant
July 31, 2021 council minutes
July 13, 2021 council minutes
June 29, 2021 council minutes
June 12, 2021 council Zoom minutes
Community Outreach Commission report June 2021
May 22, 2021 council Zoom minutes
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Financial Report, May 2021
Community Outreach Commission report May 2021
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Community Outreach Commission report April 2021
March 27, 2021 council Zoom minutes
March 13, 2021 council Zoom minutes and Faith Formation Commission report
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Community Outreach Commission report February 2021
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Finance and Administration Report to council 1/16/21
Community Outreach Commission report 1/2021
December 12, 2020 council Zoom minutes
Liturgy & Worship commission report 12/2020
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Safety Committee minutes12/2020
November 14, 2020 council Zoom minutes
Faith Formation Commission report 11/2020
Community Outreach Commission report 11/2020
October 10, 2020 council Zoom minutes
Community Outreach Commission report 10/2020
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Community Outreach Commission report 9/13/20
June 14, 2020 council Zoom minutes
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Finance and Administration Report to council 5/17/20
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Community Outreach Commisstion report to council 4/25/20
March 8, 2020 council minutes
February 9, 2020 council minutes
January 12, 2020 council minutes
December 8, 2019 council minutes
Community Outreach Commisstion report to council 12/8/19
November 3, 2019 council minutes
Faith Formation Board Report to Pastoral Council 11/3/19
October 13, 2019 council minutes
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June 2, 2019 council minutes
May 5, 2019 council minutes
April 7, 2019 council minutes
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Community Outreach Commission Report to Council 3/10/19
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Faith Formation Board Report to Pastoral Council 1/13/19
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Faith Formation Board

Parish Faith Formation serves preschool through adults. Board members provide oversight and support to the Faith Formation staff for curriculum, hiring, adult education topics, and the parish library. Individuals will be chosen to form a diverse group representing all parish members.

2021-2022 Board Members
Dave Schneider - President 
Tammy Barry 
Charlotte Bosold
Kat Harris
L Heidenreich
Jane Hommel 
Betty Klover
Wendy McCann 
Jessica Ortiz
Jon Parrish 

Faith Formation Board Meeting
Tuesday, May 3, 2022, Sacred Heart social hall

Attending: Betty Klover, L Heidenreich, Charlotte Bosold, Linea Johnson, Kat Harris, Dave Schneider, Theresa Paul, Anna Park 
Opening Prayer: Betty Klover

1. Thank You to Our Committees - This has been a very busy year for our board members, and Theresa would like to thank everyone who participated in helping make it a successful year especially the Hispanic Community Engagement, Hydroponics, Black History Month, Saint of the Month, Stations of the Cross, and Catechist Luncheon.
2. VBS - The VBS Chairperson checked in with the Department of Health for Whitman County and VBS will follow all the guidelines and stay in touch with the department in case any changes need to be made to how camp will go. Worst case scenarios would be mask wearing and use of testing kits as well as PPE should we need it. The Department of Health said they will provide those things should we need them.  With college students heading home, COVID trends should be better. Registration is live (online) for children, teen helpers and adult volunteers - July 5-8, half day, free camps for PreK-6 grade (going into those grades) at Concordia Lutheran. Vaccination is strongly encouraged for all adult and teen helpers. This week’s printed bulletin will have a QR code for registration and the email version will include the link.
3. Lentil Fest - Dave will talk with Father Paul about coordinating with St. Thomas More. Linea will get insurance information so that Dave has it. Dave will work more on the plan for Lentil Fest once school is out. Dates: August 12-13.
4. Hiring of New DRE - Theresa suggested sending the job description to Seattle and Yakima dioceses. She will also send to L to send to the oblates. Kat recommended Linked In for posting as well. Father Steve would like resumes to be in by May 20 and interviews to begin by early June. July 1 is the preferred start date - that is the beginning of the fiscal year. There is flexibility in that start date if needed. Sacred Heart is very accommodating to people’s families and vacations which is one of many reasons the position is attractive. Please share information about the job with anyone you think might be interested or qualified.
5. Faith Formation Report - Easter Vigil was really wonderful. It was a really great year for RCIA. We greatly appreciate all of the work Mary Johnson put in to help prepare the newly initiated. We had some people that came in late to the program, so they will start RCIA in the fall.
6. The children have Sacrament Mass on Saturday, May 14 at 11am. There are 16 total that will receive sacraments. The Bishop is coming early to visit with the children before Mass to answer their questions. The children will submit questions ahead of time.
7. Last day of Faith Formation classes was Sunday, April 24. The catechist luncheon was fun and well attended. Thank you to Wendy, her twins, and Betty for helping to set up and prepare the food. Thank you gift cards were given to all the catechists.
8. Youth Group Report - The parish wide Easter Egg Hunt was Saturday, April 16. Tammy did a wonderful job narrating the story. There was a small and enthusiastic group of youth who participated in the skit. The youth filled the eggs and practiced the skit the week before during a meeting. All were excited and had lots fun! Some leftover eggs were found during the last week, so keep your eyes peeled as there may be some more out there. :) Youth Group met this past Sunday and will take off for Mother’s Day with the final meeting on May 15. Linea would like to do a June hike at Kamiak depending on weather, wildfire smoke, and vacations. The middle school camp for the diocese already has 73 youth signed up. There are about 20 spots left. The dates for camp are: Aug 14-19. Steubenville Northwest Conference is in Spokane (last weekend of July) and Linea has some verbal interest, but none have signed up yet.
9. Board Members for 2022-2023 - Theresa had the board look at the board roster and term chart. Please check this and let us know if you will continue on the board or if we need to begin the nomination process.
10. Theresa’s Parish-wide Retirement Party - Sunday, June 26 , beginning at noon
11. Post Meeting Ideas - Following the meeting, L shared the idea of having the parish come together and pray the rosary for peace. Anna is looking at the parish calendar to find a Wednesday evening for this prayerful opportunity.  Kat also shared the idea of a “Slow Mass” where Father Steve would discuss/teach about all the various parts of the Mass for greater understanding of why we do the things we do during Mass. Both ideas will be shared in our staff meeting next Wednesday, May 11 as Father Steve is out this week for a priests’ retreat.

Closing Prayer: Linea Johnson

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Members research charities and decide which ones will receive money from the parish. In 1990 Sacred Heart's Pastoral Council decided the parish would spend a percent of its income on charity, gradually working up to 10%. It established the Caritas committee to disburse the funds. The percentage has varied over the years. 

Jessica Ortiz, chair
Ken Casavant
Lucille Guettinger
Kat Harris
Bonita Lawhead

Finance Council

This council is appointed by the pastor, and is responsible for ensuring the financial stability of the parish.

Erik Coats - President
Dennis Guettinger
Bernie McEldowney
Miho Nam
Rev. Jeff Core, diocesan representative