May 18, 2021

Pastoral Council Minutes - May 18th, 2021
Present: Jeff Keen, Phil Paladino, Ruth Schluter, Father Doug Wathier, Wayne Green
Zoom: Kris Dunkin, Kelly Flege, Elaine Lawler, Trent Lockard, Jenne Seward
Not present: Jennifer Siech 

• Meeting called to order by Trent
• Father Doug started with “Come Holy Spirit” prayer.
• The April 20th minutes were reviewed. Kelly moved to accept the minutes, Elaine seconded, and the Council approved.
• Phase 2 Committee Update: Requests for Proposals were submitted to various Architects and Capital Campaign Groups. Waiting to hear back from them.  
• Peace and Justice committee submitted the following tithe recommendations.

Local: $500 to Waverly Veteran’s Homeless Shelter
State/National: $500 to Retrieving Freedom
$500 to Feeding America
$500 to Guiding Star
International: $1,000 to Caritas
Question on Guiding Start and Caritas. Guiding Star provides natural, pro-woman, and pro-family health and wellness care following Catholic doctrine. Caritas could be considered a Catholic Red Cross.
After discussion, Ruth made a motion to approve the tithe recommendations, seconded by Jeff, and approved by council.

• Nominees for Pastoral Council
  • A couple of volunteers so far
  • A list of potential candidates will be contacted
  • Ballot will be an insert in bulletin
• Covid concerns
  • Archdiocese set June 5th as ending date for dispensation from Mass and the day mandates are being lifted
  • Local parishes still have some leeway in decisions
  • Staff is working on rules and will be communicating them in a mailing
  • Services will still be available online for the time being
  • Also will be working on plan for homebound ministry and Liturgies in nursing homes
• Finance Committee review by Kelli
  • Offertory trending up
  • Projecting a $75,000 budget surplus, which includes the $54,000 PPP loan forgiveness and some extra Building and Grounds expenses
• Wayne gave Faith Formation report
  • Sessions have ended for the year and Angie receive some good feedback from parents.
  • NCYC fundraising continues and is going well.
  • Totus Tuus is June 13th thru 18th.
  • St. Mary may partner with St. Paul on vacation bible school if St. Paul decides to go ahead. They will be making their decision later this month or early June. If they decide to not have VBS then we will not either.
  • Discipleship Coordinator position
    • Two Zoom interviews so far
    • One of the candidates visited St. Mary on May 11th and was offered the position but decided to take a position in Des Moines.
    • Another zoom interview May 18th.
• Discussion on the potential of doing solar with building expansion. The suggestion will be presented to the architects.
• Jeff made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Wayne, and approved by Council.
• Father ended the meeting with the Hail Mary.
• Next Council meeting will be Tuesday, August May 17th at 7:00pm