Minutes from Wednesday, February 15, 2012

ST. EUGENE PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL

Minutes from Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Members attending: Fr. Joseph, Fr. Ryan, John E., Geri E., Trish C., Gloria S., Ricardo M., Beth A., Joe H., Mary Kathryn P., Gene Z., Agnes D., Miguel V., Carol O., Gisella M., Vanessa F.

Opening Prayer by Fr. Joseph

January 16, 2012 minutes approved given some minor changes.

Youth Ministry – Reyna M./Felix C./Justin L.
The Hispanic Youth Group is practicing for the Passion of Christ play on Mondays. They have acquired new members thanks to the change in meeting schedule.

TYM went to the March For Life. Some are involved in the Diocesan SEARCH program.

On 2/25 TYM will hold their pancake breakfast from 7 to 9am.

Steering Committee John N./Sam F.

The subcontractor hired by G&G is working to correct the mistakes at the retention pond on surrounding hill the previous subcontractor made (they are now out of business). Due to these mistakes, the grounds didn’t pass inspections. Tomorrow the surveyors will come out and let us know if we pass inspection. After this, we will have to wait for the C.O. by the City of Wendell.

We hope this can all be completed successfully by the beginning of next week so we can celebrate Ash Wednesday in the new church. The church itself and the parking lot are ready.

Liturgy & Spirituality – Geri E.

** The Liturgy Preparation Form for the Dedication Ceremony was completed and will be mailed to the Diocese.
** Gerard Hall, of the Diocese, will hold a dress rehearsal on March 7^th at 8pm for all those who are participating in the Dedication Ceremony.
** New updated lists (names, telephone numbers and email addresses) were emailed to all liturgical ministries along with a February schedule. Also included were the changes that resulted from the 2 training sessions in the new church.
** Father Joseph went over the important dates for services during the Lenten Season.
All services and dates will be published in the Bulletin. Tentative plans have been made in case we get our CO in time and we get to hold Ash Wednesday service in the new church on 2/22.

** Father Joseph stressed the need for more Hispanic presence at the Liturgical committee meetings as we will have more bilingual services to plan in the future.

** Professional movers will come in on 2/20 to move the organ and piano into the new church.

** Youth Ministry asked Couples for Christ if they can serve the Soup Supper on 4/4/12 in their stead.

Reminders on how to worship in the new church will be distributed in the bulletin this weekend.


Religious Education/Faith Formation – Dan S.

-REFF will host a Soup Supper on March 7.

-Now preparing our RCIC/RCIA for the Easter Vigil. We have 7 kids that will receive the sacraments of initiation and 1 adult. We have 3 adults who will receive Confirmation/First Communion. We will go to St Thomas More for Rite of Election on March 4.

-Confirmation will be May 10 at St. Bernadette in Fuquay Varina. The Recollections will take place during the 4 Saturdays of Lent.

-The schedule for classes when the new church opens will be as follows:

Pre-K to 6^th grade - 10:30am to 11:30am

7^th, 8^th, Pre-Confirmation, Confirmation, RCIC & RCIA times will remain the same - 11:45am-12:45pm

-Vacation Bible School will be June 24-28 at St. Eugene’s this year.

-First Communion will be on June 2.

Couples for Christ – Bill & Gloria S.

Members: Danny & Aurora Riley, Danny & Kathryn Koenig, Bill & Gloria Sublett, Tom & Frances Barry. Handmaids: Nina Cortilla, Elba Parratore.

On 12/10/11 CFC Christmas Party/Assembly in High Point, NC- well attended

On 1/14/12 First Fruits Assembly at Our Lady of Lourdes; Pro-Life Mass at St. Thomas in Raleigh

Jan.-Mar. CLP classes session cancelled due to leadership illness (Bill’s total knee replacement; Danny Riley pending back surgery)

Feb. - Support Lenten Soup Supper, Stations, etc.; support Adoration the first Thursday.

On Sat. 2/11 the Raleigh Chapter had their Valentine dinner/dance and was very successful.

Mar.-Aug. Evangelize for new members for CFC; support one Sunday Social (after 9am mass).

St. Eugene’s will show 2 movies for the community:

-Courageous on March 11 at 6:30pm

-Facing the Giants on March 25 at 6:30pm

Sept.-Nov. CLP Session (dates pending)

Dec. Christmas Party (date pending)

Family Life – Steve S./Bruce T.

I have no report.

12-14 Seniors visited the Temple. There were 2 hosts there who described what they do and how they do it. They showed the Seniors their Ark (our tabernacle) which is truly an entire room. This is where they keep their Torahs of which the temple has 6 thanks to donations given to them by their parishioners. The tour lasted approximately 1.5 hours. The Seniors noted the many similarities in worship between the two faiths.

In March they will have their Lent Retreat at Avila with the Bishop.

They are also preparing for the St. Patrick’s Day corned beef and cabbage meal at John’s house.

Parish Community Spirit – John E.

Bruce donated sheet cakes for Fr. Joseph’s birthday.

Thank you to Social Ministries, Felix and Gene for their groups’ help with the Adopt a Highway program.

Parish Community will sponsor High School and College graduates in late May/early June.
Parish Hall Usage Guidelines for parish groups were discussed and approved by the staff. The usage guidelines are as follows:

1. ALL events are subject to pastoral review and approval. Events are not booked until signed off by the pastor.

2. Established Diocesan and Parish Groups (Knights, Ladies Guild, etc.) are given priority but must set their even times by a date 3 months prior to the event or risk losing that time slot to a private event.
3. Established parish groups do not pay a rental fee and are responsible for cleanup or may choose to pay a cleaner. Cleanup MUST INCLUDE, but is not limited to: Trash cans are emptied, new liners placed in cans and full bags taken to the dumpster, floors swept and mopped if necessary, tables and chairs rearranged, tables wiped.

Buildings & Grounds – Ricardo M./Sam F.

Sam & Ricardo will have a meeting to coordinate the painting of the parish hall with the family that has offered to donate the labor and materials for this project. Ricardo said the family will only take a day to do the work - they’ll bring in 8 people to do this. Ricardo asked if we could provide them with a lunch.

Fr. Joseph asked for recognition for Ricardo who has been doing repairs around the building.

Evangelization – Beth A.

Much Evangelization is going on within our parish, as well as outside of it!

Thanks to Sue & John Broderick, and the group for opening themselves up to the Holy Spirit in growing this Prayer Blanket ministry as well as Jeff Maas, Dee & Charlie New for their taking over the RCIA sessions while I was out. (The Lord certainly knew what He was doing this past summer when I talked to Dee & Charlie about RCIA!) Also, thank you for all your phone calls, cards, and mostly your prayers during that time - definitely not three months that I would care to relive again! So good to be back!

Good Shepherd Prayer Group – began meeting the 2^nd Tuesday in February. They will continue to meet the 2^nd Tuesday morning of the month in Room 4 of the Education Building. Ro Hansen is the contact person.

Prayer Blanket Ministry – Not sure where to start on this group – it causes me such excitement and brings tears to my eyes! Going from a few women sitting around the kitchen table discussing, and praying about - The Workshop held in October was a huge success. There was a very good representation of English as well as Spanish Speaking parishioners.

It was originally thought that we would maybe begin having a second grouping of people on a Saturday to work on the ministry and we would start after the 1^st of the year in 2012. Well, by popular request, it was started the following month, and has been meeting the 1^st Saturday afternoon of each month in the Education Building. Both language groups are still attending in good numbers. Also, women & men of all ages! They are teaching each other how to knit, crochet, make fleece blankets with different ties, and make rosaries.

The 3^rd Friday AM group continues to meet, however, have had to switch to the church due to the number of people attending! The Knights of Columbus continues to be a large supporter in supplying the rosary pamphlets in both English & Spanish.

The types of items being made has changed now to the Prayer Blankets, scarves / hats, rosaries and directions on how to pray the rosary that are distributed to Raleigh Rescue Mission. Some baby blankets are also being made for Birth choice. Blankets are kept in the Sacristy in plastic tubs which is working out very well for those in need. Blessing of the blankets and envelopes takes place at a daily Mass.

Next Healing Mass will be Tues, March 6^th @ 7 PM.

We will need to have another fund raiser, and are always looking for donations of materials, including yarn, fabric, and needles.

Disciples on the Journey – The Lenten program about to get underway. Registration has taken place the last couple weekends. We have four groups scheduled with approx. 40 persons registered. There is a potential for another group, which has not been finalized yet. This year, multiple families picked up a book to study with their families at home. Sunday, $195 was turned in from $5 donations per book collected for the books. Additional people will be sending in checks or putting the money in the collection basket.

RCIA – We have 4 adults to be fully initiated into the church from the English program this year. The Rite of Sending will be held this Saturday evening at the 5 PM Mass. All looking forward to the Bilingual ceremonies at the Easter Vigil.

Safe Environment – Mary Kathryn P./Joe H.

A training session on Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse has been tentatively scheduled for Saturday, March 3^rd at 9 am in the Ed Building. Mary Castleberry will conduct. We will make sure there is an announcement in the bulletin for any parishioners that may wish to attend.

　

Food Festival – Gene Z.

· Looking for March for first steering committee meeting.

· Hope to have an update on the fundraising strategy for the raffle in time for the steering committee.

· Had first meeting to discuss publicity

· One act is confirmed and John Freer is starting to pursue others.

· Sound technician is confirmed for the date of Sept. 15^th.

· Follow up on festival date was confirmed with the town.

· Women’s club confirmed for the date.

· Brother Ryan request that the logo contest be run earlier this year so to take advantage of more kids to participate from Rel Ed. and also that he can have more time to work on the logo for the posters, flyers and website.

Social Ministry – Ruth/Agnes D.

Brown Bag Ministry is still doing its 810 sandwiches. They also give out hats and scarves. Due to the new church schedule, they will probably start meeting earlier than they do now.

Blanket Ministry keeps growing and they may have to start booking a larger space for their meetings.

CPO’s food drive at St. Eugene resulted in 2000 pounds of food and $400 cash donation.

In December ‘11 they fed over 10K people. Last week they celebrated 35 years of volunteer work.

Migrant Ministry will start in April.

Stewardship – Joe H.

We held a welcoming brunch on January 22^nd that was attended by 3 new families. Several more families had indicated that they were coming and did not show so we will keep them on the list for the next brunch which I anticipate will be held in April. At our last council meeting we discussed and tentatively approved the introduction of new registered families. My plan is to proceed to do that once we get settled into the new sanctuary and become comfortable in that new setting, particularly with regard to timing of Masses.

Hispanic Ministry – Yolanda G./Miguel V./Gisella M. – No report submitted

Knights of Columbus – Steve A.

The Knights would like to thank everyone who purchased Chili during the Weekend of Feb 4^th and 5^th it was a big success.

The Knights Picked up manned and brought back the CPO truck to the CPO Facility during the weekend of February 11^th & 12

The Knights will host a Spaghetti Dinner February 17^th from 5:30Pm- 8:00PM

The Knights have agreed to help with Parking during the Dedication of the Church on March 10^th

The Knights will have their annual Wives appreciation dinner at Blvd Pizza.

We would like to congratulate Br. Michel on making his 1^st and 2^nd Degrees and will make his 3^rd Degree on Saturday Feb 18^th.

Ladies’ Guild – Cindy W.

The Ladies Guild had its monthly meeting on Feb. 1, 2012. On Feb. 3 we held our annual Tricky Tray, which was once again a huge success. We made over $4000 this year, about $1000 over last year’s profit.

The Ladies Guild's next meeting is Tuesday March 6th, since we will be having Stations of the Cross followed by rehearsal for the dedication on that Wednesday night.

Finance Council – Carol O.

The Finance Council will meet on Feb. 21 2012.

This meeting will be all about the budget. Fr. Joseph asked that we remind parishioners to keep up their weekly contributions to cover the new church’s expenses including the mortgage.

The 2012 budget will be due next month. Shannon has asked that each chairperson starts
thinking about it. Carol asked that the budgets submitted be itemized. Finance will come up with a
new form so that the budget is more thorough than it has been so far.

Pro-Life – Danny R.

Fr. Joseph said he’s thankful to all who participated in the local March for Life and Fr. Ryan who led a group to the National March for Life in D.C.


Wendell Council of Churches - Fr. Joseph

Lenten program will start at the Wendell Methodist Church every Wednesday.

During Holy Week services will move to the Baptist Church.

Ricardo volunteered to give the last 2 gallons of soup needed for the PAC Lenten Soup Supper.

Vocations Committee – Cindy L.

The meeting started at 8:15 with a Prayer offered by Fr. Joseph.

The Committee took turns reading the workshop notes.

Fr. Joseph complemented Cindy on the great work she did in taking notes and putting them in a form where everyone could understand.

Points that were brought out were

Make sure that treat as a friend but to give honest feedback.

Feedback must be something that is understood both ways between the giver and receiver

Make sure what is being said is clear to both parties

Communication is the key to any relationship

Must be able to relate to all parishioners whatever background.

Father Joseph asked that we read privately the workshop meeting notes before each meeting.

Members of the committee are all subjective - Please don’t take critique in a bad way be open and make sure all are open to remarks and make remarks that are open.

Br. Michal Read his Report of Monthly activities

Feedback was given from the Committee members on his Agenda and Homilies

Closing prayer was said by Br. Michel the next meeting of the Vocations / Internship committee will be March 1^st at 8:00pm

Administration – Fr. Joseph/Staff

Bro. Michel fell sick yesterday - he’s going back to the doctor tomorrow.

Group leaders will need to get clearance from the presiding priest before making any announcements at the end of mass in the new church. They can simply ask the priest before the mass begins.

Birthday, anniversaries and visitors will now be asked to stand up. Priests will not be going to each person anymore due to the size of the new church and the time this process would take.

John E. asked Miguel to get help with traffic coordination for Ash Wednesday. Miguel said that he has 5 people already and John said the KoC can help too with at least 3 people.

Fr. Joseph let the PAC know that due to a donation from the company where Jonas F. works we will hold a fundraiser to help us buy the tables for the parish hall. The donation consisted of 1000 boxes of dinner set for 4 and 4 cups.

On 2/27 there will be a meeting to discuss the plans for the Dedication Mass and celebration.

New General Topics – John E.

　

　

Minutes from Wednesday, January 18, 2012

ST. EUGENE PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL

Minutes from Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Meeting attended by: Fr. Joseph, Fr. Ryan, Geri E., Gene Z., Carol O., Gisella M., Joe H., Vanessa F., Gloria S., Cindy W., Sam F., Steve S., Steve A., Miguel V., Mary K. P., Dan S., Br. Michel, Reina M.

Fr. Joseph opened the meeting by giving the PAC an explanation of what the Dedication of the new church will be like when Bishop Burbidge comes on 3/10/12.

Opening prayer led by Fr. Joseph (from the Dedication of a New Church Rite)

Minutes from the November 16, 2011 meeting were approved

Youth Ministry – Reyna M./Felix C./Justin L.The Hispanic Youth Group now meets on Sundays and it’s been successful with this change in schedule as they have acquired 4 new members. They also offer snacks for the attending youths.

New week they will start rehearsals for the Passion of the Christ play they will put together for the parish with some changes from previous productions. Announcements will start after all masses.

Steering Committee John N./Sam F.

We had to pull a light pole from the parking lot because it was spilling light onto the street and the town didn’t approve. It’s all now resolved.

The Fire Marshal came in today and locked the lockbox to the new church and only Neil has the key so that no one enters until all the inspections are passed.

We are still waiting on the big doors coming from WI.

The cleaning crew will be coming in soon.

The altar and pulpit will be coming in on Monday January 23. The Crucifix is a bit off balance and needs to be straightened. The Presider’s chair needs to be varnished to match the Deacon’s chair.

G & G will mount the stations of the cross around the church because they are best able to determine where to hang them and fix any damages they may create in the process.

The light system in the new church is great and allows for different settings and will be most useful for any events or representations we hold in the church.

There was a discussion on whether we should sell the current pews from the old church as a fund raiser but Fr. Joseph stated that we will not be doing that. The current pews will be placed around the future parish hall and in the trailers. St. Eugene will keep these in case future small churches need to buy any pews.

Discussion of the need of round tables for the parish hall use also came about. It was determined that we will need approximately 12 such tables but they have not been budgeted for. Therefore, we will need to have one or two special collections. Gene recommended getting a holding cart to keep the new tables safely stored instead of stacking them against the wall as we are doing.

Liturgy & Spirituality – Geri E.

December Meeting

** There was no regularly scheduled meeting for December.

** Prepared dinner for the visiting priests who came for the Advent Penance Service on December 6th.

** Training sessions in the new church for all ministries were canceled because of the on going construction.


January Meeting on January 10, 2012

** Welcomed a new member to our Committee--Sharon Benton.

** Completed the Liturgical Preparation Form to be submitted to the Diocese, Gerard Hall, for the Dedication Ceremony for the new church on March 10, 2012.

** There will be a rehearsal, conducted by Gerard Hall, on Wednesday, March 7th at 7pm in the new church for all participants in the ceremony.

** Two separate trainings sessions for all ministries have been held in the new church.

** Father Joseph went over some important dates for the coming Lenten Season which begins on Ash Wednesday with a bilingual service on February 22, 2012 at 7pm.

** The committees, who will be sponsors for the Lenten Soup Suppers and the dates, should have received a letter from Father Joseph. They are:

2/29/12 - PAC

3/7/12 - REFF

3/14/12 - Ladies’ Guild

3/21/12 - Knights of Columbus

3/28/12 - TYM

4/4/12 - Hispanic Young Adult Group

Given past year’s participation, it was determined that each committee should prepare 6 gallons of soup only. Geri passed a list around so that PAC members could sign up for the items they would contribute to the Soup Supper on 2/29/12.

** This year the reflection talks will be centered on the 150th Anniversary of Missionhurst-CICM.

** A bilingual Healing Mass will be held on February 28, 2012 at 7PM.

** A bilingual Lenten Penance service will be held on Tue., March 20, 2012 at 7PM

**There will be bilingual services during the Holy Triduum:

Thu. 4/5/12 at 7pm Holy Thursday

Fri. 4/6/12 at 7pm Good Friday; at 8:30pm Passion of the Christ presentation by the Hispanic Young Adult Group; 11pm Way of the Cross

Sat. 4/7/12 at 8:30pm Holy Vigil will start and will include the Rites of Initiation for RCIA candidates


Religious Education/Faith Formation – Dan S.

we will have to change the class times when the new church is ready to accommodate the new mass times.

1) We will have pr-K through 6 at 10:30 to 11:30 am and 7th through Confirmation from 11:45 to 12:45 pm. Since the majority of the Confirmation and pre Confirmation class goes to the 1 pm class, this will work out the best. Unfortunately I have been receiving some complaints and so if I have rooms available, I will try to add the seventh and eighth grade classes at 10:00. (I am still working that out and will bring it up at the next staff meeting.)

2) we have 3 Adults and 7 children going though RCIA/RCIC

3) First reconciliation will be Saturday Jan. 28. It will be both English and Spanish classes combined. We should have around 80 kids.

4) Fr. Joe will give all the re classes a tour and lesson in the new church. Date TBA when the church is open.

5) The Lenten Recollection services for the candidates to Confirmation will be held as follows:

Sat. 2/25/12 from 9am to 12pm (same hours for all days); Sat. 3/3/12; Sat. 3/17/12 and Sat. 3/24/12. The Recollection talks and activities will be tied up to themes such as the Gifts of the Holy Spirit in order to get across to the young people that Confirmation is only the beginning of their involvement with the Church.

Dan announced that he’d been offered and he accepted the position of Co-Facilitator for the Diocese’s Youth Board. This new position will require him to travel around the different Deaneries and meet with the different Youth Board representatives.

Couples for Christ – Bill & Gloria S.

St. Eugene has four couples and two handmaidens involved in the Couples for Christ movement. On 12/3/11 there was a gala dinner and dance fundraiser for Philippine children’s education purposes.

On 12/14/11 there was a First Groups meeting at Our Lady of Lourdes that was very well attended.

The group was supposed to start having meetings in January/February but due to health reasons these will be postponed until September of Fall.

The group offered assistance with the Soup Suppers, Sunday Socials, Adoration.

They continue to evangelize and look for new members of all ages and stages of life.

Family Life – Steve S./Bruce T.

I have no report. It's been a slow time.

First Friday Seniors met on 1/6/12. Attendees were Br. Michel, Sharon & John Benton, Sue & John Broderick, Edna Cassells-Greer, Lin Cosgrove, Agnes Dalrymple, Elena Eveler, Adrienne Fitzpatrick, Pat Gessner, Ro & Han Hanson, John Mitricska, Elba Paratore, Evelyn Stracqualursi, Pat & Bruce Tarnaski.

Meeting opened with a prayer by Bruce T.

The minutes were read and approved.

2/3/12 meeting - We will finalize our trip to the Jewish Temple - 5315 Creedmore Rd., Raleigh, NC 919-781-4895. Coordinator is Juday Jacobs, carpool, etc.

Tue. 2/7/12 trip to Temple, meet at 11am. Restaurant suggestions given - Lin C. to arrange. Temple at 1pm. Sue & John B. are coordinating the trip.

Tricky Tray is 2/3/12 at 6pm.

3/2/12 regular meeting. Will finalize St. Patrick’s Day luncheon at John M.’s home. We will collect money to defray cost of meal and sing up for sides to bring.

Thu. 3/25/12 at 12pm - Luncheon for priests, Br. Michel and staff invited.

Wed. 3/28/12 Avila Lenten Retreat - $20/person. Money will be collected at March meeting.

Fri. 4/6/12 - Good Friday - no meeting.

Fri. 4/13/12 - Duke Gardens Trip planned. Date and particulars to be announced per Lin C.

Bro. Michel is planning on getting to know parishioners by making a short visit to each.

The Billy Graham trip has been dropped due to lack of enough interest.

Pat G. voiced concern for Christa McGuire who is taking care of Patrick Peterson who has ALS. We may be able to giver her time to attend church. Pat will check with her.

We collected $27 for Juan Manuel Doicela-Vega who we sponsor.

We listened to “The Bible Make Me Do It” by Tim Staple.

Lin C. mentioned Rembrandt Exhibit at the Art Museum - Going Jan. 17 - contact her if going.

　

Parish Community Spirit – John E.

January Sunday Social was canceled due to the holiday and weather.

Sunday Socials committee met to discuss several issues regarding this program:

1. Tables - Fr. Referred again to a special collection or two we’d need to set up in the parish in order to get the 12 needed tables.

2. Time of Duration - Should they last 1 hour, 1.25 hours? They will take place after 9am Mass on Sunday in between CCD classes.

3. Start date - TBD. Gene offered for the Scouts to host the Social on Sun. February 12. Joe H. said that Community Spirit will host the first Sunday Social once we start this program.

Sam said that the same family that painted the deck around the trailers has offered again materials and labor to repaint the inside of the parish hall once we move to the new church. We should keep this in mind as well as their availability when planning the Sunday Socials.

1. Served refreshments after the 8:00 and 10:30 AM Masses on Sunday, December 4, 2011.

2. Refreshments were canceled for Sunday, January 1, 2012 due to the holiday weekend.

3. Conducted a brief meeting identifying several pending issues with the serving of the Sunday Social in the Parish Hall.

4. Assisted Bruce T. in purchasing kitchen supplies.

5. Served refreshments after the 8:00 and 10:30 AM Masses in honor of Father Joseph's birthday.

6. Special " Thank You " to Bruce T. who donated the sheet cakes for this celebration.

7. Planning another brief meeting in early February to review issues identified during previous meeting relative to the Sunday Brunch.

8. Assigning Sub Committee Chairpersons to coordinate the Dedication Ceremony ( Food and Traffic Coordinators ).

9. Budget for the Community Spirit Committee remains below approved level.

10. Coordinated Social Ministries ( Ruth V. ), Hispanic Young Adults ( Felix C. ) and Boy Scouts ( Gene Z. ) to assist TYM with the Adopt A Highway Program for 2012.

Buildings & Grounds – Ricardo M./Sam F.

Sam has a list of items that need to be repaired among them, three tables that need new tops (the hardware is in good condition) - Gene will give Sam the name and number of a person he knows that helped Gene a few years back do the same thing. We will then compare that cost vs. buying new tables.

Evangelization – Beth A.

The Prayer Blanket Ministry is very successful and is now holding regular meetings.
Ignited By Truth Conference will take place on 2/24 & 2/25.

Safe Environment – Mary Kathryn P./Joe H.

Gene mentioned the church should look into the price of getting an AED and then train ushers and staff in case of an emergency. He and Steve S. will look into this.

Food Festival – Gene Z.

· Festival date set for next Sept. 15^th 2012.
· Fundraising will pursue another car raffle.
· John E. would like to get one co-chairs to start working with him on the raffle ticket to pick up more responsibilities.
· Looking for new chairperson for handling the games. Would like to pursue the youth group youth leader to run with the support.

Social Ministry – Ruth/Agnes D.

Nothing to report for Social Ministry other than the fact that Brown Bag Ministry keeps flourishing. It involves all groups: anglo and Hispanic, young and old, other religious denominations as well.

Stewardship – Joe H.

Two things: first, a reminder that this Sunday, January 22, we are having a welcoming brunch for new registrant parishioners. I have spoken to several families and, if all of them that have told me they are coming actually attend, we will have more than twenty people to welcome. The Brunch starts right after 8 am Mass at the rectory. Please be there or have a representative of your committee there to explain your ministry and maybe recruit some help!

Joe asked Fr. Joseph that perhaps we could start introducing new parishioners at the end of Mass in front of the Church.

On another related note, offertory has been lagging a bit this month. Once we move to the new church we need to do a little campaign/push to remind parishioners to keep up with their offertories.

Second, I’ve attached the proposed Parish Hall Rules for your review and comment at the meeting. Father Joseph has reviewed and tentatively approved subject to further discussion. One overriding concept that should be kept in mind is that we plan to start out “humbly” with the Hall and will no doubt tinker with these rules as we become more “seasoned” with experience in that facility.

Through the reading out loud of each point listed on the Parish Hall Usage Rules, a few issues that still need working out were highlighted:

-Establish event start times

-Think about parking availability around the 5pm Saturday mass

-We need someone in charge of the hall’s events to make sure premises are left clean and in good condition and who will be in charge of locking everything up after each event (even late at night)

-There should be rules for parish groups and another set of rules for private groups

Hispanic Ministry – Yolanda G./Miguel V./Gisella M.

The Hispanic Ministry met on Jan. 12, 2012. They discussed:

1. Novenas a la Virgen de Guadalupe: The Rosary went really well, there were only a few problems with some of the rosary copies. Some of the copies have some grammar errors, also some of the people who read the rosary were not quite prepared for the readings.

2. Virgen de Guadalupe Celebration on 12/12/11: It all went really well. The festivities began on Sunday the 11^th with mariachi for the Virgin of Guadalupe and many people were present. On Dec. 12^th the festivities began at 5am with the mananitas to the Virgin, followed b the dramatization of the apparition of the Virgin to Juan Diego, concluding with a little breakfast for the people who attended. In the afternoon we had the service for the Virgin of Guadalupe at 7pm.

3. Concert with Guillermo Valencia on 12/12/11: This took place after the 7pm service for the Virgin of Guadalupe. It was really good and got good feedback about how the people enjoyed it and how soul lifting it was.

4. Rite of Reconciliation on 12/6/11: Many people attended and it went well. We had priests helping from other churches and it was available to the anglo and Hispanic communities.

5. Christmas Decorations: Both communities got together to put the decorations up.

6. International Christmas Carols went very well with the participation of choirs from other churches.

7. Las Posadas (lodging): Attendance was low this year, not many families signed up their houses to accommodate this festivity. We will try to encourage more families next year.

8. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Services: The Eve service was good, it began with the Pastorela Nativity Play, followed by the service with a high attendance. Everyone is looking forward to having the play in the new church next year. Christmas Day service was reported as good.

9. Comical Sketch: La Pastorela - The Spanish Youth group organized a comical play for the Three Kings Day on Jan 6^th. The play went well and there was high attendance. The message of the lay came through very clearly. Many of the kids and adults enjoyed the play. Miguel will ask the group if they can perform the sketch at the English mass or in a bilingual service once the new church is in place.

Knights of Columbus – Steve A.

Council 10892 welcomes Br. Michael Bineen on his entry into the Knights after taking his First degree on January 11^th.

The Knights Would like to Thank the Parish for the generous participation in the Angel tree 104 tags was taken and all gifts were returned and delivered to the Eastern Regional Center in Zebulon on Monday December 12^th

Wreaths for the Holiday season were sold after the Masses during the month of October the order was placed and the Wreaths were picked-up the first weekend in December. The Thanksgiving Basket of Cheer was a big success congrats to John Ettensberger winner of the Basket of Cheer.

OP LAMB AKA (Tootsie Roll handout) was a big success our council raised $4400.00 fund’s raised helps people with mental disabilities. All funds raised stay in the area.

The Knights will be holding many activities during the Month of January.

Sunday January 22nd PGK Norman Malisos will be presented with the star council award during the 10:30AM Mass . The award will be presented by John N.

Saturday and Sunday February 4th and 5th we will be selling chili after the Masses.

Tentatively - Friday February 17th we will host a Spaghetti dinner from 6:00PM-8:00PM. This is the last Friday before Lent.

Ladies’ Guild – Cindy W.

The Ladies Guild meet on Jan. 4, 2012. We planned our next event which will be Tricky Tray-Feb. 3, 2012. Doors will open at 6pm and the drawings will begin at 8pm. December was a very busy month for us with our annual Cookie Box Sales, providing refreshments for the Christmas Caroling, decorating the rectory and the church for Christmas. On Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 we provided refreshments following the service for MLK day. Special thanks to everyone who helped with all of these and those who provided food for the many funerals we have had recently. The total net profit from our cookie sales and donations received were $1685.48.

We are looking at have cabinets installed in the old sacristy for the Ladies Guild supplies. This will free up the cabinets that we currently use in the kitchen. We have had one person give us an estimate and some ideas on the best most reasonable way to do this. Hopefully this can be completed by the end of February. If anyone has any ideas or knows of anyone who may want to give an estimate on this project please contact me at 919-816-5308

As to the Sunday Social - Joe said he’d like for us to keep it simple and just start off by charging $1 per person instead of charging per item. This $1 price will include the coffee (unlimited) and 1 donut. Cindy asked the Sunday Social to be advertised on the bulletin and to announce ahead of time that only cash will be accepted that way we can prepare parishioners.

Finance Council – Carol O.

The Finance Council met on Tuesday, January 10, 2012. The following items were discussed.

1. Income & Expense report for Dec. 2011

2. Budget to Actual Income & Expense report for 7/11/11 thru 12/31/2011

3. Parishioners donated the paint and painting of the Parish Hall--The council recommended that Sam Fish, Parish Chair of the Grounds and Maintenance Committee, oversee this project.

4. 10-12 round tables will be purchased for the Parish Hall--This will be financed through a special

collection at an appropriate time.

5. Future donations from funerals and etc. should be designated as a gift to St. Eugene Catholic Church. We no longer have a building fund.

6. The council asked for clarity as to the specific balance of the contingency fund after building fund expenses

7. A review of the maintenance contract was recommended (VanGuard)

8. Monthly meetings of the council will continue

9. Next meeting--February 21, 2012

Cindy suggested the Council look into offering parishioners the option of automatic drafts - this will allow those who travel to still give their weekly offertory even while away. To avoid any embarrassment during the Offertory at Mass to those who sign up for this option, we should advice them to simply write “automatic draft” on their offertory envelope.

Pro-Life – Danny R.

No report submitted


Vocations Committee – Cindy L.

1. Handed out prayer cards.

2. Sign In Sheet passed around, we had a total of 17 in attendance.

3. Opening Prayer by Danny Sprissler.

4. Brother Michel gave an introduction of himself.

5. Father Joe requested we go around the table and introduce ourselves, which we did.

6. Father Joe let us know that Brother Michel is now part of the parish staff.

7. Brother Michel will be interviewing all staff personnel and the chairman of all committees along with other members of the church.

8. We will have a Workshop in Jan. around the 21^st to the 24^th. Dates to be confirmed. Hope everyone will be able to attend.

9. Our job will be to help Brother Michel in any way we can and to give evaluations along the way.

10. Ended with a Prayer by Father Joe.

11. Next meeting is Jan. 5^th at 8pm in room 4. If you can come earlier Holy Hour starts at 7pm.

Father Joe said the opening prayer

Br. Michel commented on interviewing some of the committee chairpersons and sitting in on some of the committee’s. He said he was told he had big shoes to fill by a couple of people. He could see we are one big Community with a deep faith and commitment. He admits he is nervous and has butterflies in his stomach. He provided us with a Learning Covenant.

Feedback from committee was to relax it doesn’t have to be perfect. Learn to project your voice more. Br. Michel looks relaxed and he has participated in the groups well and has learned the languages well and is improving all the time. He has been very faithful about attending committee meetings and has fit in well. He is very easy to talk to. He will do fine and we are here to help him. Very glad to have him at St. Eugene’s and the parish is behind you. Looking forward to him joining the Knights of Columbus. We are impressed by his interest in the people and the committees. It has been a good beginning and it will get easier as you get to know us. Most important is relationship with God. You have been visible to everybody and are on a personal level where we feel we can talk to you. We see a lot of Spirituality in you and can see God working through you.

Coming from another country can be frightening but we are one big melting pot and sometimes there are tensions. God wanted you here for a reason. Do not burn yourself out, balance work and relaxation and prayer and community. Talking about God does not replace talking with God. All of us should always start the day by praying Lord help me not to stand in the way of your work today.

Workshop with Father Rocky will be Jan. 23^rd from 7 to 10pm. Hope everyone will be there as it is a very important learning tool.

Next meeting will be Feb. 2^nd after Adoration at 8pm.

Meeting closed with a prayer by Father John

Bro. Michel thanked everyone at the PAC and said he feels like home already in the parish and feels parishioners want to help him.

Wendell Council of Churches - Fr. Joseph

175 people attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Service hosted at St. Eugene on 1/16/12. Deacon Willie made a great presentation. Thanks to the Ladies’ Guild for the refreshments offered.

The Lenten Series will be held again every Wednesday at 12pm with a Prayer Luncheon at the Methodist Church in Wendell. In the evenings, St. Eugene will also host the Soup Supper followed by Lenten Talks and the Way of the Cross.

Administration – Fr. Joseph/Staff – No report submitted

The staff is working well together in a good spirit of cooperation and excitement about the new church.

Fr. Joseph asked everyone to discuss in their different ministries and to the students in CCD the different ways to enhance their worship at the new church which were published on the bulletin.

The new church schedule will be:

Sat. 5pm English mass

Sun. 9am English mass

Sun. 1pm Spanish mass

Sun. 5pm Spanish mass

It was decided that we will hold off on private rentals of the parish hall until all issues are resolved and the Rules of its Usage are in place.

New General Topics – John E.Fr. Joseph touched briefly on the subject of parking for the Dedication Mass of the new church. Steve A. said he felt confident he could bring 15 Knights to help with this. Closing Prayer by Fr. Joseph

Next Meeting will be on Wed. February 15, 2012
　
　

Minutes from Wednesday, November 16, 2011

ST. EUGENE PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL

Minutes from Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Meeting attended by: Fr. Joseph, Fr. Ryan, Geri E., John E., Gene Z., Carol O., Gisella M., Joe H., Danny R., Aurora R., Vanessa F., Gloria S., William S., Cindy W., Felix C., Sam F., Ricardo M., Steve A., Miguel V.

Opening prayer led by Fr. Joseph

Minutes from the October 19, 2011 meeting were approved

Youth Ministry – Reyna M./Felix C./Justin L.

The Altar for the Day of the Dead was very successful. They received lots of help and the Anglo community showed support by bringing along pictures of their loved ones too. The altar was better decorated than last year..

The representation of the play Huesos Secos was also very successful and well received.

They have started to rehearse already for the representation of the Virgin of Guadalupe’s apparitions to Blessed Juan Diego.

Steering Committee John N./Sam F.

The outside paint is almost complet. The inside’s first coat of primer paint is done, the second coat will be done nex week.

The walkway bricks inside the sanctuary is going slowly but it is going.

The pews are scheduled to be delivered on 12/13 and should be in place by the end of that week.

The Cross is ready but they’ll wait until the inside pain is finished before they install it.

Utilities were tested and approved by the City of Raleigh.

Pendant lights are ready and should go up next week.

Covered walkway connecting the new and current buildings is up and it lines up with the church windows.

Agate had been chosen for the baptismal font but we recently discovered that it would mean a $7,000 upgrade therefore we declined it and Sam is now looking into another possibility with the furniture manufacturer.

Sam will inquire with Amos why there are soe outside areas still undone and covered with paper.


Liturgy & Spirituality – Geri E.

** Our regular meeting will be held on Sunday, November 20th after the 8am mass. We will at this time familiarize ourselves with the layout of the new church.

** There will be (2) training sessions for Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Ushers and Altar Servers for any changes to our normal procedures. They are scheduled for December 4th and 11th after the 8 am Mass.

** There were 20 additional crucifixes order by parishioners.

** The Liturgical committee will prepare dinner for the visiting priests coming to our Advent Penance service on December 6th.

Fr. Ryan will speak with Geri about getting a picture of the lectors, ministers, ushers, altar servers, etc.


Religious Education/Faith Formation – Dan S.

Confirmation Retreat went well. Fr. Joseph will meet with the confirmadi starting December 18.

Come January 2012 when the new church is in place, classes will need to be rescheduled to 10:30-11:30am. The schedule of the second block of classes (confirmation mainly) will remain the same.

Family Life – Steve S./Bruce T.

First Friday Seniors met on 10/7/11. Bruce opened with a prayer at 10am. The minutes were read and revised as follows.

Updated schedule of meeting times/dates and activities:

12/2 - Regular meeting

12/13 - Christmas Party at Lin Cosgrove’s. Time TBA.

1/6 - Trip to Greek Orthodox Church - Pat Tarnaski

2/3 - Regular meeting

Trip to Jewish Temple on Creedmore Rd. - Sue and John Broderick

Date 7^th or 9^th - checking with the temple

3/2 - Regular meeting - sign up for food (Irish) - bring money for AVILA

3/15 - Irish Lunch at John Mitriscka

3/28 - AVILA Lenten Retreat - Carpool

4/6 - Good Friday

4/13 - Duke Gardens - Lin Cosgrove - carpool

5/4 - Fr. John’s Birthday Celebration

5/10 - Billy Graham Bus Trip

6/7 - Beach Trip to Wrightsville Beach - Oceanic at 703 S. Lumina. Ph# 910-256-5551

Money Collected for turkey for Thanksgiving meal and for Ecuador senior.

Bus trip to Billy Graham - 50% a person - 2.5 hr trip. Starship Charter st be confirmed by 1/15/12. Will be opened to the parish.

Video: “I’m not being Fed” - Jeff Gavins - Lighthouse Media.

Meeting adjourned with a prayer and scripture reading from John 6 & 14 and Mark 6.

Couples for Christ - Bill and Gloria S.

The 25 people who graduated the program in VA decided not to continue to grow with the Ministry.

They will have their first class at St. Eugene on 1/29/12 - time is yet to be determined. Classes would be finished by 3/11/12. Fr. Joseph asked Bill to check with Gail about the schedule.

Parish Community Spirit – John E.

- Refreshments were served after the 8:00 and 10:30 AM Masses on Sunday, November 6th.

- Some refreshments from a recent funeral lunch were donated and served.

- Retained the Community Spirit expenditures below budget level.

- Donations were placed in an envelope, sealed, signed, dated and placed in the Church Office.

- Additional supplies were replenished for the Church Kitchen and Community Spirit Committee.

- Placed balance of left over food from the Brown Bag Ministry on tables to distribute to the late Sunday evening Mass.

- A special " Thank You " to the members of the Community Spirit Committee for serving and Gloria Sublett for her assistance.


Buildings & Grounds – Ricardo M./Sam F.

Committee is considering getting 2-3 extra pallets of the blocks used on the outside of the new church - Amos said he could get it for us at his cost of $1.92/block. These blocks could be used in the future to make a sign for the church on the side of the Lion’s Club. It is not needed but it would be nice to have a proper sign with a retaining wall on that end of the property. Gene Z said that we could open it up to the Scouts as an Eagle Scout project. Fr. Joseph told them to check with Shannon about funds first.

Fr. Joseph asked that they look around the buildings once a month and pinpoint the items that need maintenance before they break down. Danny suggested a gripe list for people to write a note on what they see needs fixing and drop it in a box that they can look into periodically.

Evangelization – Beth A.

Beth’s still in the hospital. Geri will provide a get well card for the PAC to sign.

Safe Environment – Mary Kathryn P./Joe H.

Our new Accounting staff member, Shannon, has received glowing recommendations from the Safe Environment perspective.

Food Festival – Gene Z.

· Dawn Jones report on the cooking committee chair results for the festival was that all the booths had made the same or more amount of food and that they sold all that they had made.
· A number of the entertainers were interested in coming back again next year
· Looking to set a date for the first full steering committee meeting to be held first week of April to kick off any initial planning as a whole committee.
· Publicity planning will start near the end of March. Big emphasis on 10^th year. Target a new interview with NC Catholic and other publications in celebration of our 10^th year.
· Total income for the festival was $73,645.50
· Total festival expenses were $29,576.20
· Raffle ticket sales was $52,775
· Raffle cost for car $17,374.20
· Food and games ticket sales was $15,120.50
· Food & supplies costs $3,589.88
· Entertainment, sound costs & games $1,850
· Donations for the festival was $2,433
· Silent Auction totals were $1,661
· T-Shirt sales $1,656 (Cost was $1,433.23)
· The spirit of all the festival members was high despite the weather
· Net income from the festival is $44,069.30
· The food drive brought in some food but not the same amount collected from last year but, it was still something that helped those in need.
· See you next year Sept. 15^th 2012.

Social Ministry – Ruth/Agnes D.

Migrant good-bye mass was held Sunday October 23 here at St. Eugene at the five o’clock mass with dinner afterwards at the Rectory. Dinner was provided by the Hispanic Young Adult Group. Many, many thanks for their help and support. The prayer Blanket Ministry provided rosaries and prayer cards to all the men. Thanks to Sue and John Broderick for organizing this. And a big thanks to Father Joseph and Father Ryan for opening their home and welcoming our migrant worker friends.

Fr. Joseph mentioned the reception for the migrant workers at the rectory was wonderful. The whole Social Ministry committee was very welcoming and received help from the Hispanic Youth group. They so enjoyed helping at this event that next year they want to be more involved in this ministry. Felix C. said he had mentioned to the Social Ministry committee already the idea of having a census of other areas such as Middlesex in order to be able to distribute help to other camps that may go unnoticed.

The Brown Bag Ministry is up to 800 sandwiches every Saturday and distributing at area housing projects.

Stewardship – Joe H.

Next Welcome Brunch will be on Sunday December 11 after the 8am mass.

The Parish Hall Rental Guidelines and Procedures are still in the works. Joe hopes to be able to provide a more complete report on these at the next PAC meeting. So far it’s been agreed that the hall’s main purpose is to build community.

Hispanic Ministry – Yolanda G./Miguel V./Gisella M.

Hispanic Ministry Meeting on November 9th, 2011.
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> Topics of Discussion
>
> Hispanic ministry fair Oct.15th & 19th
> Hispanic ministry friendship league
> New Church directory
> Huesos secos "Dry Bones" presented by the hispanic youth group
> Altar for the dead
> Other topics
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> 1. For the hispanic ministry fair on October 15th &19th we did fair/ok this year. We did not have so many people sign up like previous years. The 6:30pm mass on Saturday had the least amount of people sign up due to lack of light outside the church. The ministries did a great job decorating their booths & putting up information for their ministry. They are looking forward to next years ministry fair.
> 2. The hispanic ministry friendship league has finished for this year. The league went really well, therefore, plans are being made for next year with different sports for each season. Also, it was suggested that not only the ministry but the community needs to participate in the friendship league. This is a good way for people to get to know each other. Thanks to Father Ryan for the idea.
> 3. The new church directory is in progress. The last week for pictures to be taken is the first week in December. We are announcing in each mass for people to remember their appointment & to be on time.
> 4. Huesos Secos "Dry Bones" presented by the Hispanic youth group went really well this year. The youth group is making plans for next years Huesos Secos to be bilingual.
> 5. Alter for the Dead was a success. The Hispanic youth group asked the Hispanic & Anglo community to bring their pictures of their family members who have passed away, there was a good response on both sides & they are hoping for the alter to grow bigger next year.
> 6. Calendar for Advent & Christmas: see below.
> 11/27 (Sun) 1st Sunday of Advent
> 12/06 (Tues) 7pm Rite of Reconciliation/Confession
> 12/08 (Thurs) Immaculate Conception 7pm Bilingual mass
> 12/03 (Sat)-12/11 (Sun) Novenario Guadalupano

> 12/11 (Sun) After 5pm Mass, there will be Mariachis playing
> 12/12 (Mon) 5am: Las Mañanitas with 3 Hispanic Choirs followed by the Drama,
> Rosary Guadalupano, and concluding with Breakfast of Coffee, Hot Chocolate &
> sweet breads.
> 7pm: Mass Only
> 12/16 (Fri) to 12/24 (Sat) Las Posadas (The Lodging) in different houses.
> Sign up in the Hispanic office
> 12/18 (Sun) International Christmas Carols
> 12/24 (Sat) 4pm Children's Mass in English
> 630pm Vigil Mass in Spanish followed by the Drama of the Nativity Story
> 1130pm English Choir to perform
> 12/25 (Sun) 12am (Midnight) English Mass
> 1pm Spanish Mass (there will be no 5pm mass that day)

Marriage Preparation Ministry will get help from William Cardona from the Diocese. He will help us develop our Hispanic Program for Marriage and Family by assisting Fr. Ryan in training a few couples from our parish who would then in turn lead this ministry in our community.


Knights of Columbus – Steve A.

The Knights led the Rosary during the month of October before all the masses. Thank you all who participated and for all the positive and kind comments.

Wreaths for the Holiday season were sold after the Masses during the month of October the order was placed and the Wreaths will be ready for pick-up the first weekend in December. We have started selling tickets for the Thanksgiving Basket of Cheer during the first week in November the drawing will be held after the 10:30 Mass on November 20^th .The Angel Tree is in full swing and tags are still available all gifts need to be in the Parish office NLT Dec 11^th so that they can be delivered to the ERC in Zebulon for a party on December 15^th The Staff at ERC say Thank you St. Eugene for your continued support they are very grateful. The Knights will once again fill the Liturgical positions during the Thanksgiving Day Mass November 24^th

OP LAMB AKA (Tootsie Roll handout) will be held at the Food Lion in Knightdale November 19^th from 9:00am – 5:00pm fund’s raised goes to help people with mental disabilities. All funds raised stay in the area.

Knights will set up the Nativity Set in front of the rectory on 12/3 starting at 11am.

Ladies’ Guild – Cindy W.

John E. asked Cindy to come up with a working plan with details in writing for the Sunday Social. This plan will serve as a guide and procedures to follow to all other groups who will participate in the future. John E. gave Cindy a list of the groups he and Fr. Joseph had thought would be good candidates for participation in this project. Cindy will also smooth out financial procedures with Shannon’s help. The startup money for this project will come from Community Spirit.

Finance Council – Carol O.

The Finance Council met on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Shannon Kennedy was welcomed as the new Parish Finance and Accounting officer. Carol mentioned how the entire selection committee was in unanimous agreement in the choice of Shannon.

Fr. Joseph said he’ll be taking Bob M and wife out to dinner and asked that the PAC committee expressed its thanks to him for helping out the last 2 months free of charge to the parish covering for Carlos A. and training Shannon. He’ll stay on to oversee the new church project till completion.

The following reports were presented by Bob Mancuso:

McClure & Hopkins Contract Costs

G&G Builders Contract Withdrawals

Contingency Fund

Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 10, 2012.

As of January 2012 the committee will revert to quarterly meetings.

The offertory counters will be invited to a thank-you dinner and some staff members will also be present.

Pro-Life – Danny R.

They are still trying to put a committee together and set up a schedule of regular meetings. Fr. Joseph recommended Danny met with KoC’s Pro Life contact person, Phil T., to unite efforts towards the Pro-Life movement.

1/14/12 - Youth Rally on Holy Innocents Day at Sacred Heart and then March Pro-Life in Raleigh.

1/23/12 - Washington Basilica trip with Bishop.

Wendell Council of Churches - Fr. Joseph

On Sunday 11/20/11 at 7:00pm the Thanksgiving Prayer Service will take place at New Hope Baptist Church. All of St. Eugene’s choirs will be there. Food donations are welcome for the Food Pantry.

St. Eugene’s will host the MLK Jr. Prayer Service and Breakfast on 1/16/12 at 8am. Deacon Willie will be the note speaker. Ladies’ Guild will help with refreshments.

There will be no December meeting.

At their last meeting, the new officials were elected: Rev. Claude from Covenant Presbyterian is the new chairperson as of 1/1/12. Vickie Tuck from New Grove Baptist Church is the new vice-chairperson. Bruce T. will take notes and pass the to the secretary who will type the final report.

Vocations Committee – Cindy L.

Posters of the new seminarians have been hung around the parish buildings. Holy Hour is always a special opportunity to pray for vocations.

New intern Michel Bineen will arrive on Tue. 11/22. Fr. Joseph thanked KoC and Ladies’ Guild for their monetary support of Michel ($200/month for room & board).

Administration – Fr. Joseph/Staff

Fr. Joseph requested that all committee chairs present their budgets in January/February as the Finance Council will start to prepare the budget early next year. It is due at the Diocese in March.

Fr. Ryan and Geri highly recommended “Mighty Macs” for a parish movie night.

New General Topics – John E.

John E. passed around a list to the PAC for all members to put down the dish they’ll bring to the Christmas Celebration/Meeting next month.

**Next meeting will be on Wednesday December 21, 2011 at 7pm at the Rectory followed by our Christmas celebration (each member is asked to bring a covered dish)**

Minutes from Wednesday, October 19, 2011

ST. EUGENE PARISH ADVISORY COUNCIL

Minutes from Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Meeting attended by: Fr. Joseph, Fr. Ryan, Geri E., John E., Gene Z., Agnes D., Carol O., Gisella M., Joe H., Reina M., Vanessa F., Gloria S., William S., Dan S., Cindy W., Felix C., Sam F.

Opening prayer led by Fr. Ryan

Minutes from the September 28, 2011 meeting were approved

Youth Ministry – Reyna M./Felix C./Justin L.

TYM’s attendance has decreased. This Friday they’ll have movie night where they’ll present Mighty Macs. However, they received good support from parishioners with their pumpkin sale.

The Hispanic Youth will set up the decorations and altar for the traditional Mexican celebration for the Day of the Dead on Fri. 10/28/11. They will present a play in honor of this celebration after the Spanish masses the weekend of 11/5/11 & 11/6/11. In an effort to integrate the Anglo and Spanish communities, Felix will make a request after every English mass this coming weekend for the Anglo parishioners to bring pictures of their dearly deceased to decorate the altar.

Steering Committee John N./Sam F.

The last biweekly meeting (this past Tuesday) succeeded in picking out the color for the outside of the church. The entrance doors should be in place by the end of next week. The A/C will be ready and functioning very soon. Carpeting will be put in place very soon also. No problems so far and everything is running smoothly.

We will request a waiver on the landscaping from the town since the weather is turning and it would be of no avail at this time to plant new grass or shrubbery. We will promise to have it in place by Spring.

Next week they’ll start working on the covered walkway. Sam & Neil will do a walk-through to mark the cracks that have occurred already in the parking area cement so they can be fixed. They will also make sure the water flows as it should around the new church and the area in between the current building and the new church.

There will be an extra cost of $5100 to frame the stained glass behind the altar.



Liturgy & Spirituality – Geri E.

* The workshop given by Gerard Hall, from the Diocese, was very well attended. He gave a detailed but simple explanation t of the reasons behind the revisions to the New Roman Missal. The laity will begin to implement these revisions the first

Sunday of Advent. He was very impressed with our new church and was going to give the Bishop a report on our progress.

* The choir has already started to implement some of the music revisions.

* The sale of the Crucifixes has gone very well. We will start to take pre-paid orders only with a cut off date of November 1st,

in order to have in time for the Holidays.

* The Advent Series, focusing on The Eucharist, is scheduled for Monday, November 28th and December 5th at 7PM.

* The Advent Penance Service is scheduled for Tuesday, December 6th at 7:30pm.

* I have begun to do the scheduling of the sponsors for the Adoration Hour on the first Thursday of every month.

Sponsors alternate between Anglo and Hispanic Ministries. The Liturgical Committee will be the sponsor for November.

* Ministry Fair Update: (3) Ushers (1) Lector (3) Eucharist Ministers (6) Altar Servers.

* Our next meeting is Sunday, November 20th after the 8am Mass. This is a planning session in the new church.


Religious Education/Faith Formation – Dan S.

Tuesday bible study is going well with a small but enthusiastic group

Confirmation classes are going to have their first retreat at Chris Jacques' house October 29-30. Father Joseph will be saying Mass Saturday evening. Students will be tent camping on the grounds and chaperones are in place.

Y.E.S. is underway for the year and will follow the T.Y.M. schedule. We have a new member and encouraged all members to bring a friend for the next meeting. We will be doing a service project next meeting hanging crucifixes and cork strips in the trailers.

Family Life – Steve S./Bruce T.

Couples for Christ - Bill and Gloria S.

The Raleigh CFC was recently responsible for classes in VA where about 25 people graduated the program. A new program will start in January 2012 in St. Eugene and so they will start campaigning to promote the program in the parish in November ‘11. Bill and Gloria currently facilitate classes at Our Lady of Lourdes. They also volunteered to help with the Sunday Social program.

Parish Community Spirit – John E.

- Refreshments were served after the 8:00 and 10:30 AM Masses on Sunday, October 2nd.

- Donations were placed in an envelope, sealed and placed in the Church Office.

- Left over refreshments from the Prayer Blanket Ministry Workshop were donated and served.

- Retained the Community Spirit expenditures below budget level.

- Special " Thank you " to all members of the Community Spirit Committee for serving.


Buildings & Grounds – Ricardo M./Sam F.

The committee got a new member at this past weekend’s Ministry Fair. They are now looking to get a sidewalk to connect the dumpster site to the trailers’ entrance.

Ricardo fixed some lights and tables around the building. He also hung the picture of Christ that was recently donated by the Wood’s.

Evangelization – Beth A.

Beth was not present due a to successful surgery she underwent today. The workshop they conducted on the Prayer Blanket was extremely successful with 52 participants. They will start meeting now regularly the third Friday of every month.

The committee is studying the possibility of having another workshop.

Safe Environment – Mary Kathryn P./Joe H.

Nothing much to report. The Safe Environment cards sent by the Diocese have been shared with the catechists and parent on Friday nights.

The committee to study the Parish Center rental of facilities has been set up. Gail is gathering information about guidelines and policies and procedures. Joe expects to be able to have a fuller report to present to the council at our next meeting.

Food Festival – Gene Z.

The Post Festival meeting had to be postponed due to Jeanette Knuckley’s demise. It has not been rescheduled yet. However, Gene feels comfortable to share with all parishioners that we met our goal of $35,000 at the very least - Silent Auction net profit of $1,144; Renee reported a gross sale of food tickets of $15,100.50 and Raffle tickets grossed $52,775 with a net profit of approximately $36,000.

Social Ministry – Ruth/Agnes D.

Walk For Human Need was Sunday October 2. We did not have as many participants this year, but still a good show of people. Have not heard the final figure as to how much was raised.

Blessing of the St. Francis Statue at the Community Garden October 2

Migrant Good-bye Mass Planned for Sunday October 23 here at St. Eugene

Brown Bag Ministry will be able to make 700 sandwiches this weekend. They currently make 510 sandwiches in 45 minutes.

CPO will send a list of items needed for holidays like winter clothes for kids. They will also send cards out for people to donate food or money for the holidays ($25 feeds a family for a week).

Stewardship – Joe H.

Our Stewardship Ministry Fair was held on the weekend of October 15-16. Candidly, despite a lot of effort, we had minimal sign ups (about 10 people signed up). Much thanks to all those who showed up and made an effort to decorate your spaces. I was disappointed in how many people I was able to produce for you. We’ll reassess our approach but it occurs to me that probably the best approach is a personal one, e.g., direct phone call to somebody, asking them directly after a Mass, etc. I’m working on some ideas and will report on them next meeting.

Hispanic Ministry – Yolanda G./Miguel V./Gisella M.

The Ministry met on September 13, 2011.

1. The Hispanic community decided not to adopt the pilot program presented by Fr. Fernando Melendes; we think we are not ready for it at this time.

2. Fr. Ryan has been organizing volleyball teams between all the ministries in the Hispanic community. This is a great way to get people to know their neighbors. The first games already happened on October 9^th, after the 1:00pm mass. We had very good feedback from the people that were present at the games. We now have 50 people participating in the volleyball league.

3. New Parish Directory-We have encouraged the people to make their appointments for the time that they want their picture taken. We also have run into an issue with the time that the photographer will be at the church; many of the Hispanic community work past 7:00pm, we have been asked to ask the photographer for more times during the weekend or during the week, that way more people have the chance for their picture to be taken.

4. Many 15 year old girls will be celebrating their quinceanera on October 22^nd 2011. We are not sure at this time exactly how many girls will be there, but we know many girls will be wanting to celebrate their quince at this date.

5. Only one couple is registered to get married on 12/12/11 at 5:30pm

6. Advent will begin on 12/16/11 and we are now encouraging people to celebrate “las posadas” at their home with their neighbors. We also are going to encourage people to sign up with their address for the “las posadas” so others may celebrate with them.

7. Hispanic Ministry Fair (Oct. 15 & 16) - The different Hispanic ministries were encouraged to make signs for their ministry of what they do at church, and to hopefully gain new members.

8. The celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe will be on 12/12/11 at 5:00am along with “las mananitas” and the drama of the Virgen de Guadalupe presented by the youth group. Due to the time and many people working on that Monday, the mass is going to be celebrated at 7:00pm that evening.

Knights of Columbus – Steve A.

The Knights continue to lead the Rosary during the month of October before all the masses.

The council manned the Water table during the Walk, Bike, Run, & Rock for Human need October 2^nd

The Knights membership blitz went well 2 possible members and 2 transfers.

Wreaths for the Holiday season will be sold after the Masses during the month of October and we will start selling tickets for the Thanksgiving Basket of Cheer the first week in November as well as hosting the Angel Tree that same weekend.

OP LAMB AKA (Tootsie Roll handout) was held at the WALMART in Zebulon October 15 & 16 we raised $2000.00 during the weekend which goes to help people with mental disabilities. All funds raised stay in the area.

Ladies’ Guild – Cindy W.

Instead of adopting a family for the holidays the Ladies’ Guild will take donations at their next meeting and donate it to the CPO in full in view of the recent grant cuts they’ve suffered.

Sunday Socials-Cindy got in contact with Krispy Kreme and Bojangles: KK offered a price break on the dozens and B offered the senior discount for our groups.

Fr. Joseph wants the Sunday Socials to happen every Sunday to keep the consistency for parishioners. Cindy will speak with each committee chairperson about scheduling their groups to take over each Sunday. She will then be able to see how many groups are there to share in the scheduling and avoid groups getting burnt out.

John asked Cindy to have a comprehensive plan for this project for our next meeting.

Finance Council – Carol O.

The Finance Council met on Oct. 11, 2011.

Items discussed:

New hymnals--Bob clarified that we now have a total of 625 hymnals. Three hundred new hymnals were

purchased. These new hymnals are just like the 325 we already have.

Job descriptions have been obtained for Gail's and Carmen's positions. The council felt that every staff

position should have one.

Bob informed the council that he has generated a report for tracking memorialized gifts.

Pro-Life – Danny R.

We have little to present at this time as we are still pooling resources for the Ministry from the Parrish.

So far many people have made commitments to assist with the Ministry and become strong advocates for The Right to Life Ministry. Currently the plan is to set a date to meet at St Eugene’s to discus interest and concerns of St Eugene’s. Particularly paying attention to programs and involvement of other Ministries within St Eugene’s who already have Right to Life committees.

Once we have established a foot hold we will move forward with a plan that we can present to the Parrish to build interest and concern to support The Right to Life campaign.

Wendell Council of Churches - Fr. Joseph

On Sunday 11/20/11 at 7:00pm the Thanksgiving Prayer Service will take place at New Hope Baptist Church. All of St. Eugene’s choirs will be there. Food donations are welcome for the Food Pantry.

Vocations Committee – Cindy L.

Opening Prayer.

Danny Sprissler reviewed minutes from last meeting and handled old business. Then turned meeting over to Cindy Lake.

What we discussed:

1. We will have Vocations Prayer cards to hand out at Ministries Fair Oct. 15^th & 16^th. Steve Allen to provide.

2. We will have other pamphlets to hand out also. LMC’s (Cindy Lake), CICM’s (Fr. Ryan), and checking with the Diocese for other pamphlets (Cindy Lake).

3. I will get a poster board to make a Vocations sign for Ministries Fair.

4. Coverage for Ministries Fair: John Broderick 5pm Sat., Cindy Lake and Danny Sprissler Sun. 8am, Norman Malisos 10:30am.

5. We are going to sign and send a Birthday card to Brother Michel Bineen Mukad for his upcoming birthday Oct. 28^th.

6. We are going to sign and send a Thinking of You card for Chris Johnson.

7. Discussed getting some of the same people that helped last year for Father Ryan’s formation to help this year for Brother Mukad’s formation. Youth, Spanish, and others.

8. Would like for Fr. Ryan to provide a picture of our two seminarians for us to use at our meetings.

9. Reading for Thought. Read an excerpt from “The Lay Members of Christ’s Faithful People” Christifideles Laici; Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation by John Paul II.

10. Next Meeting Nov. 3^rd, 2011 8pm.

Closing Prayer

Administration – Fr. Joseph/Staff

Alex & Yolanda Romero are now preparing a children’s choir - practice takes place every Sunday after 5:00pm mass.

Dedication of the New Church - will take place Sat. 3/10/12 at 10:30am. There will be refreshments served afterwards. A special liturgy will be prepared with the help of Gerard Hall (the cost is about $2 per program). The Ladies’ Guild and the Hispanic community will be asked to contribute to the refreshments for after the celebration - Gisella was asked to contact 5 Hispanic leaders to help with this project. Fr. Joseph mentioned Gina Mercado, Ricardo Martinez as possible leaders to be contacted.

All choirs will need to work together in order to participate in the celebration. This will be a large ceremony with 10-12 priests concelebrating along with the Bishop.

Advent Calendar:

Mon. 11/28/11 & Mon. 12/5/11 at 7pm - Reflection Talks lead by Fr. Joseph on the Biblical References of the New Roman Missal.

Tue. 11/29/11 at 7pm - Bilingual Healing Service

Tue. 12/6/11 at 7pm - Advent Penance Service with 7 other priests.

Sun. 12/11/11 at 5pm - Vigil of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Mon. 12/12/11 at 5am - Youth group performs Guadalupe drama followed by Mananitas, Guadalupan rosary and chocolate & sweet breads. Afterwards there will be a mass and a concert by Guillermo Valencia at 6:15pm

Sun. 12/18/11 at 7pm - International Christmas Caroling with all parish choirs

Sat. 12/24/11 at 4pm - Children’s Christmas Mass

At 6:30pm - Spanish Mass with Pastorela drama

At 12am - Midnight Mass

Sun. 12/25/11 at 9am - Anglo Christmas Mass

At 5pm - Spanish Mass

This is the Christmas program provided our new church is already functioning.

New General Topics – John E.

The last week of October will be the beginning of the Photo sessions for the new Parish Directory. Fr. Ryan will be taking the PAC picture at the 11/16/11 meeting.

**Next meeting will be on Wednesday December 21, 2011 at 7pm at the Rectory followed by our Christmas celebration (each member is asked to bring a covered dish)**