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Spiritual Life and Liturgy Commission
Spiritual Life and Liturgy Committee 2/27/2007 Meeting
Prayer – At Home With the Word
Evaluation of the Boy Scouts participation at mass: The committee felt that it went well except for the fact that it was last minute planning. There were 10 to 11 scouts plus 4 adult leaders We will plan to have it on the schedule so we can plan it in January of 2008 next year.
Stations of the Cross – SGL & PC on Friday March 2, 2007 -5:30 p.m.: Sue said the Parish Council did not talk about it last night and was not aware if they knew they were also scheduled for this Friday. Our committee was also unaware that we were scheduled this Friday also. So far Janet D. is the only one that has committed to be there.
Project Prayer at mass and meetings: Adult Lenten Retreat – March 10 – committee help:
Misc: It was mentioned how it felt weird not having mass due to the weather this passed weekend. Sue said she didn’t hear any complaints and no one else did not either.
Sheila D. is still planning on making soup for the Priest on March 17th.
It was suggested that after this past Ash Wednesday we should in the future schedule 7 instead of 5-Eucharistic Ministers and Hospitality Ministers should also be scheduled. Sue will talk with Loraine to see about having this updated on the scheduling program she uses.
Triduum Assignments: St. Isidores SG&L committee asked that the masses stay the same as last year with Holy Thursday and Easter Vigil at St. John’s and Good Friday at St. Isidores. They seem more comfortable coming to St. John’s now and they feel Holy Thursday is the bigger liturgy. Unless anyone had an objection than that would be the plan. Char asked about Holy Thursday collection and Sue said Rice Bowl was planned to be the collection this year and the little kids would bring food. It was discussed that some people may want to do more for those in need locally by bringing food instead of the Rice Bowl. Sue suggested that the Rice Bowl would be a collection for the world needs and food donations would be for the local needs and we could invite Springville to do the same and split the collection with them. Sue will go back to the Education and Social Justice and say we like the idea of the Rice Bowl but would like to open it that people could bring food donations and we would have the procession at the offertory where everybody go back and forth and fill the baskets.
Another question as far as liturgy is the prayer we have we would like to start praying this at mass. Sue suggestion is that everyone is kneeling at communion and Father Jim would instruct everyone to continue to kneel and after he handed off the pix to those going to Hall Mark he would kneel back down, have about 30 seconds of silence and he would than lead the prayer. This would be a prayer for Eucharistic Consciousness as well as for the good of the renovations.
Volunteers for Holy Week: have turned in to Loraine by March 19, 2007 Liturgy: Vicki W. 2-Holy Thursday 8 total (5 St. Johns/ 3 St. Isidores)Easter Vigil 2-Easter Sunday
Eucharist Ministers: Richard P. 7-Holy Thursday 7-Easter Vigil 7-Easter Sunday
Mass Servers: Sue S. 3-Holy Thursday 3-Easter Vigil 3-Easter Sunday
Hospitality Ministers: 2-Holy Thursday 4 or large family-Easter Vigil 2-Easter Sunday
Spiritual Growth & Liturgy Agenda
7:00 At Home With The Word
7:10 Ministry Appreciation Reception, February 3 - Setup at 3:00pm - Menu: Smokies, crackers, cheese, grapes and punch (planning on about 125 people).
7:20 Ash Wednesday, February 21 - St. John’s- Mass 6:00pm soup supper after. - St. Isadore- Mass 7:30pm
7:25 Lenten Activities - Evening Prayer-Mondays @ 5:30 PM, Denny Ludwig will handle this. - Morning Prayer-Wednesdays @ 8:30 AM, Denny Ludwig will handle this. - Stations of the Cross-Fridays ? 5:30 PM, Denny Ludwig will setup for this also. On 3/8/07 the stations will be done by: the youth, Adult Formation
7:40 Adult Retreat - Sheduled for 3/10/07 at 2 – 8 pm, with both Mount Vernon and Springville churches.
7:50 Adult Education - Starting 3/20/07 mom’s group at night, looking at doing this monthly. There will be fresh bread made for the night.
Miscellaneous: Sheila D. suggested that the SG&L committee should be a little more involved in planning events like the one with Steve Angrisano. Father Jim suggested providing information in the bulletin of retreats and/or speakers that other churches in the dioceses are having. Sue S. mentioned maybe planning a pilgrimage.
On March 17th the Deanery Reconciliation will be meeting at St. John’s at 11:00am. It was suggested that a luncheon of soup and sandwiches might be provided. Sheila D. volunteered for doing soup. It will need to be enough for 8 – 10 priests.
Sue said there was an issue brought up about Scout Sunday. The issue is whether this is alright to be part of the mass and if so which parts. It also brings the question up as where to draw the line once you allow one group will there be others etc… The opinion of the committee and Father Jim was that as long as it did not take away from the purpose of the mass that it was worth trying with the following guidelines. The boyscouts should be seated together, they could have a couple be greeters along with the scheduled greeters, if there were not anyone else scheduled to bring up the gifts they could do this also. It was also mentioned if the girl scouts and campfire girls have a scout Sunday if it could be on the same Sunday. Afterwards we should we should discuss if this was something that we should continue or not.
Vicki W. checked with Doloris Suchomil about expanding Communion to the home bound and if she knew anyone that would want communion brought to them. Of the possible candidates she was not sure they would want it because they would not want to be a burden on anyone.
Sue S. mentioned that “Anointing of the Sick” was postponed due to the snow fall we received and Father Jim not able to come. This has been rescheduled for February 4th.
Vicki W. brought up the question of what would happen if weather were to keep Father Jim from making a mass in the future and Father Phil was not available what would the plan be. Sue S. that communion would not be available but we would still be able to have a prayer service.
Next Meeting: February 27
Spiritual Growth & Liturgy Agenda 7:00 Opening Prayer- At Home With The Word
7:15 Volunteers for mass assignments:
Hospitality Ministers: Brian D. will call for Hospitality Ministers, 4-6 for Christmas Eve mass and 2 for Christmas Day mass.
Eucharistic Ministers: Richard P. will call for Eucharistic Ministers, 7 for Christmas Eve mass and 5 for Christmas Day mass.
Lectors: Vicki W. will call for Lectors, 2 each for both Christmas Eve and Christmas masses.
Altar Servers: Carol R. will call for Altar Servers, 3 each for both Christmas Eve and Christmas masses.
Please turn in the names of volunteers for the above ministries to Loraine by 12/15/2006.
Christmas Mass Times December 24 4:00 PM-St. Isidore's, 6:00 PM-St. John's December 25 9:00 AM-St. John's
7:25 October Count: Went over the numbers for the October Count for 2006 and compared it with October Count for 2005. There was not a significant increase but there was an increase. There was a question as to why Sunday of the 2nd week dropped and someone reminded us that this was Home Coming weekend and the high school students went to mass on Saturday instead of Sunday.
2005 2006 1st Week Saturday 194 ------ 193 1st Week Sunday 391 ------ 410
2nd Week Saturday 196 ------ 223 2nd Week Sunday 398 ------ 340
3rd Week Saturday 210 ------ 210 3rd Week Sunday 415 ------ 430
4th Week Saturday 225 ------ 245 4th Week Sunday 400 ------ 415
7:35 January mission- Steve Angrisano When: January 13th & 14th Where: St. John’s Parish
This is being handled by Religious Education. It was discussed if we should open it up to the whole community (Lisbon, Mount Vernon & Springville) or just members of St. John’s. We thought that Cornell students should be invited and that Sharon Grice would be a good contact for letting them know.
There was mention of setting up a monitor link in the Education Wing as an alternative to handle over crowding.
7:40 Appreciation Brunch The date planned is February 3, 2007 and it was suggested to do RSVP’s since that is a aturday night.
7:50 Time & Talent Fair Everyone thought we should do it again. Thought it would be better to before the next Talent Fair to provide info about each committee in the Sunday Bulletin or on the bulletin boards in the main hallway.
Other things that were brought up in the meeting: There was a concern that some shut ins who are unable to come to church and receive communion may wish someone to come to them. The questions that arose were who they were and having Eucharistic Ministers able to deliver. It was decided that Vicki W. will do some checking to find out first how many there are before we decide how it will be done.
Sheila D. also brought to the attention of the committee a concern for the lack of the Advent Program for this year. The issue seems to be that people heard it was cancelled due to a lack of volunteers. It was mentioned that this could have been worded differently. Sue mentioned that the work load on the church staff was increasing and causing added pressure on the staff. The goal was and is to take out the complexity of this type of program. Sue said it will be reviewed again on a year to year basis.
Next Meeting: December?
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