Parish Pastoral Council

Meeting (13) of the Parish Pastoral Council on Tuesday 27th May at 7.00 p.m. in the Parish Centre

Agenda

Prayer
Apologies for Absence:
Minutes of meeting on 25th February 2025
Matters arising:
  Council membership (JL)
  Parish Directory (TK)
  Parish Newsletter (JL for JN)
  Procurement of goods for the church (JL)
Intercultural Mass (GB, RR, TK)
PPC Handbook (HM)
AOB

Meeting (13) of the Parish Pastoral Council
Tuesday 27th May 2025 at 7.00 p.m. in the Parish Centre

Agenda
Prayer
Apologies for Absence:
Minutes of meeting on 25th February 2025
Matters arising:
    Council membership (JL)
    Parish Directory (TK)
    Parish Newsletter (JL for JN)
    Procurement of goods for the church (JL)
Intercultural Mass (GB, RR, TK)
PPC Handbook (HM)
AOB

Minutes of the Meeting
The meeting started with a prayer

Present: Fr Thomas (President), Julian Kuzminski (Chair), John Lally (Secretary), Helen Marsh (Vice Chair), Cecilia Hubble, Liz Lally, Terry Monahan, , Gemma Billig, Teresa Kehoe, Rosina Rutter, Andrew Farrell, Paul Hebblethwaite.

Apologies: Margaret Dance, John Newbold, Yvonne Rendell.

Minutes of the Last Meeting: Approved

Matters arising:
a. Council Membership:
Following the invitation sent by the Secretary to all Council members after the meeting on 250225 relating to continuing membership of the Council, the following members resigned: Frank Fallon, Pat Comer, Tim Ryan, Adam Billig, Steve Blakemore.
Action: It was agreed that the secretary would email those resigning to thank them for their service on the PPC. Two coopted members, Andrew Farrell and Gemma Billig would become full members and Fr Thomas would seek to recruit four new members.
b. Parish Directory:
The directory is ready to circulate to member of the Council. Teresa Kehoe will send a copy to the secretary to circulate all members. All should check for any errors, amendments, or omissions and inform Teresa who will then be able to get an initial print (50).
c. Parish Newsletter: JL reported on behalf of John Newbold that the new team of three - Jacqui Berrow, Therese Workman, and Mike Willoughby – are close to taking over responsibility for the printed newsletter. It should be restored within the next few weeks.
d. Procurement: John Smart has indicated once more that he is prepared to take responsibility from John Newbold for procurement (candles, paper, etc) if there is someone else who is willing to share the task with him.

Intercultural Mass:
a. The team organising the Mass and shared lunch following it are Gemma Billig, Teresa Kehoe, Rosina Rutter, and Andrew Farrell.
b. The Mass will take place on Sunday 29th June at 10.30am. The Mass at 6.00pm on Saturday 28th will take place, but there will be no 8.30am Mass on that Sunday. The Intercultural Mass will include prayers in 5-6 languages and Sonya Thomas will organise the music. Those of the different nationalities represented will be invited to carry the flag of their nation or to wear the national colours or national dress. Those attending are to be asked to bring a dish which is representative of their culture and to notify the team what they are intending to bring via the QR code on the parish website and on the flyer or by adding to the lists at the back of church.
c. A flyer has been produced to advertise the event: JL requested a copy to put onto the website.
d. Andrew Farrell has arranged to borrow a Gazebo, which is easily erected, in the ground outside the Parish Centre. It is large enough to alleviate the pressure on the setting out of national foods which was experienced last year. AF to gather a team to put the gazebo up.

Parish Handbook:
a. Helen Marsh gave a thorough report on the consistency or otherwise of the current handbook with the recommendations of the Archdiocese on Parish Council purposes and organisational structures.
Action: The Secretary to update the Handbook with reference to HM’s report and include new photographs of the members to be recruited alongside those of existing members. Those members whose photos are not yet in the book also to supply a head and shoulders digital copy.

Any Other Business:
a. All windows in the Parish Centre are to be replace in the summer vacation.
b. Fr Thomas is intending to have the Divine Mercy Prayer said in the church every Sunday at 3.00pm after he has visited the Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Krakow, Poland in the near future. The meeting finished with a prayer by St Teresa of Avila.

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