Attendees: Alma Cortes, Steve Gaitan, Tom Leahy, Alicia Moral, Mike Kehoe, Fernando Ramos
Opening Prayer 6:15pm, Father Robert
All the members spoke the words of the prayer, “Come Holy Spirit”. Father Robert was asked two questions:
First: Noticing the reporting of the weekly collection in the bulletin for the benefit of transparency and to show the financial need, should there also be some mention of special gifts as to express the momentum. Fr. Robert responded that it will be considered among some staff members and stewardship committee members. His current plan is to show the whole picture, both Sunday offertory and one-time gifts in the July annual report.
Second: The chair asked Fr. Robert what gives him the most energy or where is most of his enthusiasm now for the parish. He responded that it is around the stewardship of the baptismal gifts of each member of our parish. There is a need to identify, develop and match charisms with parish ministry opportunities and needs. The Spiritual Gifts Inventory and a Pentecost event will help.
Next, Father Robert introduced Sandra Gutierrez, the new parish Director of Faith Formation. Sandra joined the committee working on Family Faith Formation while the other two committees met to continue their work on the analysis stage for Youth and Welcome & Hospitality. At 7:15pm the committees made brief reports on their progress to the council. There was a closing prayer and meeting adjourned around 7:45pm.