Interim Parish Pastoral Council - Minutes

Sacred Heart Parish – Interim Parish Pastoral Council
Minutes of meeting held on 5th December 2007 at 8pm in the Community Rooms
	Present
	Fr Reg Dunkling	John Lunt	Marie Blanc	Nancie Alleyne
	Fiona Fowler	Jane Foley	Diane Muir	Hilton Leslie
	Apologies
	Ivan Lowe
1.0	Faith sharing					Action By
	Reading Matthew 3.1-12, reflection and prayer.
2.0	Matters Arising
	Commemorative Plaque for the Opening of the Community Rooms – The person who supplied the new notice board for the church is unable to do the plaque so a new supplier will have to be found. DVD for the Welcome Pack – Fr Reg to look over the DVD and the welcome pack to be discussed at the next meeting. Name for the small meeting room – agreed not to call it “The Fr John Deehan Room” – it was felt Fr John would not want this. After-school club in the Community Rooms – Fiona will liaise with the school and others to draw up a proposal which can be put to the Finance Committee and the IPPC. Talk by Deacon Duncan McPherson – Duncan has agreed to make a presentation in the New Year.					John to find supplier Fr Reg to review DVD Fiona to prepare proposal John to ask Duncan to contact Fr Reg
3.0	Permanent Parish Pastoral Council
	Appeal for new members – It was agreed not to ask new members to join, but instead to disband the IPPC and start afresh with a new PPC following the day of reflection on 9th February. (Marie did find a new volunteer!) A day to reflect – Saturday 9th February from 10am to 2pm.Bring your own lunch (or to share). Commissioning of the Permanent PPC – at Pentecost 2008 – 11th May
4.0	Book of the month
	Launch at the beginning of Lent – early February. Timothy Radcliffe, Henri Nouwen, Basil Hume are suitable authors.
5.0	Lunch for older (75+) members of the parish – Friday 14th December
	37 parishioners were invited – 14 will be attending. The organisation is in hand.
6.0	Get- together for parishioners who have an active role in the parish
	Saturday 19th January – 7.30 to 9.30					Fr Reg to organise
7.0	Any Other Business
	Newsletter – Diane mentioned that frequently there were no newsletters available. Fr Reg took note and also mentioned that the “Sunday Plus” page of the newsletter would be phased out. Follow-up to “Open The Doors” – the diocese is planning an “outreach event” to follow up “Open The Doors” for later in 2008. “Refreshing” the church – Fr Reg mentioned plans to “refresh” the Lady chapel or the Sacred Heart chapel. Access to the church outside Mass times – Fr Reg mentioned plans to provide a secure area for prayer for those times when the church is not open for Mass. Saint Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) – should we consider an SVP society in the parish? We should consider inviting an SVP person to talk to interested parishioners. Nancie does know an SVP person who she could invite					Fr Reg to provide more newsletters Discuss at next meeting
8.0	Date of next meeting
	Wednesday 9th January at 8.00pm at the Community Rooms