Meeting Minutes

Honoring the Graduates: Discussions were made regarding the Mass and the reception to honor the High School Graduates of 2018, who belong to our parish. It will be on June 3, 2018 with 10:00 a.m. Mass. Pam Perrone from the Pastoral Council and Cody Ponzio, the High School Youth Minister will give leadership to the program with the assistance of other Pastoral Council Members and a group of parents.

The Feast of St. Anthony will be celebrated on June 13 at 6:00 p.m. with Mass and a procession. Details regarding the Mass, Procession, and meal was discussed and
finalized. Various Council Members were assigned with different responsibilities connected with the celebration.

Special Mass for Sick and Home Bound will be celebrated on September 8, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. There will be a brunch served after the Mass. The Pastoral Council will provide the meal.

Voting for new members to the Pastoral Council will occur on two weekends in June: June 16/17 and again on June 23/24. The ballots will be passed out at each weekend Mass. There will be 2 pastoral council members at each Mass
to help distribute and collect the ballots.

Evangelization and Spiritual Development Commission is currently discussing a summer video series. Catholicism will be the first DVD shown. This is the DVD that was given to the parishioners as Easter gift. Judy Comeaux will work on the details of the program.

Renting of St. Anthony Pavilion: Discussions were made about the renting of St. Anthony Pavilion. More discussions will be made in the next meeting.

The next meeting is set for Sunday, July 29, at 6:30 PM in the Conference Room.

A meeting of the Pastoral Council of St. Anthony parish was held on April 5, 2018.
Discussions were made on how to make the church more secure from any kind of attacks. A community awareness program is under consideration, and we are waiting for the information from the diocese on this matter.

The youth of the parish who are graduating this year from high school will be honored and congratulated during a Mass at the end of May or the beginning of June, followed by a reception and meal.

The Feast of St. Anthony will be celebrated on June 13, with a Novena starting June 4. After the Mass on June 13, we plan to have a Solemn Procession with the statue and relic of St. Anthony, and finish everything with a light meal.
It was informed that our Meals on Wheels Program continue to function well, serving 93 meals to the needy in March.

It was reported that our parish will have a Parish Mission on the weekend of April 14-15.

Copies of the new brochure prepared to pass out to the people who are visiting, were distributed among members and all expressed their happiness in the brochure.

The Feast of St. Isidore will be celebrated with a special Mass at San Salvador Church on May 15, at 10:00 a.m.

Discussions were continued on the celebration of Wedding Anniversaries of the parishioners.

The election process for new Pastoral Council Members will start the beginning of June.

A meeting of the Pastoral Council of St. Anthony parish was held on January 11, 2018.

A short review of finances of the parish was made, and found that our church finances are doing well. It was reported that KIDS Program is going on pretty well with more kids in the register. It was also informed that the Building Fund is primarily used for emergency church upkeep items, not major repairs, such as replacing AC/Heating.

A report was given about the updates implemented to secure the church building and the rectory. More security cameras will be installed soon. There was a discussion on celebrating special wedding anniversaries. These would be those celebrating the following years of marriage: 1, 10, 25, 40, 50, and 55+. A committee was formed to work out details of this special celebration which will be occurring on August 18 after 5:00 p.m. Mass. Those who had/have their wedding anniversary in between January 1, 2017 and August 18, 2018 will be recognized and celebrated. Details will be finalized in the next meeting. It was reported that attendance at mid-night Mass in connection with Christmas 2017 was better than recent previous years.

It was reported that the Red-C Catholic Radio Family Retreat (January 5-7, 2018) which was held on the St. Anthony Church facility grounds had Twenty-four families participated from various Catholic parishes. In connection with social action it was reported that our church supplied 216 families with Thanksgiving baskets in connection with Thanksgiving Day 2017. The Advent Giving tree was another success and supplied 250 families with gifts. Meals on Wheels usually serve around 100 meals to needy folks every month.

Discussions were made regarding Church Security during Mass. A suggestion came up that we put together a safety awareness class for our church community. More discussion will follow in the next meeting.

Primary discussions were made on the celebration of the Feast of St. Anthony. More discussions will follow the next meeting.

Our next meeting is set for Thursday, April 5, at 6:30 in the SAY room.