St. Theresa Social Concerns Agenda
Meeting Minutes
January 9, 2008
Facilitator: Rick Chabot
Prayer – Rick Chabot
First
Fruits Report - (Judy Kendzora)
Judy presented donations received in the month
of December.
The First Fruits subcommittee
will meet next month at 6pm.
Angel
Tree Update (Barb Fitzgibbons)
Barb
reported we had 75 names with 22 additional children through the contacts
We had
13 drivers to deliver the gifts
Problems: 5 families did not respond to contacts;
there were 4 missing gifts that had to be replaced
St.
Theresa House - Current Status Update (Celeste
and Anita)
First meeting with the family January 5
Gutters cleaning done, cost of $339.20
CISS
and St. Joe’s Homeless Meal Update (Anita)
Lindsay has sent out a
list of dates for 2008 for St. Joe’s.
Please contact her if you want to sign up.
Coffee
Sales Instruction Update (Anita)
Change to instruction: Amanada
states she can’t guarantee the announcement will always get in. So whoever does
4:30 Mass on Saturday needs to check to make sure the Mass Announcement is
there as several times it has been left off.
AMOS (Anne)
John McMichael asked
Anne to remind people of the AMOS gathering at Huxley this next Saturday at 9am
Encyclical
Anniversary and Overview (GOF and Essay)
Well attended and good
feedback on presentations
Winning essays are on the
website
Fr. Larry expressed
appreciation for how the two committees worked together
DMARC
E Bulletin (Rick)
Kids Against Hunger Jan 12-13
Food Pantry Collection Jan 19-20
Soup supper tickets Jan 27 at
Plymouth
DMARC business meeting Feb 21 at 7pm
Other
Business:
Iowa Institute for Social
Action, Jan 20 at St. Francis. Anne,
Celeste and Anita attended. Good
workshops on Social Justice.
Personal Care Collection for
St. Joe’s in December: 352 items
collected along with $1,087.
Ministry Fair, Jan 12-13-Display
Table and door prize and 4 desserts
Lenten Soup Supper: Social Concerns will host Feb 15
Lenten Theme will be Corporal
Works of Mercy
Amanda the Panda Grief Support
Meals: Anne, Rindy, Anita and Celeste
to do on Jan 14. Other dates are
available, contact Anne Dols to help.
Jeanne and Bo Bishop gave
report of how First Fruit Pro Life funds were spent by the Pro Life Committee
with the Pro Life Billboards
Wednesday
02/13/08 at 7:00 P.M.
Prayer: Donna
Hueholt
Treats:
Donna Hueholt