Minutes from the Team Meeting

Team Meeting August 13th Minutes

We first discussed updating the calendar as follows:

Sept. 7th dismissal for 8:30 mass will be Darleen Coco

Sept. 21 Dismissal for 8:30 mass will be Diane Chapman

Next Team meetings will be Sept. 11th, Oct. 9th and Nov. 13th.
We will keep same time of 7:00 p.m. at the Seton Center on all meetings.

Sept. 2 Catechumen Topic “Divine Mercy Chaplet; Darleen may do and will discuss further with Dave Campbell.

Oct. 28th for Catechumen topic “The Lord’s prayer” will be Hal Gansert.

Nov. 11th Catechumen Topic of Salvation History; Christ will be led by Marcial Lopez. (Dave will e-mail info to Marcial)

Dec. 2 Catechumen Topic of “Centering Prayer” will be led by Joan Gansert.

Feb. 22nd will be Rite of Elections for Catechumens and their Sponsors at the Convention Center sometime after the last Mass.

Darleen Coco will contact Diane Chapman to see if she has any set dates for activities.

We will try to schedule an “Anointing of Catechumens” sometime in mid Nov.-mid. Dec. Dave Jordan prefers Nov. 16th. Darleen Coco will contact Linda Lopez to see when Father Andre is available for an 8:30 Mass. This will entail a anointing of oil by the Father to increase the Catechumen’s Faith and give them strength for their journey. Catechumens will attend with their Sponsors.

We will have an announcement at Mass for our need for Catechists. Marcial will have training for Catechists “In-Service” on August 21st and 28th at 7:00 p.m. in the Seaton Center. We are still looking for more volunteers for teaching some of the classes or doing Dismissals. Darleen Coco will follow up with phone calls to Father Lou and Msgr. Anthony. Dave Campbell will talk to Father Andre to see if he is interested in meeting with us or teaching any classes.

Dave Campbell will contact Teresa Ellis and Paul Townsend regarding dismissals.

We discussed the Rite of Acceptance for Art Bale that was held Aug. 10th 8:30 Mass. All concluded that it t went very well. Dave Jordan suggested that the Bible and Crucifix might be held by the Sponsor or Alter Server while waiting for it to be given to Catechumen. Marcial will look for Liturgical Book for the next Rite of Acceptance for Father Andre rather than have it printed out.

Friday, August 15th, Dave Campbell will meet with Father Andre to discuss the fast track for Art Bales Baptism

Dave Campbell asked for any feedback on the Web Page of“rciainramona.blogspot.com.” He added the “Rite of Acceptance” process and has links for other Rites. He is looking for suggestions of anything to add such as links or events. He is in process of adding more of the Catechumen Topics. It now has a link from IHM web page.

This years Lenten Retreat for the Catechumens may need to be piggybacked with another Parishes Retreat. Marcial will ask for dates from Mark Price for Resurrection Retreat. Marcial also suggest having Catechumens getting involved in the community such as Bethlehem Night.

Dave Campbell and Marcial Lopez will conduct interviews for 5 new Inquirers and their families.he prefers Aug. 24th after Mass or the 19th and 26th is also good.

Topics for next meeting:
Activities scheduled dates
Firm up dates for Lenten Retreat
Review of guidelines for early Baptism (as might be applied to Art Bale)

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