Present:          Fr. John, Sam Cari,  Howard Cameron, , Mary Seyer,  Carrie Whitacre, Shawn Porter, Mark Sturino, Rich O’Connor, Jeanne Darnold, Rick Reams,  Sr. Bernadette

Also present:   Linda Radtke, ,  Gregg Miller, Tim Gross, Ellen Hanten, Claire Zajac, Mary Piasecki, Reg Klubeck, , Maryann Kappler, Tim O’Brien, Mark Nelson, Kathy Smolinske, Bev Radermacher.

Prayer                 Father John led the council in prayer.

Call to Order:     Sam Cari called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm.

Agenda:           The agenda was  approved as presented

Minutes:         The minutes from the November, meeting were approved as presented

Stewardship:    Howard Cameron reported  that his committee received time and talent cards from over 400 households.  Phyllis Koss  was entering the information from the cards into to a parish data base.  Reg Klubeck and Bev. Radermacher were also assisting with creating a data base of information from the cards.  Father John thanked Howard and all the members of the Stewardship committee for their work.

Parish Administrator:   Mary Seyer informed the council that the  sub-committee was moving forward it the creation of a job description and an advertisement for the position. The committee hoped to have interviews for the position scheduled in March.

State of the Parish Update:  Sam Cari reported that he had spoken with the Bishop regarding publishing the four commitments in the Catholic Herald.  The Bishop stated that he was having hip surgery and would be unable to move forward on this matter until he had recovered from his surgery.  Sam recommended that the council maintain a dialogue with the Bishop with monthly updates at the pastoral council meetings.  Claire Zajac volunteered to be part of a new standing committee which would report to the council. The purpose of the committee would be to maintain a dialogue with the Bishop and the Diocese and monitor the progress of the Diocese in fulfilling the mandate of the four commitments.  The council agreed to vote on the creation of the new standing committee at the February meeting.  Sam Cari asked the council secretary to make copies of the approved minutes available with the bulletins at the back of church.  The council agreed to continue the discussion of the goals of vision 2007 at the March meeting.

Faith Enrichment: Linda Radtke chairperson of the Faith Enrichment committee reported that the Faith Enrichment committee formally known as the Evangelization committee was offering many different programs for the people of the parish to learn about and deepen their Catholic faith.  These programs include many different forms of Bible study.  The committee is also looking at ways to bring back the Theology on Tap program and to schedule a parish mission in the next year. Father John thanked Linda for her report and for the fine work of the Faith Enrichment committee.

Adjournment:            The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:30pm.

respectfully submitted by Mary Seyer. Next meeting, February 27, 2007, Committee to report;  Faith Enrichment.