pastoral council

Parish of St. Mary Magdalene

Pastoral Council 26th June 2024 7pm

St. Paul’s House

Present, Jacqueline Crawford, Liz Gronkowski, Jane Miezitis, Fr. Philip,

Apologies: Craig Doidge, Sally McElroy, Tony Ward

Reflection: John 21:15-19

1. Update of next quarterly calendar and booklet

The booklet for the quarter July -September will be collated and distributed

by the weekend of 6th/7th July.

2. Progress on parish priorities

a) Building Our Faith Community

 The Monday Community Group is doing well and is now taking a summer

break until September.

b) Social Events

 The Coffee Morning , Italian Night  and Fashion Show all went very well.

 It is still hoped to organise an event with the Polish or Indian communities

for the autumn.

c) Supporting our children

 The Summer School is organised and will take place week beginning

12th August.

 Support for the youth is one of the areas to be prioritised for the year

following on from the Parish Gathering. Parishioners with skills and

experience in this area will be asked for their support.

d) Adult Faith Formation

 Series three of “The Chosen” will begin on Wednesday 2nd October.

The format will be more structured with specific questions.

3. Forthcoming General Election

Churches Together felt they were not in a position at the moment to

organise a Hustings for the forthcoming General Election. There

doesn’t seem to be a hustings for this constituency and hopefully

something can be organised next time.

4. The Synodal process

 The feedback form the Parish Gathering was very positive and

parishioners liked using the format of Conversations in the Spirit.

 As requested, a copy of the PowerPoint which was used will be made

available to parishioners online and on the parish Facebook page.

 The three key areas which were highlighted for the year are:

o House groups

o Prayer groups

o The youth

 Parishioners will be given the opportunity to support these priorities

where they have the skills and experience.

5. Palliative Care

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops has produced a four-part

toolkit on palliative care called “Horizons of Hope.” It was agreed to run

this programme for the parish on the four Wednesday evenings of August.

6. Preparation for the Holy Year 2025

Enquiries are still being made regarding a parish pilgrimage to Rome next

Autumn. Parishioners will be asked to indicate if they are interested.

7. Future dates

 Mass celebrating the Feast of St. Mar Magdalene will be held on

Monday 22nd July in St. Mary’s followed by refreshments in Romero

House.

 A film entitled “The Letter” based on “Laudato Sii” will be shown on the

evening of Wednesday 4th September.

8. Safeguarding

9. A.O.B.

 It was agreed that it would be beneficial if the Fabric/Finance Committee

gave a short report to the Pastoral Council meetings.

10. Date of next meeting Wednesday 18th September St. Paul’s 7pm