Next meeting: wednesday 4 june 2025

Parish of St. Mary Magdalene

Pastoral Council Agenda

Wednesday 30th April 2025 7pm

St. Paul’s House

1. Points following last meeting

Lent and Easter services were well attended.

2. Adult formation.

a) The Chosen

Series 4 was very well received by those who attended. The format is working very well. Series 5 will be shown in the Autumn. Hopefully more people will attend.

b) Study of the Nicene Creed

The Tuesday morning sessions were very well attended with some very insightful discussions.

c) Review of points from Volunteers’ Evening:

1) The screen in St. Paul’s cannot be raised any higher. Hymn numbers will be displayed for those who use hymn books.

2) A supplementary hymn booklet will be produced with words of hymns not in the hymn book. 

3) Our Social Justice Group will be asked if some of the suggestions could be relevant to their remit. 

4) The possibility of a Parish Mission will be looked into. 

5) Suggestion boxes will be placed in all of our churches. 

6) Other points raised will be discussed at the next meeting.

d) RCIA

This year there were no candidates for the RCIA programme and perhaps we need to take a different approach to reaching out. A possible start might be to invite non-Catholic partners to come along and have a chat about our faith. The book “How to Survive Being Married to a Catholic” was suggested as a good resource.

e) Baptism

The study of the sacrament of Baptism and its implications is a possible topic for future study. It would be beneficial to the whole community to understand the sacrament if Baptisms took place during Sunday Mass.

Fr.Philip also suggested having certain Sundays for Baptisms, perhaps 4-6 times a year.

3. Holy Year

a) The Hour of Prayer will continue at Carmelite Convent Hot Pot Wynd, Dysart on the last Sunday of every month.

b) Stage walking of the Fife Pilgrim Way will begin on Saturday 14th June and will take place in stages until Saturday 18th July. Participants will make their own travel arrangements.

c) The Pilgrimage to Inchcolm Island has been cancelled.

d) There may be a Deanery Gathering at a suitable venue. It will be discussed at the next Deanery meeting.

e) A parish event can be combined with our celebrations for the feast of St. Mary Magdalene on 22nd July.

4. Pastoral Council Retreat

The opportunity to share and reflect was appreciated by all who attended.

5. Glenrothes Churches Together

The next meeting will be held in Romero House on 14th May at 7.30pm.

6. Safeguarding

No items

Report from the fabric and Finance Committee

St. Mary’s

The work on the Clock Tower is ongoing

Wall at St. Paul’s

· Gibson and Hall are the preferred contractors.

· They are also the contractors who submitted the lowest tender

· Fundraising for the wall suggestions included “Buy a Brick.”

· Various ideas going forward to be discussed.

· We are aiming for the wall to be started asap.

Parish House

· Planning has been approved for the wooden windows in the Parish House. Architect still to send out tenders.

Painter

There is a parishioner willing to undertake some painting jobs within the church.

Roof

· All roof repairs have been completed.

· Another leak has appeared, Colin Coombes will be contacted.

7. A.O.B.

a) There are two couples undertaking Marriage Preparation this year.

b) Our parishioners who are part of the Syro-Malabar Eastern Catholic Church are hosting a Mass followed by a social gathering in St. Paul’s on Friday 4th July. All are welcome.

c) Eucharistic Ministers will be asked to adhere to the words given in the missal.

8. Date of next meeting

Wednesday 4th June St. Paul’s 7pm