Next meeting: wednesday 17 june 2026
minutes of meeting 29 april 2026
Parish of St. Mary Magdalene
Pastoral Council Minutes
Wednesday 29th April 2026
St. Paul’s House
Present: Father Philip, Liz Gronkowski, Jane Miezitis, Sally McElroy, Tony Ward
Welcome and reflection: Matthew 11:25-30
· Apologies Jacqueline Crawford,
1. Review of Lent and Easter.
· Services were well attended and the zoom Stations of the Cross was successful.
· The visit to the Coptic Orthodox Faithy Community was very interesting and it is hoped to have a reciprocal visit to St. Paul’s in the near future.
· Attendances for the Triduum seemed to be better attended than past years.
· The services where all our musicians played were very uplifting.
2 Glenrothes Churches Together
a) The Hustings held on Sunday 26th April was very successful, with a very positive atmosphere.
b) Both candidates and constituents agreed it was very well organised and the “speed” hustings seemed to work well for everyone.
3 Safeguarding
No items
4 Report from the fabric and Finance Committee
Negotiations regarding the wall at St. Paul’s are ongoing.
5 The Synodal Process
Relevant articles and information will be reflected upon at the Pastoral Council retreat.
6. Youth Group
The Youth Group is starting up again this week.
7. Pastoral Council Retreat Sunday 10th May
Suggestions for the retreat included
a) What do we hope for the parish by 2027?
b) Focus on young families
c) “Divine Renovation” webinar
8 AOB
· Due to legislation and instructions from the Archdiocese, food hygiene arrangements for all parish venues is being reviewed.
· A Parish Gathering will be held in the Autumn
· Across UK is folding, which means that our local Across group is also closing down. There will be a Mass to mark all the work of Across in the parish on Thursday 28 May at 7pm in St. Paul’s.
· A refresher workshop for sacristans will be organised.
· The review of structures in the Scottish Church will look into at the next meeting when, hopefully a position paper will have been produced.
· Following on from a request to have funerals etc. streamed, the cost of appropriate equipment will be looked into but it may be very expensive. Some expertise would be required and perhaps it would be easier to record services.
· Some of our local care homes have requested regular church services. This item will be put back on to Churches Together.
Next meeting Wednesday 17thJune
