ST. PATRICK=S PARISH COUNCIL

CARBONEAR, NL

Date: January 11, 2006

Location: Parish Centre

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Present: Rev. E. T. Bromley, Eleanor Ash, Gerard Butt, James Butt, Ray Carey,

Anastasia Furey, Mary Johnson, Frank O=Keefe, Jeannie Garland (recording secretary). Bernard Fitzpatrick sent regrets that he was unavailable.

Gerard called the meeting to order at 7:25 p.m. Annastasia opened the meeting with a prayer.

The minutes of the December 7, 2005 meeting were reviewed. Msgr. Bromley pointed out two grammatical errors. Eleanor moved that the minutes from the December 7, 2005 meeting be adopted as corrected. Seconded by Ray. Motion carried.

BUSINESS ARISING

Security of the Parish Center is still a concern. There was a break in on January 10. The light over the back door needs to be repaired. Gerard asked to be informed if anyone notices that the outside lights are not on at night so he can then take steps to see that they are turned on or repaired if necessary.

Gerard has received a fax from the diocesan office regarding St. Joseph=s School building. It is a general letter from the diocesan lawyer and does not specifically refer to St. Joseph=s School building. There has been no change or further correspondence from the school board since the last Parish Council meeting in December.

Gerard has sent a proposal to George Hawco, Chair of the Building Committee for the Presentation Sisters, offering to purchase the convent for a nominal fee. There has been no reply to date.

The planned photo sessions for the Parish Photo Directory has been rescheduled from January 11-14, 2006 to March 1-4, 2006.

NEW BUSINESS

There was some discussion regarding the 5 nominations received by the council for a Diocesan Medal. A decision has not been reached as to how to choose how many of the 5 to recommend for the medals. The council will take some time to consider the possibilities. Issue deferred to a later date.

The present Parish Council was elected by the parishioners on February 19 & 20, 2005. Three positions are for a one year term, therefore a call for nominations is timely and elections are to be held if necessary in the near future. Ray Carey, Bernard Fitzpatrick and Mary Margaret Johnson are the three members elected for a one year term. They may choose to run again if they wish along with anyone else nominated. Monsignor Bromley and Jeannie will take action on this matter.

Gerard suggested that a Building and Maintenance Fund should be started as he suspects that in the next few years a lot of repairs to the church will be necessary. Council will consider the matter and meet with the Finance Committee to discuss.

There was a discussion regarding the delayed payment to Newfound Roofing, the construction company that repaired the church roof. There is still 20% due to be paid to the company. Jim will take action on the matter.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

Liturgy Committee

Eleanor reported that the next meeting will be held on January 18, 2006.

Building & Maintenance

Frank will call a meeting with the committee within the next week to discuss painting and cleaning of the sacristy and cleaning of the church.

Diocesan Anniversary Committee

Ray reported that the committee is still working on a display of the parish=s archives.

OTHER BUSINESS

The paschal candle to be used this year in the church will be placed there in memory of the White Family who donated their family property to our parish last year.

There was some discussion regarding whether or not we should inform parishioners through the weekly bulletin of some of the costs of church supplies and other expenses incurred by the parish. This will be discussed when the council meets with the Finance Committee.

The next 5 meetings will take place on February 1, March 8, April 5, May 3, and June 7, 2006.

Monsignor closed the meeting with a prayer.

Submitted by

Jeannie Garland