MBS Faith Formation Committee Meeting Minutes
February 22, 2011

Present: Kirt Schwarm, Sally Coleman, Gabe Loiacono, Rich Trofka, Juliann Parkin, Mary Pogue, Fr. Jim, Dennis Kallin

Absent: Teri Doughty, Peg Larson

Meeting began with prayer

Agenda was accepted

January Minutes were approved

Business at Hand

Report from Parish Council

• Kirt's report to Parish Council included the Faith Formation Committee's Vision Statement, Cana Café, the offered trip to Our Lady of Guadalupe Shrine in LaCrosse ; an overview of our Speakers' Series, a synopsis of CALI and its success in meeting the goal of year round offering for RCIA candidates and review for those who recently completed RCIA as well as interested others; Fr. Jim's Lent series, Don Derozier's offered course on the papacy, our Partnership with Relevant Radio, future needs of the parish (ex.,an Adult Faith Formation Coordinator); the possibility that with Sr. Diane's retirement this year, some collaboration with what that senior group has done; and a thank you to the Women's group for their help with some of our Speaker Series nights.

Faith Formation Committee Minutes
January 25, 2011

Present: Fr. Jim Jugenheimer, Kirt Schwarm, Dennis Kallin, Mary Pogue, Peg Larson, Rich Trofka, Sally Coleman, Teri Doughty, Gabe Loiacono, Kathie Reed

Absent excused: Juliann Parkin

1. Meeting opened with prayer.
2. Agenda and minutes were accepted as read.
3. Business at hand

1. Speaker Series/Parish Retreat:Eucharistic Miracles was a suggested topic for a possible speaker series topic for February, but after prolonged discussion, it was decided to make this a part of the parish retreat March 20-23. Fr. Jim's subject will be "Family and the Eucharist, the Domestic Church" (or something on that order) with Sunday night beginning with solemn evening prayers and a short talk on the Eucharist. One night might include talks given by members of this committee on their favorite Eucharistic miracles; another night might include some talks by some of the City-wide Adoration Chapel adorers about what positive effects the chapel has had on them and/or the community. Gabe suggested a having a movie for kids on one of the nights that could be held in the lower church at the St. Mary's site, while the adults meet upstairs for the retreat. Rich suggested we have a contest open to families in which they would research a particular Eucharistic miracle and do a paper or poster to reflect it. We could set up all the posters in the back of the church for all to see during the retreat nights. Kathie brought up a possible concert by a well-known artist who does music relating to the Eucharist, but it was tabled briefly.
2. Speaker Series for February: Gabe came up with the idea of having a movie night for adults using an Ignatius Press program of using a "free" movie from them on John Paul II, with the option for viewers to purchase books that night at a discount to our committee. A discussion followed, and it was decided to look into this further, but we set the date for the movie on Saturday, February 26th, following the 4 pm Mass, with popcorn and pizza to be served before the movie. We can have a sign-up the weekend before to determine the number of pizzas we will require.
3. Speaker Series, general: Kathie Reed will further investigate the concert discussed earlier for possibly Corpus Christi weekend. Fr. Jim is hoping to have a pilgrimage to the Robinsonville Shrine this year, and Mary mentioned a local contact whose grandparents lived during the time of the miracles there. Sally mentioned having a Respect Life speaker in October.
4.  Report from Parish Council by Dennis:

1. The chairpersons will be giving presentations about their committees on Thursday, February 17, and Kirt and Rich will represent us there.
2. Sister Diane's replacement was discussed, and a volunteer is wanted for the position. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
3. Booklets about all the committees with pictures, etc. are suggested for election weekend on June 12. A personal invitation to possible candidates is the best way to recruit new people, Fr. Jim said. Outgoing people on committees may choose to run again.
4. Volunteer Appreciation Night with desserts will be held at the St. Peter site, possibly in May sometime.
5. The need for a Respect Life committee at this parish was discussed, and would be a sub-committee of Human Concerns.

E.  Hospitality Weekends: Dates and staffing were confirmed.

D.  Schedule for Adoration: Dates and adorers were scheduled.

IV.  Meeting closed with prayer.

Respectfully submitted,

Teri Doughty, co-secretary (with Mary Pogue)

Faith Formation Committee Minutes
November 23, 2010

Present: Fr. Jim, Kirt Schwarm, Dennis Kallin, Mary Pogue, Peg Larson, Teri Doughty, Joan Reiter, Rich Trofka, Juliann Parkin

Absent excused: Gabriel Loiacono, Sally Coleman

I. The meeting opened with prayer.
II. Motion made and seconded to accept agenda.
III. Motion made and seconded to accept October minutes.
IV. Business at Hand:

A.Letter to Committee Chairpersons from Fr. Jim:

1.Discussed letter regarding signs, notices, announcements and events being placed in the churches' vestibules, taped to the Scrip table, etc. It is recommended that announcements be submitted to Laurie Pollack and Kristin Bird for placement in the bulletin or on the website. For major events, a full-page notice or flyer may be used, but only with approval and only on a selective basis.

2.Discussed announcements of parish deaths and births.

3.All committee meetings and events are now to be written on the large calendar in the Parish Center meeting room by each committee.

4.Go to Fr Jim or Kristin for FaceBook, Kristin for website, Laurie for bulletin.

B.Parish Visitation by Fr. Jim:

1.Fr. reported that he feels this has been a failure for the parish. He questioned whether or not it should be continued.

2.It was decided to gather the facts once again and email the teams about their further interest, and if no response, to call them personally about it.

C.Catholic and Lovin' It by Dennis:

1.CALI has been interesting and informative and going very well so far with excellent speakers involved and good attendance.

2.Peg Larson suggested that CALI be spelled out in full in the bulletin for newcomers and visitors who do not understand the initials.

3.Name tags for participants were discussed again.

D."Kids' Time" during Fr. Jim's Advent talks on Saturday mornings:

1.Gabe Loiacono will lead the children's sessions.

2.Virtus-trained adults are needed to assist.

E.Speaker Series Update by Rich Trofka:

1.Fr. John Doerffler spoke about "End of Life Issues" for a total time of 2 hours, had good attendance of 55 people. He required a large amount of handouts to be copied. There was a conflict with the Parish Council meeting on the same night, so it was decided to not schedule speakers on Thursday evenings in the future. This particular one was set up by the diocese.

2.The next speaker is Fr. Mike Lightner who will discuss his conversion experience on Friday, December 10th at the St. Peter's site. Because of the expected interest for high school and college students, this will be announced at the Sunday evening Mass at Lourdes, and by Sam Wood at the Newman Center, and by Kristin Bird and Mary Wichman at the Religious Ed classes.

3.Kevin Revolinski will be the January speaker, probably to be held at St. Josaphat's.

4.Discussed use of Relevant Radio for advertising speakers.

5.Kirt talked with Julianne Donlon who is the Adult Faith Formation Director of the diocese.

F.Parish Council Report, Dennis:

1.Matt Troiber from the Time and Talent (T & T) sub-committee of the Stewardship Committee announced the Women's Day of Recollection will be on May 21 with Amber Lee as the speaker. She was recommended by Julianne Donlon of the diocese.

a.Rich Trofka questioned why T & T set up this retreat as it would more appropriately be handled by our committee under adult faith formation. We were told "It's always been done this way."

2.Children's envelopes are in the process of being printed.

3.Salvation Army bell ringers are already signed up and working at Walgreen's for the pre- Christmas season.

a.Rich asked why we are promoting another religion's fund-raising efforts, and this was briefly discussed.

4.The Cash Raffle Calendar has been suspended for this year.

5.No special events are to be scheduled on Parish Council meeting nights per Fr. Jim.

V. Other business:

A.The Adoration Schedule was discussed and concerns mentioned.

B.Rose Dorsey has opted off this committee due to non-attendance and inability to attend. We are not actively seeking a replacement at this time.

C.August 27th will be our parish committees' Day of Recollection at the Jesuit Retreat House.

D.Joan Reiter will speak to the Women's Group about providing treats for the speaker series coming up in December.

VI. The meeting closed with prayer at 9:00 pm

Respectfully submitted

Teri Doughty, secretary