Saint Paul Organization Council (SPOC)
October Meeting Notes
Date: 10/3/05
Time: 7:00PM Place: Library |
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STAFF REPORTS |
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SPOC President
James Massey
jfm00523@aol.com |
Groups that do not have a SPOC
representative, please send your rep! We want to improve communication
across the parish, but we need you! In the near future all parish
organizations will be receiving a letter requesting that a representative
bring to the November meeting an updated calendar of events for the fiscal
year 2005/2006 indicating events that require use of the Church and School
facilities. A work session will be conducted to insure that facilities are
not double-booked and a program devised to solve this continuing problem. |
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Father David
pastor@saintpaulchurch.org
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Save the date – 6:30 p.m., Dec. 3 is the
Parish Christmas Party! We’re looking to really make it special this year,
so let us know if you have ideas or you can help. We’ll definitely have
something for kids, and a very nice meal for our St. Paul family, so please
join us. |
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Liturgical Committee
Deacon Paul
reittingers@aol.com
Virginia Cardenas
v.cardenas@comcast.net |
(Eucharistic Adoration, Eucharistic
Ministers, Lectors, Altar Servers, Devotions, Special Services) Hope people
will participate in our Living Rosary 7 pm, Oct. 14th in the
church. |
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Hispanic Council
(Deacon Jesse)
joliva01@7-11.com
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The Hispanic Ministry presented their
Mexican Night Dinner on Sept 16th, making a little over $950 for
the new building fund. We really appreciated the many volunteers from the
Hispanic community that helped prepare and serve the meals! The Hispanic
Ministry’s next project is the preparations for the celebration of the
Virgen de Guadalupe which will be observed on Sunday and Monday evenings,
December 11th and 12th. More information coming as plans develop. |
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Hospital & Home Ministry
(Deacon Carl)
deaconcarlthelin@comcast.net
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The Pastoral Care Givers went to Medical
City Hospital on thirteen days during the month of September, visiting 542
patients. Over the past three months we have visited 1434 patients, which
equates to about 482 hours donated by volunteers. That’s the equivalent of
12 weeks work! With our new volunteer who has finished training, there are a
total of 23 people who visit the sick regularly, including Father Martin and
Deacon Carl. Two more are in training now. |
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Music Ministry
(Bernie Gotway)
bernie@gotway.com
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The three choirs continue to recruit new
members. Those interested should contact the respective directors. The
(9:15 Mass) Youth & Family Choir has gained some new singers and
instrumentalists, but continues to welcome anyone interested. Many members
are so busy and involved, everyone cannot be present each Sunday, so
duplication of instruments & singers is very helpful. We continue to need
percussion, reeds and strings. The Youth and Family Choir & Orchestra will
play for Confirmation Masses on October 15 at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm. Please
contact Bernie Gotway if you can help sing or play, even if it’s for these
special occasions. |
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St. Paul Religious Ed.
(Jerri Brandenburg)
jerri@saintpaulchurch.org
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RE kids collected money for young hurricane
victims the “child-to-child” project sponsored by the Diocesan Formation
office.
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Youth Ministry
(Mark Knox)
saintpaulyouth@hotmail.com
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Mark is looking to meet people in the parish
to find ways the youth group can connect with and learn from St. Paul
members. Let him know if you have ideas. Also, many of our kids will
participate in World Youth Day at Six Flags on Oct. 23 – and many other
events are coming together. Visit
www.saintpaulchurch.org – Youth Ministry to see frequent updates
to the calendar of events! |
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St. Paul School Board |
No SPOC representative yet. |
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St. Paul Packers |
No SPOC representative yet. |
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St. Paul Home & School |
No SPOC representative yet. |
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Boy Scouts
Melissa Roberts
m.roberts@saintpaulschool.org |
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Catholic Daughters |
No SPOC representative yet. |
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Communications
Jane Koenecke
jane.koenecke@ibsa.com
or
jane@koenecke.us |
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Girl Scouts
Suzanne Delcambre
Suzanne_N_Delcambre@raytheon.com
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We have a kindergarten troop of Daisies,
Brownie troops in first (and a few second) and third grades, Juniors in
fourth grade and a seventh grade Cadette troop.
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There were 8 girls from St. Paul's that
were awarded their religious medals on Sept 17 at St. Michael's the
Archangel. Msgr. Leon Deusman conducted the ceremony.
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Social at Heights Park for all the GS
troops in the southwest Richardson area on Oct 21. Meet new girls, trade
swaps and eat ice cream!
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3rd Grade Troop 2801: First
camping trip at Camp Betty Perot October 6. (Sold cookies for two years to
earn money to go).
Thanks to the girls worked at the dessert
table, supporting the Knights Hurricane Relief Fish Fry! The Girl Scouts are
always looking for Service Projects! |
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Greeters
Marcia Weidenfeller
Weiden10@aol.com |
We welcomed Melissa, Carey and Mikay, the
black lab pup, to our group of Greeters at the 11 AM Sunday Mass. We are
looking for a volunteer 8 AM Sunday Mass Greeter (please call if you can!) |
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International Committee
(Ed Butschek) |
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Pro Life
(Ed Butschek) |
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Knights of Columbus
Bob Sudar
Robbie Wilson |
Very successful fish fry brought community
together and raised more than $2,300 for hurricane relief.
Please attend! Rosary after 9:15 a.m. Mass
each Sunday in October.
Sun. Oct. 16th Parish Blood drive
– Cafeteria.
Fri. Nov. 11, Veterans Day Parade & Program.
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Men’s Club
Rick Florance
rickflo@floranceandassociates.com |
Golf Tournament with Knights raised $7500.00
for White Rose. Best one yet! The Oct. 9 Chicken b-b-q raised funds for 8th
grade scholarships. |
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Silver Set |
No SPOC representative yet. |
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Parish Pastoral Council (PPC)
Ed Butschek |
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St. Vincent de Paul
Lou Neeb
Jelo6914@aol.com
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September report: On our regular SVDP
activities we provided $1,855.93 in financial assistance to 13 families and
we were able to refer 31 people to other assistance sources by Network of
Ministries. SVDP and other parishioner volunteers helped 19 Katrina evacuee
families (59 people) establish new homes with household items, furniture,
clothing, and personal care products. The parish contributed over 2,000
pounds of non-perishable foods, personal care products, kitchen ware, linens
and towels, and other items to the Katrina effort run by the SVDP and
Network of Ministries. The parish is also currently assisting a number of
evacuee families who have their children in our school. Our work is just
part of St. Vincent de Paul’s efforts in the area. Note about the Plano
donation center: I would invite you to see the
38,000 square foot facility at 3801 E. Plano Parkway, Suite 300. It is a
very impressive operation. The facility is now operating five trucks, has
purchased about $90,000 of new furniture and various household items to
deliver to evacuees. Now delivering complete apartment setups (furniture and
essential household items) to over 40 evacuee families a day. I believe it
is the most significant delivery of these items in the greater Dallas area.
We have served over 1,000 families thus far, and currently have another 500
families in our system to be processed over the next two weeks. |
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Women’s Guild
Susan Anderson
Trish Rawlings
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Christmas raffle tickets mailed. Prizes are
$1,000, $500, $250. Nov. 12, 13 this year’s Bazaar – Nov. 12 and 13 –
°promises to be even better than last year! Note: Proceeds from Women’s
Guild fundraisers go to whatever the Parish might need most. |
