OUR LADY OF THE MEADOWS HISTORY
JULY 1987 TO JULY 1988
9-8-87 Liturgy/Music Committee: Jim Masciotra - Choir to learn two new songs per month
Fr. Ricahrd Gielow do the Mission the first week of Lent
RE: Carol Cornetta - 400 students, 60 teachers - need two more teachers
Discipline policy adopted and mailed to all families
Discussed changing ‘report card’ to ‘progress report’
Judy Stefano hired part-time as Sr.’s assistant MTW 9-12 and 1-3
Youth Group: Pat Edelman - not enough money to be able to attend the Passion Play - planning on next year
Discussed doing more for the Youth - budget, manpower, improving and building the program
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - Projected projects included Senior Citizens, pot lucks, speakers, Parish directory
Peace/Justice Committee: Phil Pantleo - Lost three members, have four member now plus two hopefuls. Hospice needs volunteers, need ongoing help for sick and elderly and help for the clothing drive
Land/Development Committee: John Pusedu - Hail damage $7, 195 for new roof on church and repair work on the rectory.
Bought lawnmower
Installed sprinkler in front of the church
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - Parish dance attended by 125-130 people
Voted to keep fund raisers 6 weeks apart
Events Schedule:
Coffee and rolls 2nd and 4th Sundays
Bazaar - 1st weekend after Thanksgiving
Raffle - tickets mailed 6 weeks prior to the dinner
Ear mark raffle funds for RE and Youth Activities
Parish Dinner - catered
New Year’s Eve Dance - Chair Steve Palumbo
Bonnie Dehn did not return.
Vernon McFarland hours increased from 12 hours to 16-17 for helping during Mass, janitorial work and maintenance , doing errands and computer work
10-13-87 Peace/Justice Committee: Phil Pantleo - YWCA needs linens and utensils for battered wives program
6 new people on the committee
Topics are civil discrimination and environment
Land/Development Committee: John Pusedu - need storage space at rectory, fairground charge $995 - check on building own
RE: Sr. Marian -met with Peace/Justice Committee on sex education
407 children and 73 teachers
Jim and Georgia Masciotra helping with Christmas Pageant parts and music
Youth Group: Mary Jo Kirby - one time per month to meet with other parish groups at St. Therese
Chose not to have officers but to have two representatives from each grade
Voted to delete the second collection for the building fund
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - the Mardi Gras Dance will have D.J. Rip Avino - costumes optional
Christmas Dinner catered by Collette’s for parish members only - no set entertainment just background music
Culig’s property in San Isabel a possible site for Christmas trees
RE: has a large program
Adult catechumanate class 24
Council consideration after the first of the year with 3-5 member committee ( 1 from the Parish Council) with Sr. and Fr. as consultants
Start to prepare for what is wanted - needed in RE Building
Christmas 4 and 6 p.m. Masses didn’t work, return to 5 and 7 p.m.
Consider two Masses at 5 p.m. - one up and one down or carry in 250 chairs upstairs
11-10-87 Liturgy /Music Committee: Jim Masciotra - have new singer Angie De Herrera
RE: Carol Cornette - Advent theme “Celebrating the Liturgy of the Mass”
Youth Group: Pat Edelmann - Spaghetti Dinner grossed $515 - $231 expenses for net of $284
Halloween Party cost $517
OLM has A,B, and girls basketball teams. Mr. C.T. Fitzgerald and Mr. Vic Plutt as coaches at Goodnight and the games at Seton
Finance Committee: John Carleo - Total building principle remaining is $42,000
Peace/Justice Committee: Phil Pantleo - voted to budget $30 with parish matching like amount for foster children for Christmas gifts
Topics worked on currently are civil, women’s and minorities rights
Voted to have meeting every week for three months vs. 1 x / month
To start a Peance/Justice corner in the Bulletin
Land/Development Committee: John Puseda - tractor converted to snow plow
New Year’s Eve Dance: Steve Palumbo - 6 committees needed with chair for each
Youth Group bid for preparation of the food ($6/person) and cleanup ($50)
Parish Youth Project : Pat Edelmann - Youth raised $1200
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - 719 raffle books mailed
34 tables rented for Bazaar
Customers order from menu, pay, pick up food
Need 3 - 10 ft Christmas trees, 2 - 6 ft, and 2-3 little ones
$1000 was donated byJim Masciotra in memory of wife Anne for a storage shed, purchased Tuff shed.
Every month each Parish donates to St. Vincent de Paul’s Sharing program.
Money provides gas, lodging, food and included the Loaves and Fishes Program to aid the needy with outlets at St. Francis and Christ the King churches
Donate $170 / mo , adopted Springfield Parish gets $100/mo, average charitable monthly donation $400-500 - is this tithing at 10%?
Local group runs Posada House, a shelter for the homeless. They use our hall and video equipment for publicity. Hall needs to be well established and meet city codes. It needs mature, salaried person to manage it for stability.
Can we as a Parish do more in these projects???
12-8-87 Youth Group: Mary Jo Kirby - Profit from table at Bazaar $65.91
Cost $162.94 with $228.85 collected plus $37.44 sold at Kirby’s school
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - Bazaar profit $2,029.54 handled by 150 volunteers
Peace/Justice Committee: Phil Pantleo - Activities - need quotes for the corner in the Bulletin; Bishop Buswell do Mass in January and speak on civil rights, do homilies with videos and speakers on women’s, civil and minorities rights
Youth Group will decorate the Christmas trees
Sr. Marian doing Advent series on Wednesday evenings
750 families in the parish
Raffle $500-600 ahead of last year
1-12-88 63 tickets old to New Year’s Eve Dance - income $1537.30, expenses $1053.93 profit $503.57
Served 600 for Parish Dinner
Peace/Justice Committee: Phil Pantleo - Bishop Buswell speak at Mass and Phyllis King speak in April
Continuing clothing and food drive to help homeless and battered wives
Land/Development: John Puseda - Fr. can now clear the snow from sidewalks in about 25 minutes with the tractor
Parish Tithing: John Carleo - set a certain dollar amount for next year
Raffle proceeds- close to $9000, profit $6000
December income $33,320, expenses $17,043, balance $15,277
Fr. Richard Grielow here for nine days for the Mission.
Committee: Publicity -Chuck Stimmel
Social - Bertha Grosso
Baby sitting - Mary Jo Kirby
Transportation - John Carleo
Liturgy / Music - Jim Masciotra
Ads, posters etc - Bob Miller
Committee for RE Center - John Carleo, Phil Pantleo, Steve Palumbo, Mae Vinci, Kim Giordano
New Year’s Eve Dance - some people didn’t pay, next year have table at entrance - someone set off firecrackers, get White Security again ?? Steve Palumbo checking on buying popcorn machine
Checking on utilization of part-time and full time staff
2-9-88 RE: Carol Cornetta - sell religious items everynight of the Mission
Youth Group: Pat Edelmann - voted to go to the Passion Play and to reserve two buses now - need $4505 to go
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - for the Mardi Gras have 2 different guards at $7/hr from 8 p. to 12 midnight
Finance Committee: John Carleo - Church payment due in March and will make 3 full payments saving another $1838 in interest - balance $37,552
Parish Survey: John Carleo - most in favor of Parish Center - keep parishioners thinking about it as planning begins
Ron Dehn’s Letter: Feels parish contributes share and will continue to do so. Don’t want to put off Parish Center, so vote was NOT to contribute one year’s income to charity as proposed in the letter.
Fr.: BDF takes 13.69% of total gross income- clergy meeting to identify complaints about the new system. 160 families out of 680 responded and met our target.
Have total income of $221,000 but some funds come in and right back out for earmarked items
Sr. Marian: Video tape the Mission. John Carleo offered camera and do filming some nights.
3-8-88 RE: Carol Cornetta - some teachers didn’t use the material, suggest contract for the teachers to emphasize responsibility.
Because of the behavior of children suggest two Masses (Ash Wednesday) or have prayer service with ashes
Confirmandi retreat held at Colorado Lion’s Camp, Woodland Park
Youth Group: Pat Edelmann - Insurance and parent slips O.K. for Passion Play trip, insurance coverage to be under Diocesan policy through Steel City Agencies. Vans reserved.
Social Committee: Bertha Grosso - Mardi Gras not as well attended as other activities - donated $130 to Posada
Large amount of groceries to Loaves and Fishes
Bids on commercial vacuum for church:
LeMasters tank type $700
Al’s Vacuum Upright Hoover $285 Voted to get Hoover
Purchased VCR for rectory
Finance Committee: John Carleo - agenda for next meeting:
Discuss results of Parish survey
Annual pledge drive and building fund
Speeches and agenda
BDF drive and update
Review tapes on tithing and sharing
Peace/Justice Committee: Phil Pantleo - Phyllis King will present “ Lay People in the Church” at Mass
Land/Development Committee: John Puseda - Chem Way to treat lawn with 5 applications and aerate for $576
Fr.: Fr. Gielow was able to excite parishioner involvement in the Mission - suggest do every three years - gave him $2810.
Three copies of the Mission are available for loan
Ann Hribar and Frances Giordano cooked for Fathers during the Mission
Ad Hoc Parish Center Committee: Sr. Marian and Fr. Schmitt consultants with a total of nine on the committee: 3 from the Council, 1 from Finance, 1 Youth and 4 general parishioners (perhaps with expertise). All committee heads write down function and purpose of the committee
4-10-88 RE: Carol Conette - evaluating Eucharistic program , improve communication with teachers
Youth Group : Mary Jo Kirby - ready for the trip to the Passion Play
Fr.: Rental of hall to Jazzercize for $75 doesn’t cover for heat and airconditioning- finish the summer then cancel the contract
Ad Hoc Parish Center Committee: Ray Moroney, Chair; co-chair, John Carleo; Council representatives Byron Antonioni, John Carleo, Mae Vinci; Youth - Sherril Pusedu; Finance - Paul Depatie; general parishioners - Jim Grosso, Sandy Myers, Ray Moroney; alternates - 1st Jim Duff, 2nd Don Barry, 3rd Jim DeIorio and Rosemarie Masterantonio.
Mother’s Day Breakfast: Byron Antonioni - Sold 221 tickets Cost $134.22 Collected $375 Profit $240.78
New Fiscal Budget, 88/99: John Carleo -Recommnded debt repayment in following order:
Knights of Columbus on the house
Bishop Buswell Trust
RE Center to have priority
To interview Betty Jo Stupnik for Youth job, Paul Salinas also interested
Sr. and Fr. discussed doing more with the 7th and 8th grades next year
Next year may do program for separated, widowed and divorced and Mary Jo Kirby agreed to help.
4-27-88 Paid off debt on the church - Knights of Columbus $22,281 , 8-1-88 Buswell Trust Fund $14,000. Paid off in 6 years vs. scheduled 15 thereby saving $206,000 in interest. Balance of $25,000 debt on rectory.
5-12-88 Land/Developement: John Pusedu - Fr. and Pusedu planted most of the 30 new trees . Found storage shed in Springs for $860 for 8ft x 12 ft with 5 ft door, they build it here and paint it. Done.
Bertha Grosso: Develop orientation for new Council members - to write up for a handbook
Fr.: Easter collection $1000 over last year
Building Fund $2-3000 over last year
St. Therese gave us $25,000 when we started - what do we do as they build their new church. Tabled the suggestion that we give $1000/yr for 3 years
Do food collection weekly, OLM one of two parishes who regularly donate
Building Fund Drive - 326 pledges from 735 registered members for $52,701, $3,270 in cash, $11,000 in old pledges.
BDF $673 over target
Mae Vinci: voted to buy refurbished popcorn machine for $400 from Refrigeration Equipment Co.
Need to stress that people move to the middle when the Mass is crowded
Parish Center Planning Committee Chair Ray Moroney - Center to house new offices and classrooms. First meeting of the committee 7-13-88 and monthly thereafter.
Received permission from Diocese to engage architect Hurtig, Gardner and Froelich