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St Joseph’s Parish Ansdell Development Team

Notes of fourteenth meeting held in the Presbytery on Tuesday 14 October 2003 at 8:00pm

Present:
Fr Aidan Turner
Ben Aitken
Bernard Cooper
Edwina Gillett (notes)
Kath Hallion
Paul Kelly
Pat Ormond
Maureen Thompson

Apologies:
Anne Cawthorn
Wanda Kruzsynska

  1. Fr Aidan opened the meeting and welcomed those present.
  2. A period of reflection on Mark 10 35:45 then followed.
  3. House Groups: 9 people have volunteered to host a House Group and the volunteers are currently preparing for the launch of these groups, their next meeting is on 3 November. Fr Aidan/Deacon Michael will speak about House Groups at weekend Masses in the near future and there will be handouts available to take away before people are invited to express their interest in joining one of the groups. Both daytime and evening groups will be available.
  4. Parish Assembly: This will be a half day event on Sunday 9 November and will be facilitated by Dympna McGee. The purpose of the assembly will be to review progress over the last 12 months, seek comments and ideas, agree the Parish vision for the next 12 months and finally refresh (through discernment) the Parish Development Team. It is expected that the assembly will open at 12 noon with soup and a roll before getting down to business at 12:45 and closing at 16:45. As details are firmed up appropriate notices will be placed in the bulletin.
  5. Youth Group: Hugely popular but experiencing a few teething problems which will be addressed by the leaders and those who attend the Group at their next meeting. The annual sponsored youth walk through the Illuminations will take place at 18:00 Thursday 23 October. A 49 seater coach has been ordered but so far there has been limited take up. This event will be pushed in the bulletin this weekend.
  6. Flag pole: Thanks to the generosity of one of our parishioners we now have a flag pole which has been erected in front of St Joseph's statue. It was hoped that a Papal flag would arrive in time to celebrate the Pope's silver jubilee on Thursday 16 October.
  7. Hall renovation: This was proceeding well and those involved are hopeful that the renovation and refurbishment would be completed in time for the Casino night on 1 November. A number of people have volunteered to undertake different jobs to get the Hall ready but many more will be needed to give the Hall a thorough clean. Volunteers are asked to leave their names in the Parish Development Team Box at the back of Church. It was recognised that the project was now overspent so it will be necessary to consider ways of raising funds.
  8. Offer of Facilities: Sr Carmella of Stella Matutina would like the convent to become a more integral part of Parish life. Sr has offered meeting rooms and the convent Chapel for Parish groups to consider using. We are most grateful for this very kind offer.
  9. Correspondence: A letter left in the Parish Development Box asked the Team to consider ways of promoting worship to the Blessed Sacrament outside the celebration of the Mass. There is exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 11:00 - 12:00 every Saturday and it is planned to increase the opportunity during Advent. The Team would welcome ideas on this theme.
  10. Web Site - It is hoped over the next few months to refresh the site and the Team would welcome ideas on this. The site has been entered from as faraway as New Zealand and has reunited Jayne Thornton nee Wilkin with a lot of happy memories of her life in St Joseph's before emigrating to NZ about 30 years ago.
  11. Date of Next Meeting: Tuesday 11 November at 8:00pm
  12. The meeting closed at 9:45 with a prayer.

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