2018-19 Parish Council
Back row (L to R): Lynn Boccolucci (Secretary), Ann Breindel, Mark McCrady, Ray Waite (Trustee), Fr. Adolph, Deacon Mark Hooper.
Front row (L to R): Paola Dylik (Trustee), Wally Skrzynski (President), Nancy Zink (Vice President) and Lynn Lipczynski (Faith Formation Director).
Missing from picture: Karen Marciniak and Doreen Matthews.
Back row (L to R): Lynn Boccolucci (Secretary), Ann Breindel, Mark McCrady, Ray Waite (Trustee), Fr. Adolph, Deacon Mark Hooper.
Front row (L to R): Paola Dylik (Trustee), Wally Skrzynski (President), Nancy Zink (Vice President) and Lynn Lipczynski (Faith Formation Director).
Missing from picture: Karen Marciniak and Doreen Matthews.
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The function of the Parish Council is to provide spiritual leadership by articulating the mission of the parish and seeing that the mission is carried out, by being a model of prayerful community for the rest of the parish, by overseeing parish governance and determine the direction of the mission of the parish, by formulating policy which will implement the mission, and by planning for the future by deciding priorities and evaluating programs and services. Parish Council Structure Under the leadership of Rev. Adolph Kowalczyk, the Parish Council is comprised of 17 individuals. Six members are elected to the Standing Committee of the Council. Six members are elected from the congregation and two members are appointed by the pastor. The pastor and two parish trustees are also on the Council. The Parish Council Constitution can be found HERE. Meetings: Monthly (excluding July and August), on a Thursday of the month, at 7:30 p.m., in the Red School Cafeteria. Watch bulletin calendar for information or contact the Parish Office for the next meeting date. Committees Executive – Officers & Trustees The Executive Committee consists of the pastor, the elected officers, and the immediate past President of the Parish Council. They are responsible for determining the agenda for the Council, and under extraordinary circumstances, may act on behalf of the Council, when necessary. Finance / Maintenance
Education/ Faith Formation
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Parish Council Minutes
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Date: September 27, 2018 Attendees: Fr. Adolph Kowalczyk, Pastor, Paola Dylik, Parish Trustee Ray Waite, Parish Trustee Anne Breindel Lynn Boccolucci Anne Breindel Mark Hooper, Deacon Lynn Lipczynski, Faith Formation Director Mark McCrady Wally Skrzynski Nancy Zink Excused: Karen Marciniak Doreen Matthews Opening With a prayer by Father Adolph. Election of Officers Wally Skrzynski was elected president, Nancy Zink, vice president, and Lynn Boccolucci, secretary. Chicken Barbeque Father thanked everyone who helped with the chicken dinner. It was nice. We need to look at the raffle for next year. Our profits for the raffle were $2150.00 and we made $150.00. The dinner profits were $1400.00 and the theme baskets for the youth group were $1600.00. Hour of Prayer On Friday, September 14th there was an Hour of Prayer held at the church to pray for all those who have been abused and for our church family who have been hurt and betrayed. Father Adolph said the Hour of Prayer went well and he asks for continued prayers. Parish Accessibly Mike Ar nold, Department of Buildings and Properties for the Diocese of Buffalo come to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to give direction on how to proceed with the accessibility for handicap needs. He stated that the door in the back and thehandicap restroom are pluses. He looked at spaces in the front of the church and at the break. A committee has been formed to looked at suggestions and plans to move forward. Mass of Remembrance Father Adolph was touched with the amount of parishioners who have suffered a loss of a child or grandchild. He will be celebrating a Mass of Remembrance on Thursday, October 25th at 6:30pm in the church with a reception of light refreshments following in the lower church. The Mass of Remembrance is for any parishioners who have lost a child or grandchild, regardless of age of circumstance. More information is in the bulletin. Faith Formation Classes have started. Currently there are 234 students. This is about 20 down from last year. The 1st grade class is smaller than last year. There were 30 last year and 15 this year. Registrations are still coming in. Confirmation will be conferred on Saturday, November 3rd at 4:30 Mass with Bishop Grosz. There are 33 candidates. There will also be 6 candidates from St. John the 23rd and 1 from Fourteen Holy Helpers. The Altar Rosary Society purchased rosaries for all our candidates and will present them at a class in October. There is a new component this year called Family Event. Each family is required to attend three of them. The events vary in topic and time frame ranging from getting ready for Advent and then attending Mass together to Family Movie night that the Women’s Christ Renews will be sponsoring. Youth Group Youth group has begun meeting regularly again. In August, they met during an evening and washed all the pews in church. Theme basket raffle was successful. The Thirty One raffle will be finished this Sunday. Many events coming up such as Parish Cleanup, Patriotic Rosary, Kevin Guest House to serve dinner, hosting an Altar Rosary breakfast to thank them for all the baskets they donated. Becker Farm hayride, Christmas play at Lancaster Opera House and the Diocesan Youth Convention in March. KCC First meeting is September 28th. Annual ice cream social to welcome new members. First activity will be a trip to Becker Farm with the Youth Group. KCC will also join the Youth Group for the Christmas play. Both groups came together for Mass on September 9 th then to Ilio’s for breakfast. Groups Father Adolph mentioned that he sees a lot of interaction with different groups. He is pleased that they are getting together and working on various projects. Website Linda Hooper has been working on the parish web-site. People are commenting that the site looks nice and is current. Donation Bruce Bartz is donating a refrigerator/freezer to be used in the kitchen in the lower church. The one that is currently in the lower church will be moved to be used in the red school. Christ Renews The Women’s Weekend is October 13th & 14th and the Men’s Weekend is October 20th & 21st. Red School Cooler The cooler was replaced and everything was fine. NYSEG was changing power lines and damaged the refrigeration equipment. NYSEG had Ferguson Electric come out to do the repair and Ferguson incorrectly connected the phase rotation damaging the condenser unit compressors. The unit is currently working but we are now in the process of gathering all the information to present to NYSEG to get condensers replaced. Southern Erie Vicariate Life Chain This event is Sunday, September 30th on Abbot Road between Lake Avenue and Willet Road. It is being sponsor by our Respect Life Committee. It was advertised among the other parishes in the Southern Erie Vicariate to come to this life chain. For those unable to stand, Eucharistic Adoration will be in the church at the same the life chain is going on. It starts right after the noon Mass from 1:00pm - 2:00pm. Canisius College Chorale Concert December 3rd at 7:30pm the Canisius College Chorale will be performing here at OLSH. There are 100 members of the chorale and they perform all over Western New York. A concert you don’t want to miss! Ministry Sunday There will be a Ministry Sunday held in the lower church at the same time as the Parish Council Community Sunday after the 10:00 Mass on November 18th. Each organization at OLSH will have a booth explaining what it is they do and how others can join. Boilers The boiler system in the church is being looked at for possible replacement. It is the original from when the church was built in 1965. A new boiler would be more efficient and looking at it now would be proactive before somethings happens to the old system. Next Meeting Thursday, November 15th at 7:00pm. Closing Father Adolph led the council in the closing prayer and the meeting was adjourned. Pictures of parish council members were taken to be used on the web-site. |