December 13, 2022

SPECIAL MEETING FOR SURVEY RESULTS Agenda

Members present: Tom Griffith, Margaret Ingraham, Ron DeLuca, Karen Markoff, Ken Kirkman, Kay Sgarlata, Fr Kurgan, Beth Schafer, Bill Leiker, Carl Thomas, Cookie Dunham, Fr Foley, Claude Pilon.

Members absent: Nina Walters, Lola Gualtieri, Mark Bentz, Linda Cadaret

Opening Prayer

Father John

Meeting Called to Order

Karen Markoff

  • Survey Results: Discussion about when to publish the survey results. It could be printed and stuffed anytime.


Old Business

Parish Survey

Karen: Last meeting each Council Member reported his/her take-aways from reviewing the survey quantitative results and comments. In preparation for Tuesday’s meeting, let’s think about what will leverage the most support to parishioners from their Council. Also, think about whether we need to dig deeper in some areas to better understand what improvements parishioners want. Hopefully, we can identify 1-3 goals that we would like to tackle in the next year. One that comes to mind is: Holy Cross Pastoral Council will increase its communication through monthly venues to better serve as parishioner representatives and leaders.

Phone calls: Margaret called people who wanted to be contacted. Some comments were documented and sent to Bill. The ensuing discussion resulted in two action items:

  • Fr Kurgan will add Margaret’s suggestion to the prayers of the faithful.

  • Next Pastoral Council meeting will begin work on the trifold that was suggested.

Discussion: How do we respond to the survey? Repair and improve connectivity in the parish with improved communication on the part of the Pastoral Council making the connection.

Discussion about our next goal: March or April hospitality Sunday: focus on 3 ministry groups at a time. Refer to Survey results and suggest that “if you are interested, sign up here,” at a table staffed by leader/coordinator.

Action Highlights:

  • Place a handout in the gathering space with survey results in chart form-as soon as Dan can do it.

  • Decide which action steps we want to be involved in at the January meeting.

  • We will develop a comprehensive mailing in February: response to the survey, Q & A, mailed home.

Closing Prayer

Father Foley

Meeting Adjourned at 6:45 PM to attend Holy Cross School Concert

Next meeting: January 26, 2023 at 5:30 PM

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