Pastoral Council

MARY IMMACULATE PASTORAL COUNCIL
Minutes – December 10, 2008

Present: Stephanie Barry, Gary Lombardi, Frank Dupointe, Doris Noehren, Nicole Cavaliere, Felix Grucci, Judy Travers, Johanna Di Giovanni, Kathy Hawkins, Fr. Jerry

We opened with prayer.

The minutes of the October meeting (we did not meet in November) were accepted.

The letter composed by the council regarding the Listening Sessions held in June was included as an insert in a recent parish bulletin.

Fr. Jerry spoke about the book Living your Strengths by Albert L. Winseman, D.O. Clifton, and C. Liesveld. The book helps individuals identify their strengths and then use these strengths and gifts to enrich their parishes. All council members are expected to have completed the Clifton Strengths Finder survey and to have read Living your Strengths before the January council meeting.

Our next meeting will be on January 14 at 8:00 in the cottage.

Respectfully submitted,
Judy Travers

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Council Mission

The Pastoral Council of Mary Immaculate welcomes all parishioners to contact us with ideas, concerns, suggestions and comments regarding the life of the parish. In order for Mary Immaculate to meet the needs of its members, those needs must be identified and addressed. To do this, we need your help.

It is the mission of the Pastoral Council to maintain the integrity of the parish, not to run the day-to-day activities of the parish. We, as Council members, are a forum for consultation for both the pastor and for members of the parish. It is our mission to engage in ongoing dialogue about the needs, feeling, hopes and reactions of parishioners. Through prayer, study and listening we begin to identify and prioritize the ways in which the parish is being called to live out its specific mission, and we provide information and advice for long-range planning in the parish. In order to accomplish this, we seek to know the people of the parish well.

We encourage you to reach out to any member of the Council, as we are your representatives in framing the future of Mary Immaculate. Over the next few months, the Pastoral Council will be hosting forums to encourage involvement in the life of the parish, and we hope you will look for these opportunities, as well as share with us your ideas.
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Council Members

Stephanie Barry             631-289-8567     slbarry@optonline.net
Nicole Cavaliere            631-286-9659     dilligafx9@aol.com
Johanna DiGiovanni       631-776-9038     jmdigiovanni@aol.com
Frank Dupointe              631-831-2571     frank@dewpointenergy.com
Felix J. Grucci Jr.          631-207-0903     fgruccijr@aol.com
Kathie & Ken Hawkins    631-286-2559      kkins620@hotmail.com
Doug Kerr                     516-805-1997      wrdkiii@optonline.net
Cynthia Kusa                 631-286-8871      ckusa@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Gary Lombardi              631-241-1435      glombardi@ftub.com
Doris Noehren               631-286-9659     hpndln@aol.com
Judy Travers                 631-475-1026     jtravers@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Joe Panarello                631-286-1823     harmoniagardens@yahoo.com
Michael Simon              201-965-3365     consultmike73@yahoo.com                           

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