PPC MINUTES

10 MARCH 2010

 

The meeting was opened with a prayer.

PRESENT

Fr Gregory Tobin (GT), Mary Crosby (MC) (Chair), Joyce Madden (JM), Mary Elliott Smith (MES), Alan Macken (AM),  Catherine Vaughan (CV), Krys Pietryka (KP), Kathy Gelling (KG), Angela Knott (AK), Jane Wilford (JW),

Maura Roche (MR) (Secretary)

APOLOGIES

Rachel Byrne (RB), Patrick Haughney (PH), Sarah Juric (SJ), Marina Johnson (MJ), Jo Garside (JG)

 

MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 2010

Approved but correct the “date of next meeting”

 

MATTERS ARISING FROM THE FEBRUARY MINUTES

a)     “Further prayer groups were not considered necessary at this time”  - agreed to review this in 6 months time.

b)     Cafod Lent Fast – MC reported £1,586 collected in Cafod Lent Fast envelopes – hopes that the Cafod Lent boxes will produce further money.

c)     Lenten Project – discussion took place about the pros and cons of having the 10.30am Mass at The Becket and it was suggested that parishioners at all 3 weekend masses should vote about whether or not we continue with the venue.

d)     Corpus Christi procession – discussion took place about the logistics of the procession after 10.30am Mass if the Mass is held at The Becket.  GT suggested we could walk from The Becket to The Holy Spirit Church or to St Patrick’s School – maybe involve another parish in our deanery but it was suggested that the distances involved may be too great. It was proposed that we hold the procession after the 6.30pm Mass on Sat 5th June and KG will contact the police to see if this is possible.       Action KG

 

NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK

Discussion took place about the previously circulated document “National Family Week”  scheduled for 31 May – 6 June 2010.  Members thought that SJ’s suggestion of a Parish Picnic was a good idea.  Another suggestion was that we have a BBQ after the Corpus Christi Procession.  MC and AK will discuss with SJ.         Action MC & AK

 

MALT CROSS TRUST STREET PASTORS

Discussion took place about this scheme, whose website had been previously circulated – some reservation was expressed about whether we are “culturally” prepared to go out on the streets in this way.  KP suggested we put this out in the newsletter to see if anyone is interested in becoming involved.

 

GREENING WEST BRIDGFORD – COMMUNITY LAUNCH EVENT

MR distributed a document about this event, which is to be held at The Becket School 11am – 2pm on Sat 20 March 2010.  MC explained some of the background to the event and informed members that Cafod will have a stall at the event.  SJ suggested by email that our church has a “Green Sunday” once a month, where all parishioners, across all Masses, are encouraged to walk/cycle/car share.  There was discussion about whether environmental matters fall within the remit of the church but it was suggested that the concept fits in with Cafod’s “Live Simply” campaign. It was decided to put the suggestion into the newsletter and let parishioners make up their own minds about whether or not they get involved – MC offered to do this.         Action MC

 

PARISH PASTORAL PLAN

“To extend links with other faiths within our community”

Discussion took place about which other faiths are in our community.  There are various other denominations of churches within the local Christian community and JM is our link with CTWB (Churches Together in West Bridgford) and with “Women’s world day of prayer.”  We were not aware of places of worship within our own community belonging to non Christian faiths but there are certainly people of non Christian faiths living amongst us.  GT highlighted the need to build bridges with people of other faiths. 

KP and CV informed members of the work done in our schools to educate our young people about Judaism, Hinduism, Islam & other non Christian faiths.  Previous generations have probably had little education of this sort.  GT recognised that the seeds of tolerance can be sown in schools.  He suggested we invite John Murray from Cotgrave Parish (John is the Executive Officer of the Nottingham Inter Faith Council) to talk to us at our next PPC meeting.        Action MR

 

The meeting closed with a prayer.

 

Next Meeting

8pm Wednesday 14 April 2010 in the upper room of the Social Centre.