MINUTES OF THE PPC MEETING HELD AT 8PM ON WEDNESDAY 9 MARCH 2005 IN THE PRESBYTERY MEETING ROOM
PRESENT
Fr. Gregory Tobin(GT), Chris Hoban(CH), Veronica Lawrence(VL), Peter Molloy (PMoll), Vicky Acklam (VA), Maura Roche, Secretary (MR), Peter Molyneux (PMoly), Anne Turton (AT), Jon Higham (JonH), IanMurray, Chairman (IM), Anne Murray (AM), Maria Dabrowska(MD), Liz Bonner(LB)
John Edwards(JE)
The meeting was opened with a prayer
APOLOGIES
Fr. Matthew Jakes(MJ), Sharon Piper(SP), Bernadette Turner(BT), Jim Harrington (JimH), Dympna Kitchin(DK), Cathy Clark(CC), Seamus Garvey(SG)
MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD ON 9 FEBRUARY 2005
MR reminded the group that the date of the Corpus Christi procession has been changed from 29 May (as in the February PPC minutes) to 22 May.
VL offered to help with the organization of the Corpus Christi procession. MD will assist. They will put together guidance notes for future years. Action VA & MD
LB offered to help again with marshalling.
GTsought an update on the progress of the Parish Pastoral Plan and stressed the importance of developing it and feeding it into the Diocesan Pastoral Plan. VL, MD & PMoll are in the process of collecting feedback from the Lenten discussion group sessions and will then begin working on the P.P.P. It was agreed that the Core Group will aim to produce a preliminary structure with some ideas for the May PPC meeting.
Action Core Group
Brian Carroll has agreed to chair the parish A.G.M. and work has started on setting up a sub committee to set the agenda for the A.G.M.
LOGISTICS OF THE MOVE BACK INTO CHURCH
IM thanked LB & DK for organising a rota for the cleaning and preparation of the church ready for the Maundy Thursday service. LB & DK have arranged to put an article about this in the newsletter & will seek volunteers at the weekend masses of 12 & 13 March. GT agreed to ask for volunteers at the masses. Action LB, DK & GT
PRESENTATION ABOUT A PARISH TRANSPORT PLAN BY NICK AYLAND
Nick gave his presentation about the principles behind developing a transport plan and explained that many schools & organizations have developed one with good results.
Concern about the parking issues at the Holy Spirit were expressed and JonH reminded us that 60% of parishioners who responded to the parish survey highlighted car parking as a major issue. GT expressed concern about a number of road rage incidents that had occurred on Victoria Road.
Nick offered to help us put together a survey and transport plan for the parish but pointed out that we would need to appoint a parish co-ordinator to implement and monitor it successfully. Nick also offered to look into the possibility of any grants or free cycle racks.
IM suggested we gauge whether or not parishioners will be supportive of a transport policy. PMoll suggested we wait until we’re back in church, discuss how to gauge support at our April meeting and contact Nick after that.
IM thanked Nick Ayland for his presentation and offers of help.
A.O.B.
CH informed the group that a decision had been taken for Health & Safety reasons not to have fireworks after the Easter Vigil.
Two people, Beverley and Julie, are being received into the church at the Easter Vigil. It was decided to invite them, their sponsors and their families together with a few RCIA and PPC members into the Presbytery meeting room after the Easter Vigil for a small celebration. LB and MD offered to organise some drinks & nibbles.
Action LB & MD
It is hoped that the Social Centre refurbishments will be complete for 29 April, the day of Confirmation. It was decided to use this occasion as a parish celebration for both our Confirmation candidates and for the reopening of the Church and Social Centre – shared table, drinks, etc.
It was decided to have light refreshments (tea, coffee & biscuits) in the Social Centre after the procession (scheduled to finish at approx. 12.30pm.)
NEXT MEETING
8pm Wednesday 13 April 2005 in the presbytery meeting room
The meeting was closed with a prayer.