Spiritual
Life Commission
January
2007 Meeting Minutes
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Spiritual Life Ministries
Please
consider sharing your time and talent with one of the Spiritual Life
ministries listed below.
All ministries would welcome your interest and gifts.
The Spiritual Life Commission supports the spiritual life ministries of the parish to help them be vital instruments of God's grace in our lives. This commission encompasses fifteen ministries and is the largest we have at St. Pius X. It serves as a place where its members can meet with ministry representatives and discuss ways that our ministries can be maintained, strengthened, and nourished. The Commission tries to identify resources and activities that can accomplish this. It is also a forum to identify and develop new ideas and activities that will foster the spiritual life of St. Pius X and its members.
The Spiritual Life Commission is to facilitate communication between its ministries and the Pastoral Council. The Commission chair serves as a member of the Pastoral Council. Any parishioner may serve on the Commission. It may have up to ten members. We currently have eight, so opportunities to serve exist right now! Contact Steve Willem for more information.
Spiritual
Life Commission Highlights
Special
Needs
News & Notices
Commision Chair
Commision Members
Commission Ministries
Commission Staff Associates
Commission
Members
Lisa Dovey, Secretary
Anne Bradley
Bud Watts
Barb Moriarity
Rick Owens
Marie LeRoy
Michelle Knutson
Staff Associates
Liturgy & Music Director
Kathy Muller
Coordinator Of Elder Ministry
& Small Faith Sharing Groups
Beth Reitz
Special
Needs
Singers
Instrumentalists
Art & Environment help with linens and banners
Hospitality/Ushers at 5:00 PM and 11:00 AM Masses
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Christ
Renews His Parish (CRHP) :
A two-day, Jesus centered, spiritual
renewal where a team of men, or women, of our parish share their faith
stories, attend Mass together, enjoy solitude, and celebrate the Sacrament
of Reconciliation. A time of listening, laughter, prayer, fellowship,
and celebration of our loving God and Redeemer in our lives. Women's
and men's weekends are held separately each spring.
Contact: .....................Tim or Judy DeFrench
(See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Senior
Adult Ministry :
This ministry serves the spiritual
needs of our parishioners who are age sixty (60) and over. There are
four nursing home and assisted living facilities within our parish boundaries
to which we bring Eucharist on a weekly basis, celebrate Mass for the
Catholic residents every three months, and administer the sacraments
of Anointing of the Sick and Reconciliation as requested. The ministry
is being developed to meet the needs of elders, our "wisdom"
parishioners. Elders of the parish are also in an ideal position to
welcome newcomers to St. Pius-X. This can be as simple as a phone call
or a planned meeting at the church.
Contact:
.....................Beth Reitz, Pastoral Assoc. (Phone
c/o
Parish Office @ 255-4534)
Fatima
Retreat House
Provides retreat and other
programs of various types to meet the spiritual needs of people in the
Archdiocese in their ongoing journey to discover God in their lives
and live the Gospel message of Jesus Christ. ...................Contact
Fatima at 545-7681
FOCOLARE
People striving to live the Gospel
message "May They All Be One". We share at open monthly meetings
and other gatherings our efforts to live mutual love, building unity
among us and working toward a more united world. People of all ages
and beliefs are attracted to this worldwide Catholic spirituality. Contacts
are:
........Jim & Millie Komro (or) John & Julie Mundell (See
Phone Numbers in Parish Directory)
For
More See:
FOCOLARE International
Website
Small
Faith Sharing Groups
Participants have a chance to connect
their everyday lives with their faith. Scripture, commentaries, and
a variety of other resources may be used in individual groups to provide
for prayer and discussion. Over 36 groups are currently active in our
parish.
Contact ..........................................Beth Reitz (Phone
c/o Parish
Office @
255-4534)
Spiritual
Life Resources Committee
Identifies quality spiritual resources
and disseminates brief reviews of them via our parish publications to
make high quality spiritual materials known to our parishioners to facilitate
spiritual growth.
Contact ...................Alexa Puscas, DRE .(Phone
c/o Parish
Office @
255-4534)
Separated
& Divorced Support
A support / discussion group at SPX.
Contact
................Ellen Landers
(See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Parish Liturgical Life Ministries
Art
and Environment
Volunteers dedicated to enhancing the
church area environment, principally for weekend liturgy and liturgical
seasons, including maintenance of plants and implements used in liturgical
celebrations, creative effort toward ensuring that the environment for
worship is aesthetically pleasing and in support of the documents of
the Church. Commitments are flexible.
Contact
................Michelle Knutson
(See Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Children's
Liturgy Of The Word
Adult volunteers are needed for this
liturgy (at 9:00 & 10:30 Sunday masses) which allows children to
experience the Sunday readings and Gospel in words they understand.
Children are dismissed to a meeting place and return after their liturgy
has taken place. Teens can be helpers.
Contact
................Jackie Kaiser (See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Eucharistic
Ministers
Volunteers distribute the Eucharist
during Mass and promote reverence for the "Bread of Life".
Training is provided.
Contact
................Becky
Klee (See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Hospitality/Ushers
Open to all members of the parish,
this group is responsible for greeting parishioners in the foyer before
the liturgies and collecting the offertory envelopes at the proper times.
Volunteers are scheduled monthly.
Contact
................Barb
Moriarity
& Joanne Stewart (See
Phone Numbers in Parish Directory)
Lectors
Volunteers proclaim the Word at all
liturgies.
Contact
................Ron
Massey (See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Liturgical
Personnel Scheduling
Coordinates scheduling of Hospitality
ministers, Lectors, Eucharistic ministers and Mass Assistants. Volunteers
need a lively interest in, and facility with, computer software designed
for this task.
Contact
................Kathy
Muller (Phone
c/o
Parish Office @
255-4534)
Mass
Assistants
All boys and girls, grades 5-8, are
encouraged to participate. Training is held in the fall only. Includes
funerals and weddings.
Contact
................Steve Willem
(See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Music
Ministries
Includes: keyboard accompanists (piano
or organ); adult choir opportunities; Schola Cantorum; Ensemble; handbell
choir; funeral choir; cantors; instrumentalists interested in other
ensemble possibilities for worship; instrumentalists and cantors for
all-school Masses. Volunteers are welcome to share their gifts.
Contact
................Kathy
Muller (Phone
c/o Parish Office @
255-4534)
Sacristans
Saturday
& Sunday Groups
Volunteers set-up and clear/clean vessels
for weekend mass celebration.
Contact
................Tom Alyea (See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
Funeral Sacristans
Volunteers (daytime) for set-up of
sacristy, hospitality to visiting presiders, and liturgical details
of a funeral at the church.
Contact
................Kathy Loeffler (Phone
c/o
Parish Office @
255-4534)
Daily
Laundry, Sewing
Volunteers who do "unseen"
ministry: laundering of linens and albs, creating and mending altar
linens and baptismal garments, anyone adept at embroidery or repair
of cloth, daily cleaning, bread counting in sacristy.
Contact
................Sally Vollmer
(See
Phone Number in Parish Directory)
