PARISH
COUNCIL OF ST. PATRICK'S IN ARMONK
MINUTES
OF MEETING ON JUNE 12th,
2003 A.D.
John Tartaglia reported that the Religious Education Committee has formed
2 subcommittees, the first of which will develop a code of conduct and
procedures for insuring orderly student conduct.
The second, a subcommittee of educators, chaired by Nick Cerullo will
establish a teacher development program. That
subcommittee will make professional teachers available at religious education
sessions. The Religious Education
Committee will present a policy statement to the Parish Council at its next
meeting for its review and recommendation.
St. Patrick’s received the mortgage for the Parish Center and deposited
a partial payment of over $500,000 in the Building Account today.
Father thanked the parishioners for their pledges and good will which
ensured that St. Patrick’s was treated fairly and generously.
Father Quinn consulted with the Parish Council on Archdiocesan long term
planning for the parishes in northern Westchester and Putnam counties.
Father distributed a spreadsheet entitled, “Final Vital Archdiocesan
Statistics 2001-2002” which compared statistics such as average Sunday Mass
attendance for each of the parishes in the vicariate of northern Westchester and
Putnam counties. Another
spreadsheet listed county statistics, an example of which is weekday Mass
attendance in each of the 10 counties of the Archdiocese as a percentage of the
total. The table, “Archdiocese of
New York Priest Personnel May 2003,” highlighted the fact there are 558 active
Archdiocesan priests. It noted that, of these, there are 408 priests and 40
senior priests serving in parishes. Statistics
were included for each category of service and by age distribution of active
priests. The number of people
attending Mass per priest by county was also given in a final table.
Bob Ballengee summarized the activities of the Social Concerns Committee
for the past 2 months. Mary Jane
Fazio expressed her appreciation for the devotional candles in the vestibule of
the church and for the pew restoration project.
Present at the June 12th, 2003 A.D. meeting were Ann
Silvestri, Arcangelo Bollella, Sister Mary Rose Golden, Joanne Mc Mahon, Barrie
Watson, Lynn Watson, Nina Pavone, Anita Cozza, Jack Cozza, John Tartaglia, Mary
Jane Fazio, John Erickson, Bud Wenzel, Ann
O’Sullivan, Father John Quinn, Bob Ballengee and Bob Morris.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Thursday, July 31st
at 7:30 P.M.