PARISH
COUNCIL OF ST. PATRICK'S IN ARMONK
MINUTES
OF MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 11th,
2003 A.D.
Father Quinn invited the parish to celebrate Sister Mary Rose Golden’s
diamond jubilee (60 years as a sister) on September 28th at the 10:30
A.M. Mass and Parents Group reception afterwards.
The Respect Life Society will sponsor the Blessing of New and Expectant
Parents on Sunday, October 19th at the 10:30 A.M. Mass. The Fall
Festival will be on Saturday, October 25th beginning at the 5:30P.M.
Mass. St. Patrick’s annual
Christmas parties for parish volunteers will be on Friday, December 5th
and Saturday, December 6th. Father
Quinn has invited Cardinal Egan to officiate at the dedication of the Parish
Center on Sunday, June 13th, 2004 A.D.
Tom Lindgren thanked Joe Looney, Guy Mezzancello and the Building
Committee for their outstanding work. Construction
is ahead of schedule. St. Patrick’s basketball team expects to start
practicing in the Parish Center the first week in November and will schedule
home games starting November 22nd.
Open gym is planned on Fridays from 7:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
The additional space available to the parish in the Parish Center will
make it possible to expand parish ministries and activities. To recruit
volunteers for those ministries and activities Father Quinn will compile an
annotated list of existing parish ministries and Jo Golden will prepare a
parish-wide volunteer form for publication in the church bulletin. Volunteers
are especially needed to chair proposed ministries such as a Women’s Guild and
a Men’s Guild.
Bob Ballengee of the Social Concerns Committee thanked the parish for its
generosity to the Food Pantry, the Coalition for the Hungry and the Homeless,
and the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Clothing
and toiletries are sought for the next Midnight Run from Holy Innocents on
November 8th. Joanne
McMahon reported that Teen Life had its first meeting of the school year. New
officers have been elected. Bud
Wenzel of the Religious Education Committee requested the support of the whole
parish for the children in the program. Hall
monitors are needed.
Present at the September 11th, 2003 A.D. meeting were Ann
Silvestri, Mary Jane Fazio, Pat Cummings, Nancy Fischer, Nina Pavone, Mary Jo
DeBernardis, Mary Lou Greco, Anita Cozza, Bud Wenzel, Joanne McMahon, Bob
Ballengee, Lynn Watson, Barrie Watson, John Erickson, Tom Lindgren, Father John
Quinn, Corinne Strianese, Ed Strianese, Arcangelo Bollella, Vincent Greco, Jo
Golden, Ann O’ Sullivan, and Maureen Lindgren.
The next meeting of the Parish Council will be on Thursday, October 9th
at 7:30 P.M.