St. Patrick’s Altar Society
May 2014 Meeting Minutes Attendance: 25 members
The St. Patrick’s Altar Society May meeting was held at the Our Lady of Good Counsel Retreat House. The members gathered in the beautiful chapel and recited the rosary. Afterward, Betty gave a brief history of the Retreat House and explained the reason for the multiple altars in the chapel. Then the members gathered in the library where they were joined by Fr. Coulter and more details on the history were shared.
The members moved to the reception area and commenced the meeting with a prayer led by Fr. Schweiger. The minutes from April were approved as read. A thank you from St. Monica’s for the donation/speaker fee was read to the group. The treasurer’s report was approved as read.
Fr. Schweiger provided updates on our new spiritual home. He stated that the altar design is close to being finalized. And the “free” windows that we got from Nebraska City will cost $5000 to $6000 to remove, clean, repair and install. And he mentioned the potential of a St. Patrick window and a Holy Family window from a parish in Omaha. He also requested assistance with the pew project.
Commission reports were given from the leaders present. Eileen requested volunteers for church-cleaning leaders. Debbie stated that we will have at least 17 new senators after the election due to term limits and she requested that we all vote next week.
Old business was presented to the members. Current Best Choice label count of 1740 labels was shared. And a sign-up sheet for the Carnation Sale for Mother’s Day was passed around.
New business was also discussed. 2 new co-chairs to organize the funeral dinners have come forward. And the plan to clean the rectory on Saturday, June 14th, was discussed. Also the need to plan something for Fr. Marneni’s reassignment was mentioned.
A motion was forwarded and passed to purchase a Memorial Brick for the new church in honor of Sr. Carol’s years of service to the school as the principal for the last 16 years.
A $25 donation was given to the Retreat House for use of their space.