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• Prayers for our Priests - Rosa Mystica:  We will post another bulletin invitation to join in our prayers for Father Tom and Father James.

• Year of St. Joseph -  Bulletin articles were submitted, and new ideas were presented.  Please see the attached for assignments- thank you.  Plan to get to Catey by the Friday before (approximately 10 days in advance).  Feel free to send for comments if you would like to do so.  If anyone has ideas to add to our list, send to MP.

• Special events

• Tom will check to see if we can have Knights of Columbus leading the procession
• Invite first Communicants to get dressed up and march in the procession.  The girls could scatter flower petals.
• We could ring the Altar Bells while processing
• Incense?
• Lisa could lead us in singing the refrains from familiar hymns or we could carry a device with recorded music (or no music - just bells)
• Participants are encouraged to wear white or yellow (Vatican flag colors)
• Wave Vatican flags

• Prayers for our Priests - Rosa Mystica:  We had 3 more parishioners join in our prayers for Father Tom and Father James.

• Year of St. Joseph -  Bulletin articles were submitted for Feast of St. Joseph (thank you Jim) and for St. Joseph Table  (we recommended people could pray that day, and also donate gift cards to local grocery stores for the IC Food Pantry). Will be more opportunities for additional articles after Easter.

• Prayers for our Priests - Rosa Mystica:  We had further discussion on this mission.  We had further ideas about inviting the parish to join in (maybe a good Lenten commitment for prayer);  putting invitiation in bulletin;  putting prayer on your personal calendar; remembering that God’s time is not our time, so if you forget, pray when you remember;  It is all for the good;  ideas include prayer for each priest on the rosary beads;  including prayers for the Seminarians;  distributing posters of the current class of seminarians to those interested in keeping them individually in their prayers (apparently there is a large stack of posters of the seminarians at the parish).  Bottaom line, Mary Pat will send a bulletin invitation to ask parishioners to contact her to be added to the list of Pray-ers and will share with the Vocations Committee (chaired by Olive Cadaos) the idea for extending it to Seminarians.  Last month it was suggested that we do a general intention for the Mass intentions as well.  In the meantime, continue with your prayers or Father Tom, Father James and for Father Michael Pawlowicz.

• Year of St. Joseph.  On December 8, 2020, Pope Francis announced the Year of St. Joseph.  Worship Commission continued discussion about how to to celebrate.  Ideas included:  singing St. Joseph songs periodically (e.g., weekend after March 19, Father’s Day;  around May 1 (Feast of St. Joseph the Worker) etc.;  exploring celebrating St. Joseph Table (in spite of the pandemic) by either having families celebrate themselves or share their table among neighbors, donate food to our food pantry, offer to cook a meal and bake for neighbors in need (Lisa suggested Jo Bastioni might be a good person to consult – MP will follow up); publish special prayers and novenas; write up special affinities for St. joseph (e.g., St. Joseph is the patron of Mexico), interesting facts etc. in bulletin; Holy Hour dedicated to St. Joseph;  gather testimonials from parisioners about the favors St. Joseph has granted to them and post them.

• Prayers for our Priests:  Mary Pat reported out that the Vocations Committee (chaired by Olive Cadaos) likes the Rosa Mystica intercessory prayer for priests and the prayer for Vocations. She asked those in the Vocations Ministry who have signed up for specific days of prayer, and they are also good with praying on their days.  She thinks it would be good to open it up to other groups or even the parish community.  We discussed that it is a good thing to do and shows concern and care.  Ideas discussed: Should we have a formal sign up; maybe do a prayer service via ZOOM;  put an announcement  in bulletin inviting people to sign up;  add a periodic general intention to the Mass intentions.  Mary Pat will follow up with Olive and make a recommendation for further action.  In the meantime, continue with your prayers and add Father Michael Pawlowicz, (see Father Tom’s note below) to your list.

• Year of St. Joseph.  On December 8, 2020, Pope Francis announced the Year of St. Joseph.  Worship Commission will take on project to present prayers, events, etc. to celebrate.  Ideas included:  singing St. Joseph songs periodically (e.g., March 19);  somehow celebrating St. Joseph Table (in spite of the pandemic) by either having families celebrate themselves, donate food to our food pantry, etc.; publish special prayers and novenas; write up special affinities for St. joseph (e.g., St. Joseph is the patron of Mexico), interesting facts etc. in bulletin; Holy Hour dedicated to St. Joseph, etc.   USCCB has some information.  Also, Relevant Radio has a program for the Year of St. Joseph.  Mary Pat agreed to take the lead and would greatly welcome a small committee to help plan this and will send out a note to invite others to work on this great project.

• We are anxiously still awaiting the arrival of our 2021 parish calendars. As soon as they arrive, we will have them available both at the end of Mass and at the rectory office. Because of the issues regarding the virus, one of our greeters will pass them out to you while wearing gloves as you exit Mass.
• Our Holy Father, Pope Francis has instituted this coming Sunday, January 24^th to be called The Sunday of the Word of God. The Holy Father said the following: “As Christians, we are one people, making our pilgrim way through history, sustained by the Lord present in our midst, who speaks to us and nourishes us. A day devoted to the bible should not be seen as a yearly event, but rather a yearlong event. We urgently need to grow in our knowledge and love of the scriptures and of the risen Lord, who continues to speak His word and break bread in the community of believers.”
• Perhaps you may recall that it has been our custom in recent years to share with you special reading materials both at Christmas and Easter. A very generous couple from our parish donated bibles for the members of our community that were to be distributed for Easter 2020. Regretfully, our churches were closed at that time and we still have the gift of these bibles waiting for you. At the end of Masses on January 23 and 24, greeters will be passing out copies of the New American Bible for anyone who would like to have one. You are also welcome to give a copy to family members and friends not present. You can also help to spread the word of God by taking a copy to share with someone else who would enjoy receiving it. Again, in this situation, the ministers will be wearing gloves as they pass out the bibles. The New American Bible is both Catholic, a good translation, and an easy read of the scriptures.
• The adult faith formation series focused upon the bible continues this week. Videos will be posted beginning January 19^th on the Holy Ghost Church website www.holyghostparish.org Press the red tab titled “Bible Series” to join.
• The next semester of That Man is You begins January 23^rd. This semester will take place online. All men from our community are most welcome to participate. A special invitation is extended for new participants. A welcome back is also extended to those who have previously attended these valuable sessions of faith development. Registration is not required. The zoom meeting id is 99892682769  Meetings begin at 7am.
• Many of you both at Christmas, on Sundays, and during the week have participated in Masses celebrated by our priest in residence, Fr. Michael Pawlowicz. Fr. Michael is temporarily here until he is able to go back to Rome to continue his studies in anticipation of his becoming part of the diplomatic core. Some have asked for a list of some of the books he has referenced in his homilies. Father is putting together a list of some suggested books to read. It will be posted on our website and also in the bulletin.
• In the next few weeks you will be receiving a letter from me regarding an update of the steps going forward with continued work in the Sacred Heart Chapel and the lower level of the parish center. At the present time, the plans are before the City of Elmhurst in anticipation of our receiving a building permit from them. Your ongoing generosity towards this effort will make the renewal of this much used building possible. Most importantly, the changes in the chapel will provide an updated space for our liturgies and a greater opportunity to honor the Sacred Heart.
• We will celebrate the Feast of the Lord’s Presentation on February 2^nd It is our custom to bless candles on that day. The Feast of St. Blaise follows on February 3^rd. On the weekend of February 6/7, we will have general blessings of throats available at the end of each mass. Likewise, we will also have blest candles for home use.
• IC is in the process of making plans for Ash Wednesday and Lent. Recently, we received instructions from Rome as to how Catholic churches around the world are to distribute ashes. This year, instead of the ashes being placed on your foreheads, they will be sprinkled on the crown of your head.

• EMs/Servers/Lectors/Priest huddle before Mass for a quick prayer
• Should we celebrate birthdays for the month by having people stand up and be recognized (e.g. all the November birthdays)
• Should we acknowledge special anniversaries (invite people to send in their special event)
• Monthly name tag Sundays
• Hospitality Sundays – we should continue ours
• New parishioners – Welcome Basket and/or a personal visit
• Post baptisms – send a gift to make them feel welcome.

• • The meeting started with Faith Sharing related to the upcoming Sunday Gospel and the theme, ‘enter through the narrow gate.’
• • No Parish Council notes, first meeting is 9/3/19.
• • Next Leadership Night is Tuesday September 9that 7:00pm in the Chapel. All Parish Leadership and all Parishioners are invited to attend to hear Fr. Burke Masters speak.
• • Jeff Williams gave us an update on the Chapel elevator project. It has been delayed due to variances, and should be completed by early-mid October. Also, the interior Chapel renovation will begin in June 2020 and be completed by end of October 2020. Masses will resume in the Chapel on 9/7/19.
• • Ministry sign up over Memorial Day had a low turnout but we did gain new Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors. The Holiday weekend probably accounted for the low turnout. Several people made it to training over the summer, Barb will follow up with remaining volunteers to schedule training. Peg already trained 7 EM’s lest week.
• • The Diocese now dictates that Ems have to be 16 or older to sign up. Any younger current Ems may stay in the Ministry.
• • We have been short Altar Servers. Barb is communicating with them to improve their attendance and communication. She is going to reach out to RE students to invite them to become Altar Servers.
• • IC Fest:
• a) Fr. Tom will meet WC members in the Church Sacristy at 3:00pm Saturday to bring all Mass items to Wilder. WC members will gather at 2:30pm to collect items.
• b) Barb will arrive at 7:30am to start preparation. THANK YOU BARB! Chairs arrive at 9:30. Boy Scouts will set up the Chairs. Barb will chalk the sections after seats are in place..
• c) Jim will recruit 8 Ushers but will not be present at the Mass. Paul Divine is lead Usher. Barb is contacting both football teams to pass out Song Sheets and Bulletins.
• d) Will Phil Videkis do the sound testing?
• • Jim Viola gave an update about the Safety Plan. Jim led a Safety Planning/Brainstorming meeting with almost all Mass Captains and Lead Ushers. There was very active participation and sharing of ideas so we could add to the Deanery’s Safety Template and create IC’s own Safety Plan. Jim will present the Safety Plan at Parish Council Meeting on 9/3.
• • Jeff gave us his phone number as a safety measure in case we get locked out of the Church or Chapel. He can give us a method of entering the buildings safely.
• • We are excited about our next Taize Service on Friday September 20 at 7:00pm.
• • Jim was able to send Lisa video from the February Taize and Lisa has already posted a couple video to her IC Music Ministry Facebook page. Please go to the page and ‘Like’ it.
• • Next meeting is the Leadership Meeting on September 10, and then our regular Worship Commission meeting on the 3rd Monday of October, the 21st.

1. Will Barb determine who will assist with passing out the Worship Aids and inform them of their role?
2. Will Barb arrange for chairs to be set up early, aisles marked, locations for EMs?
3. Will Barb select and inform EMs, lectors and altar servers of the time, place, and plan?
4. Will Barb place notice on church and chapel that there is no Reconciliation or 5:15 Mass, and the location and time of the IC Fest Mass?
5. Do we want a ninth EM to distribute communion to the handicapped?

• Fr. John Kartje – January 29, 7:30 PM at IC.   Out of the Lab and Into the Chapel:  the Gift of Science to Faith 
• That Man is You – second semester  February 2
• Bishop Daniel Conlon @ Cardinal Bernardin Lecture Series - February 6 at 7:30 PM at Frick Center.  Did Jesus Really Intend to Establish a Church?
• Marriage Enrichment Dinner Dance – February 9, 5:00 PM at Christ the King
• ValLimar Jasen Concert - February 22, 7:00 PM at St. Alexander
• Natural Family Planning – February 23, 9:30 AM at IC
• Liturgical Enrichment Day – March 16 - Tom McCarthy, Linda Curry, Fr. David Mowry

• The placement of the stations for the EEMs needs some small tweaking and aisles were good.
• Need a sign on both Church and Chapel that 5:15 Mass cancelled due to fest, and no confession.
• Need a cart for transporting the Mass items and table for gifts and handouts, etc. (in addition to table near the altar).
• The attention to those with disabilities and handicaps went well.  Mr. Michael floated to be sure everyone received Holy Communion.
• There was a dog off leash.  May want to consider announcing in the bulletin that dogs are not welcome due to fear of animals, allergies, loose dogs, bites, etc.
• Fewer people due to Rock the Block.  May want to rethink the date and double check other events.  Estimated 350-400 people at Mass.

• IC Fest - September 8.  Barb said things are going well.  Scouts and sports kids will help set up chairs.  There will be a stage delivered this year.  Barb will have the aisles and stations for the EEMs chalked out.  Peg will act as Mass Captain to ensure all know their positions.  There will be 5 EEMs plus the priests/deacon/Seminarian.  Only Hosts will be distributed.  Lisa will talk to Jeff about the music logistics. Jim will coordinate ushers (and bulletins, baskets, money bag).  The football team can assist with handing out worship aids, but only adults should handle collection.  Jim should also be on lookout for assisting handicapped.  We need 2 small tables - Jeff.  Father Chris will take care of all the worship products and have them ready at 3:00 in the Sacred Heart Chapel sacristy.  600 Hosts and worship aids.  If it is very hot, Peg will bring a tent for the musicians.  WC members should arrive at 3:00 at the Chapel Sacristy to help Father Chris and ensure we are all set up.
• Newman Singers from a university in Iowa will be at IC to sing for all Masses the weekend of September 29-30.  All Masses will be in the Sacred Heart Chapel.  They will sing a concert at 2:30 PM on Sunday.  They have requested that 3-5 families provide housing for them (about 20 singers).  Lisa will reach out to her choir members first.  Peg volunteered to host 3 singers.  We were asked to provide simple lunches on Saturday and Sunday (Agnesian room), and a BBQ dinner Saturday night (Peg volunteered) and coffee/donuts on Sunday. Lisa will reach out to MOM’s and CCW to see if they would like to host the lunches.  Tom volunteered to take care of the coffee and donuts (at 8:30 and 10:00).  Father Chris will check with Brewpoint to see if they may want to make a discounted or donated gift of coffee.
• Ministry Day-Barb said it went well.  Had many more volunteers for EEMs.  Next training is Tuesday September 25 at 7:00 PM and Saturday September 29 at 9:00 AM.  Barb will reach out to those who were unable to attend spring training, and also place information in newsletter and bulletins.
• Altar Servers – Barb has names of RE youth who want to be trained to serve and will coordinate with Father Chris.
• Taize – Lisa tentatively set aside Friday October 19 and will check with Father Tom.
• Holy Hour – November 4-10 is National Vocations Week.  November 5 seems like the best possible date.  Father Chris volunteered to lead the songs without a musician, and will confirm the date with Father Tom.  There was some discussion about inviting a religious sister to speak, maybe in the high school.  Tom will work with Paul on that idea.
• Hospitality Donut Sunday – WC agreed to host on September 16 after 7:30 and 9:00 Masses.  Barb will have literature available to hand out to people.  October will be hosted by the Marriage Encounter group, and November by the IC Parents Club.

• The Liturgical Ministry day on Saturday, February 24 at Ascension Church was well attended by IC.  Speakers were good.
• Eighteen Hours of Reconciliation on Friday, March 9^th there were 460 people who received the sacrament.  Small changes recommended by the hosts and Catey will implement for next year.  Also, keep the small snacks and water, and add a tray of cookies. 
• All day Eucharistic Adoration:  There were times when the schools did not show up at assigned times.  It is critical that there always be someone there and Catey will take additional measures so there is always someone in the church – need a backup plan.
• Lector and Eucharistic Minister training –May 8 at 7:00 pm.  The next Volunteer Coordinator should be trained for both positions.  There are about 8 people interested and Catey will call them, so they show up.  Especially need for 11:30 and 5:15 Sun.
• Worship Commission acted as greeters again for Holy Thursday in the church (March 29, 8 - midnight).  Next year we need more greeters at the 8-9:00 timeframe.  Also, there was confusion about the song sheets – they should be collected in the church, so people have them as they process to church.  We suggest that prayer cards should be set in pews in church.  Those who are leaving for the bus tour need to be quiet when they leave.  Need to tell Pam.  We ran out of blessed bread.  There were 200 loaves and we should plan for 400 next year.
• Parish Mission on March 11-13.  The reception was well attended, and Worship Commission did a good job with ushers and hosting the reception.  Many people attended the reception.  Next year Jon Grossman will do mission.
• Stations of the Cross – WC agreed to help to plan one stations of the cross – maybe a different time?  Maybe with a focus on youth?  Tom L – perhaps we can work with him on it.  Maybe RE could sponsor and plan one?  We agreed to work with Tom L.
• Holy week and Easter – Good Friday – 3:00 was very well attended.  Holy Saturday – suggestion that there should be a microphone out at the fire.  It was beautiful.  There were no ushers on the schedule – need 2 minimum.   Easter Masses were all well attended.  Regarding the reserved pews, if they are not taken by Gloria, should bring people standing in back forward.

• The Liturgical Ministry day is Saturday, February 24 at Ascension Church from 8:00 AM to noon.  Catey said that we have 26 people signed up already so that is good.
• Ash Wednesday – It seemed that people liked the continuous distribution of ashes over the noon hour.  4:30 Mass was packed!  Many RE parents and students attended the grade school Mass because there was a late start for school.
• Eighteen Hours of Reconciliation on Friday, March 9^th from 12 noon until 10:00 PM and Saturday March 10^th from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM.  Jim reported that there are only 6 slots left to fill.  Thank you to Jim and Scott Hunter for organizing the coverage (and Jim said the thanks goes to Dave McCaffrey who is the expert on the scheduler)).  Catey will bring 250 copies of the reconciliation guidelines.  She is working on the schedule for the Priests.  We only need light snacks for the priests this year, as there was too much left over last year.  Also, there was a suggestion that we have photographs of the priests so that the greeters can direct them to their stations easily.  Catey will also make copies of the church history brochures to have available.  Need to be sure we have the sign outside the church.
• All day Eucharistic Adoration is on March 21 and Catey is taking volunteers to ensure there is always someone in the church. 
• Lector and Eucharistic Minister training – 1 Eucharistic Minister was trained.  Six others signed up but did not attend.  Peg and Tom asked that they get the names of those who sign up so that they can make a special call to them.  Catey suggested it best to have another training in April so the new ministers can act as substitutes in May – July.
• Taize was great – it was tied to the Leadership night.  The atmosphere was very reverent, the music and singers, and musicians were marvelous.  About 50 people in attendance.  Some people from the Grace Café, Women’s CRHP, Elmhurst College – personal invitation works best.  We talked about linking the service to another function – e.g. to invite catechists; have it after the 5:15 Mass, etc.
• Worship Commission will act as greeters again for Holy Thursday in the church (March 29, 8 - midnight).  Tom will send out a list of times for us to volunteer.
• Parish Mission is March 11-13 and Father Fragomini will speak again “Passing on faith through the family”.  Worship Commission will contact Anne Hohbein to see if she needs greeters, ushers, or others to assist.  (Since the meeting, Worship has agreed to provide ushers for Tuesday and to work with Anne on the reception).

• Music - Taize - The next Taize service was scheduled Friday May 2 but will now be on Leadership Night, Monday February 12 at 7:00 PM.  Lisa will need help setting up (Peg and Mary Pat), passing out worship guides Mary Lou, Tom), readers (Tom volunteered for reading and Jim for petitions), cleanup.  Lisa will take care of the bulletin, newsletter, post it on website, and have notice sent to the deanery churches.
• Music – Lisa found some coloring posters with Psalms for Lent that the parish could purchase (either the digital version where we would make copies or hard posters.  The digital version is not expensive.  We were unable to come up with a planned event.  Discussion about whether we could have an intergenerational day, or hand out after Mass.  We agreed to keep this in mind for a future event.
• Holy Hours –. The next Holy Hour was scheduled for the last week in April, but that is not good since the Respect Life Holy Hour is that same week (the 4^th Thursday).  Olive Cadaoas (who is lead for Vocations in parish) had requested that we have a Holy Hour to promote vocations – Father Chris and Lisa will check to see whether we can fit this in around some of the special dates for vocations.  Mary Lou brought forward some dates.  Mary Pat agreed to inform Olive about the status.
• Ministry Day is March 24 from 8-noon at Ascension Church in Oak Brook Terrace.  WC needs to market this to ministers thru bulleting and a special letter.  Father Tom wants a big turnout. 
• Liturgical Minister training will be held Tuesday January 23 at 6:00 PM for interested Lectors and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.

IC Worship Commission 11-20-17 Meeting Minutes

In attendance: Tom Kaiser, Jim Viola, Fr. Chris, Peg Cello, Joyce Callahan

Parish Council update- Fr. Chris talked about Pastoral Plan. The biggest component of Pastoral Plan discussed was Hospitality. Parish Council encourages all Commissions to set concrete goals about how we can do Hospitality. We first asked, how can we make people feel welcome at Mass? A good start would be having Ushers greet people when they arrive. We sometimes do it now, but it’s a nice goal to be more consistent at every Mass. Also good to hand out Bulletins after Mass and wish Parishioners a good day.

Also good to continue to stock the coloring book bags for kids and the Magnifikids subscription..

Donut Sundays can promote hospitality. Community Life Commission has been planning those, can Worship Commission take one over?

WC can continue to plan and do the Christmas Tree lighting after 5:15 Saturday Mass in December.

And WC can welcome new Ministers by greeting them and training them to be prepared for their Ministry.   AND Worship Commission members can think about other Hospitality activities we can sponsor and bring them to the next meeting.

Catey found Advent documents for the web site and Jim can add those to the Web Site.

Fr. Chris found out 34 families signed up to be new Parishioners the past 3 months. So he called a good number of them by phone, welcomed them, and answered their questions. Who else could help Fr. Chris to call new members?

Regarding IC Fest 2017, Fr. Chris saved the checklist for Mass so we have it for next year. We will save other pieces of info for next year like the seating and Altar layout in Wilder.

Last Eucharistic Minister training in October trained 4 or 5 new Ministers. Also, 1 new Lector was trained. Next Ministry training will be April 10 and 14.

Taize in October was Beautiful and we hope more will attend the next one on February 2^nd. We will try to reach out and invite more Parishioners personally. Thank you for all the time and preparation, Lisa!

We should promote Ministry Day for the Deanery in March or April. Fr. Chris will let us know the date when he finds out.

We are talking about doing an Hour of Prayer in April after Easter. (Easter is 4/1/18). A Parishioner recommended a theme of Vocations for the next Hour of Prayer.

Caroling at the Crib will be Saturday December 9^th after 5:15 Mass. Tom will bring Hot Chocolate, Jim will bring cookies. We will again set up the table in the Narthex and serve cookies and hot chocolate there after caroling. Catey will inform James to get us the table and coffee maker. WC members will hand out Song Sheets after Mass.

Fr. Chris said that he continues to think about the Altar Server Coordinator position. He is serving the function and Catey Cohen is also serving the function. Fr. Chris mentioned the Altar Servers get a Certificate at the end of the school year commending their service. Certificates are handed out to ICGS students at the end of the school year at school. Worship Commission can help coordinate making sure they get handed out to R/E students during R/E at the end of the school year.

Fr. Chris updated us that we might not have an 11:30am Mass on Sunday 12/24/17 Christmas Eve. We will have a 7:30am and 9:00am Mass that day. Christmas Masses start at 3:00pm.

• Catey talked about the Fellowship (Hospitality) Sundays.There are 4 on the Calendar between now and next June.Catey thought it would be good if groups within a Commission would agree to host to obtain more volunteers.She hopes to have a Hospitality Committee in place by the end of this fiscal year.
• There was discussion about a lack of comradery among volunteers and how we used to have sessions where the ministers would all get together for a half day of fellowship and prayer.It was suggested that there be an annual “training” for EMs, lectors, ushers.We might call it “Ministry Refreshment or Renewal Day”.We came up with Saturdays October 21 (EMs), 28 (lectors) and November 4 (ushers) beginning with 8:00 AM Mass and followed by light breakfast.
• Liturgical Minister training will be held Saturday October 14 at 9:30 AM; October 17 at 7:00 PM; and April 10 at 9:30 AM and April 14 at 7:00 PM.
• Altar Server coordinator – Catey sends a reminder to the parents and server when they do not show up.She will also track the other ministers and inform the coordinators and prepare a report for the September 18 meeting.
• Jeff asked how Worship Commission could help other Commissions to update their web pages.  Olive C. is the PC member who is leading up this effort.  More to come on this.
• Father Tom’s Anniversary:  November 5 after 9:00 AM Mass.  He wants WC to play the same role as we did for the 140^th Anniversary where WC will take care of punch, water, coffee (but only if it is from outside – no brewing of coffee), cups, plates, napkins table cloths (?), cake, etc.  Jeff said we should save our receipts and obtain reimbursement and IC has accounts with Sam’s Club and Costco.
• Mass times:  Voting came in – Saturday 5:15; 5:00, 4:00, 4:30; and Sundays 5:15 and 5:00.  We suggest no earlier than 5:00 if there is going to be a change.

• WC suggests we consider doing Commission by Commission Hospitality Sunday – PC was OK with this – still maintain a Ministry Sunday overall.Father concerned about too many Sundays with speakers so need to consider that.
• Regarding training all 6^th graders as Altar servers, the reaction was mixed – some concern as to whether that would overstep parents’ boundaries – needs more discussion.
• Reported on upcoming training for liturgical ministers – Father noted concern about timing of training since months may elapse from time of training till Lectors are on schedule.It was suggested that WC look at timing or assign a mentor for each new Lector to help them through the first few times (it would also be an opportunity to provide feedback).
• For Fall Leadership, PC suggested we discuss how to better develop the volunteer ministries and recruitment.
• Lack of viable hospitality committee was discussed and PC suggested that new parishioners receive a welcoming call from a current parishioner.
• PC said that we need to review our web pages-Commission by Commission and update.Olive C. will be the lead to help jumpstart getting appropriate people as leads within staff and Commissions and looking at credentials, etc.
• Max Behna is our new Deacon for this year as he finishes his last year before ordination.
• Next Leadership Night is June 5 at 7:00 in the Agnesian Room.Each Commission should report out on successes of the year.There will be wine and refreshments.

• Liturgical Minister training June 13 and 17.Two Lectors and one Eucharistic Minister were trained.Tom will send out a lector pronunciation guideline; Peg will send out Eucharistic Minister guidelines, Tom will send out helpful hints, and Jim will post to WC’s page.
• Ministry Day – May 20 and 21.There will be speaker at each Mass.
• Altar Server coordinator –Father Chris will explore this further.Father Chris wants to have a better game plan for recruiting and training and will work over the summer as a priority with Catey.

• For future, do we want to have special pages on the web for Advent, Easter, etc. like Dave used to post for WC?
• IC Fest – All permits/police have been notified.We will do as we have in past for Mass.Chairs are ordered.Boy Scouts will help set up.We need to have a special planning meeting at some point.

•   Several corrections to the minutes from February 21, 2017 – Liturgical Minister training was 3/7, not 3/10.  Regarding WC participating as hosts for March 15^th Eucharistic Adoration, it was decided that we would not be needed that day.  Rather we will host on Holy Thursday’s Altar of Repose from 8 – midnight.  Finally, Father Fragomeni’s name was misspelled, and he is from Our Lady of Pompeii, not St. Peter’s.

• He received very good feedback and hopes to do this again next year.Many had been away from Confession for a long time, so it is good to have it available.
• Comments made that it was difficult to know when the back confessionals were available (there are no lights to indicate whether a person is in confessional or not).Next year, we need to better address this.
• The host transition was hectic and noisy.Father suggested additional training would be helpful and suggested that there be an “overseer(s)” who would be there at the change of shifts to ensure a good transition.
• Be sure the signage is correct (e.g. Polish, Spanish etc.).
• Need to do a better job of publicity – this year it was last minute.The newspaper and other parish notification was good, but need to have posted information around town (e.g. train station, restaurants and coffee shops, hardware store, etc.).He wanted someone to take this on, and I suggested WC.
• We need a consistent method to count the number of people who come for the Sacrament – this year’s approach seemed ad hoc.

• Liturgical Minister training March 7 and 11.Two Lectors and one Eucharistic Minister were trained.Tom will send out a pronunciation guide website, and Jim should post this to WC’s page.
• We got feedback that some lectors are not following protocol regarding going to the center aisle.Other EMs are bowing to the tabernacle rather than to the Altar.Tom and Peg will send out friendly pointers to their ministers.
• Liturgical Enrichment Day – Father Tom wants to see more participation from IC.There were very few ministers from IC, and over several hundred participants from other parishes.
• Ministry Day – When is the next Discipleship Sunday (Mary Pat will ask Maria)?We could have an announcement either before Mass during announcements or a special announcement after Mass to invite people to join our ministries.We thought we could do this 2 weeks before Discipleship Sunday.
• Altar Server coordinator – Maria is leaving her position as volunteer coordinator.No replacement yet.She expressed concern about the servers and the need for a coordinator. Father Chris will explore this further.Tom will ask that Jim search the WC pages to find the guidelines for Server Coordinator.

• The handouts were good (reconciliation guide, info on windows and church, parish mission).There were too many guides, so next year we recommend we only need 250 copies.
• WC brought way too much refreshments.Next year, water, juice and small snacks (e.g. chocolate) would be plenty.
• Scheduling system had quite a few glitches as the roles were being transitioned from our expert Dave McCaffrey.Want to get this started earlier next time to ensure it is working and in order to get information and training out to the hosts earlier per comments above.
• It was suggested that there be a photo of each of the Priests available to help with directing the people.There was also suggestion of name tags or name plates that could be placed at the confessional stations for the priests.Also, name tags that say “Greeter” or “Host” so that people know who can answer questions.
• We could use temporary lights for the confessionals in the back like what we did with the remote-controlled candles at Christmas.

• WC has nothing out of the ordinary for Palm Sunday and Easter.Reminder that the Masses for Easter changed (9:30 and 11:30) due to WC recommendation last year about traffic.
• Holy Thursday – WC agreed to host the Altar of Repose from 8-midnight.We need 2 volunteers per hour.Tom will arrange for the volunteers.Mary Pat will ask Martha to arrange to have 50 of each of the window and church handouts to be placed in the racks in the back of church in case people ask about the history of the church.
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1. Taize Prayer Service- was a big success and a beautiful service. About 80 people attended not including musicians. Lisa is hoping to host a Taize service about 3 times a year. She is tentatively planning on scheduling a September Taize. Students from Elmhurst College also attended.
2. Tom and Peg are planning on doing a Liturgical Ministers training on 3/10 and 3/11. We are talking about having 8^th graders attend the training. They can get commissioned after Confirmation then they will be ready to get scheduled and start serving.
3. We look forward to Ash Wednesday services. Eucharistic Ministers have distributed ashes in the past. We will probably need Ushers to hand out Lenten Mission Bags to Parishioners after they receive ashes.
4. Lenten Reconciliation Service is scheduled for 9 hours each of Friday the 10^th and Saturday the 11^th. Dave McCaffrey did a great job getting the sign up sheet online and contacting last year’s Reconciliation Service volunteers to help this year. So far about 15 of 36 slots have been filled. On March 1, an invitation will be sent for any Parishioner to help at Reconciliation day via the IC Newsletter. Jim Viola is monitoring the number of volunteers who will serve as Hosts. 2 per hour. Worship Commission will provide bottled water, boxes of coffee, and either cheese/crackers or cookies for the Priests to be stored in the Sacristy.
5. For Reconciliation service days, we will use the Examination of Conscience that Fr David provided for last year’s Service. We are pondering 200-300 copies being made to have available in the Narthex for attendees.
6. No further update about the Hour of Prayer in Lent. We will reconnect with Deacon John about his Respect Life Holy Hour. The next Holy Hour could be in the week of Spring Break. We will discuss this with Mary Pat and Paul T at the next meeting.
7. There will be Eucharistic Adoration on March 15^th, all day. Benediction and Stations of the Cross at Night. Worship Commission will serve as Greeters/Hosts. From 3pm to 7pm is the most needed time.
8. We will also need Greeters/Hosts for Eucharistic Adoration on Holy Thursday from 8:30pm to Midnight.
9. Our next Worship Commission meeting will be on Tuesday March 28^th. Different than our normal 3^rd Monday of the month.
10. Parish Mission is on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights, 3/13, 3/14, and 3/15. Fr. Fraginini from St Peter’s Church downtown will lead it in a different format. No Mass on Tuesday.
11. We are encouraged to invite all Parishioners to Liturgical Enrichment Day on Saturday March 4^th all morning. There will be 2 keynote speakers then a Mass.
12. We all enjoyed the John Angotti concert, and thanked Lisa for her beautiful singing with John. Fr. Tom invited John to sing at all Masses during a fall weekend to be determined.

• Next Liturgical training March 7 and 11.WC needs to amend the process to vet ministers, per Father Tom’s conversation with Tom Kaiser.Tom will get a copy of the form and add the questions and work with Peg and Jim on their forms to ensure people are in good standing with the church.We discussed whether we need to double check the information on the forms and agreed that would not be done as it is up to the personal integrity of the persons to fill out the forms correctly.
• Holy hours – Paul will talk to Deacon John about the Respect Life Holy Hours to see if they want to make any changes.Paul should coordinate with Tom should invite Tom and Mary Pat to that discussion.We decided not to pursue the Year of the Saints right now although we like the idea.

• Transition of responsibilities covered by Dave. Dave McCaffrey resigned from the Worship Commission after an amazing service.  Tom Kaiser wrote: