SACRED HEART PARISH

ADULT RELIGIOUS FORMATION TEAM

June 12, 2012

 PRESENT:  Sister Irene Hartman, Sister Rebecca Otter, Father Warren Stecklein, Diane Dodez, Lynne Eck, Regis Lopata, and Tylan Ricketts    

ABSENT: Elaine Coulson

Team members welcomed Tylan Ricketts to the meeting.  He is currently a seminarian in our diocese, and is spending the summer with Father Warren.

The minutes of the meeting of April 10, 2012 were reviewed and approved.

It was noted that Elaine Coulson has been unable to attend meetings recently due to other obligations.  The team considered whether another individual should be asked to be a part of the team, but no specific decisions were made at this time. 

The team completed the review of our original charter, which still appears to be appropriate at the present time. 

There was discussion about a series of articles about baptism and returning Catholics written by Sister Irene called “So Glad You Asked”.  The articles were reviewed and a few minor changes were suggested.  These articles will be printed one at a time in the Sacred Heart Beat.  Suggestions for additional articles were made, such as on making the Sign of the Cross, using holy water, and RCIA.  These articles will be written for future editions of the Sacred Heart Beat.

The team agreed that we will not attempt to have a parish mission this year due to our centennial events. 

The team decided that the theme for Adoration on June 20^th will be on religious liberty.  The next day begins a two week “Fortnight for Freedom” in which the nation’s bishops are asking Catholics to pray for religious liberty in our country.  The team decided that our parish will pray a rosary every day during this period.  Most of the rosaries will be before masses and the schedule and leaders for them is as follows:

                        June 21            8:00 a.m.         Sister Irene

                        June 22            12:00 p.m.       Tylan

                        June 23            4:30 p.m.         Regis

                        June 24            10:00 a.m.       assigned parishioners

                        June 25            7:00 a.m.         Dr. Brenner

                        June 26            8:00 a.m.         Sister Rebecca

                        June 27            6:00 p.m.         Regis

                        June 28            8:00 a.m.         Tylan

                        June 29            12:00 p.m.       Sister Rebecca

                        June 30            4:30 p.m.         Rita and David O’Gwin

                        July 1               10:00 a.m.       assigned parishioners

                        July 2               7:00 a.m.         Dr. Brenner

                        July 3               8:00 a.m.         Sister Irene

                        July 4               10:30 a.m.       Tylan

            The team agreed that the Adoration scheduled for July will be a quiet time of prayer and adoration.

It was announced that the Church will be having a Year of Faith from August, 2012 through July, 2013.  The team will be considering some things to do for this period.

The next meeting of the Adult Religious Formation Team will be on September 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sisters’ house.

ARF

SACRED HEART PARISH

ADULT RELIGIOUS FORMATION TEAM

April 10, 2012

 PRESENT:  Sister Irene Hartman, Sister Rebecca Otter, Father Warren Stecklein, Diane Dodez, and Regis Lopata                        ABSENT:  Elaine Coulson, Lynne Eck

 The minutes of the meeting of February 21, 2012 were reviewed and approved.

 The team reviewed the presentation of the video on Reconciliation, which was shown in the parish several times during Lent.  We did not have a lot of parishioners attend the showings, but the video was appreciated and enjoyed by those who attended.

 The team also reviewed our faith-sharing sessions during Lent, using the “Disciples on the Journey” booklets.  The team had a positive response to these sessions, and will consider using the same program for faith-sharing sessions for the parish next year in Lent.  We will do some planning for these sessions before the start of the Lenten season.

 Sister Irene announced that we have not been informed at this time of any involvement of this team in the parish centennial celebration.

 There was some discussion about membership on the ARF team, but no specific decisions were made at this time.  This will be discussed again in a future meeting. 

 The team members reviewed the charter that had been developed with Father Bernard Felix when he appointed this team.  The team has completed some, but not all of the expected outcomes that were listed in our charter. 

 Adoration is scheduled for the parish on April 18^th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.  The theme of the adoration will be on vocations.

Regis announced that there will be a diocesan-wide training on RCIA presented on the ITV network on April 18^th from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.  Several members of the ARF team plan to attend the training.

 There was considerable discussion regarding the possibility of having a parish mission or some type of speaker for the parish in the future.  No specific decisions were made at this time, but this will again be considered in future meetings. 

 The next meeting of the Adult Religious Formation Team will be on June 12, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. at the Sisters’ house.

 ARF