Present for meeting: Polly Flynn, Stephen Sycks, Christopher Klofft, Josephine Ferrie, Ann-Marie Sheehan, Fr. Riley and Matthew Foster Immaculate Conception is nearing its renewal period with the leasing of the Father Connor Center. Representatives of IC are preparing to renew that arrangement with the Guild of St. Agnes and do not anticipate any issues.
As we head towards Easter, Immaculate Conception is anticipating 5 Baptisms at the Easter Vigil, as well as 5 Confirmations and five First Communions, 8 Confirmations in our Religious Education Program to be confirmed at St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday, April 8, and 10 First communions candidate in our 2nd grade class to receive their First Communion on Saturday, May 5.
The St. Patrick’s Day dinner was a huge success, hosting over 140 people! Congratulations to the Parish Activities Committee who put on the event. In an effort to support and facilitate future events for other groups, there was discussion on creating some standard operating procedures (SOPs) for using church facilities.
There was some discussion regarding some improvements that will begin being addressed to include the sidewalk railings around the church, concrete upkeep and the possibility of redesigning one of the confessional areas into an adoration chapel.
There will be a talk given on the Humanae Vitae in June by Dr. Christopher Klofft. This event will celebrate and coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Papal document.
M Foster gave a report on the men’s conference and discussed the continuing of support to reach out to more men in the parish for participation. We also discussed the upcoming women’s conference and how to support it in a similar fashion.
Follow ups that we discussed briefly: Snow plowing, works of mercy, Sound System and Partners in Charity.
Closing prayer was offered by Fr. Riley