St. Albert Catholic Church

 Liturgy Meeting Agenda                            January 5, 2012

 Attendees: Deacon Bob Morris, Susan Ruland, Bonnie Allen, Bonnie Galewski, Nancy

Provost, Father Mathew, Karen Krug

Gathering Prayer:  by Father Mathew

Minutes from October 20, 2011 Meeting: 2 changes corrected

 Calendar:

Jan. 8: Epiphany of the Lord, Bi-Lingual mass; 3 Kings/youth in costume enter at Gloria, welcome candidates/sponsors

        **Father Mathew leaves Jan. 9, Father John will sub each Sunday, no weekday masses till Father M’s return Feb. 17

Jan. 15: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

         Wed. Jan. 18:  9:00 a.m. gather for prayer to begin Wk of Prayer for Christian

Unity (Dcn Bob coordinate)

Jan. 22: 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, March for Life in Little Rock

Jan. 29: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

         Wednesday, Feb. 1: no 1st Wednesday mass

         Friday, Feb 3: Blessing of St. Blaise @ 9:00 a.m., Dcn Bob 

Feb. 5: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Family Liturgy Sunday, Sprinkling

Feb. 12: 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, collect last years’ palms, Bi-Lingual mass

Feb. 19: 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, collect last years’ palms

         Ash Wednesday, Feb. 22: Mass @ 5:00 p.m.

*Stations of the Cross: each Friday @ 6:00 p.m., Dcn Bob

Feb. 26: 1st Sunday of Lent, send candidates and catechumens to Cathedral after homily

         Thursday, March 1: 9:00 a.m. mass

March 4: 2nd Sunday of Lent, Family Liturgy Mass, Sprinkling, 4:00 p.m.

Confirmation @ Searcy

         Thursday, March 8: 9:00 a.m. mass

March 11: 3rd Sunday of Lent (move clocks forward), Bi-Lingual mass, 1st Scrutiny (readings stay with regular Sundays)

         Thursday, March 15: 9:00 a.m. mass

March 18th: 4th Sunday of Lent, 2nd Scrutiny of the Elect (regular readings)

         Thursday, March 22: 9:00 a.m. mass, Penitential Service @ 6:00 p.m.

March 25: 5th Sunday of Lent, 3rd Scrutiny of the Elect (regular readings)

         Thursday, March 29: 9:00 a.m. mass

Palm Sunday, April 1st, no Bi-Lingual Mass

Holy Thursday: 5:00 p.m.

Good Friday services: Stations of the Cross @ noon (Dcn Bob); the Passion @

4:00, Divine Mercy novena @ 3:00 p.m.

(Betty Christ: the Divine Mercy Novena meets every day @ 3:00 p.m. thru April 14th)

Easter Vigil @ St. James only, 8:00 p.m.

April 8: Easter Sunday

 Dates to keep in mind:

Confirmation will be @ St. James on Sunday, March 4

March 10: Cackie Upchurch to present for “Women of Faith” retreat

Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick: April 12, July 12, October 11

First Communion: May 20, Reconciliation preceding that week before for entire CRE, preferably Thursday

Corpus Christi Sunday, June 10: Bishop to be invited, 4:00pm; 3 benedictions, mass and meal

 Committees

Environment (Therese McFall): no report; recommended to stay with old Paschal candle stand as the Advent one is considered too wobbly for purposes of year round movement of the candle, Therese will need to order a new candle

Sacristans (Larry Levine): Holy Water font has been repaired in sacristy & the water has been blessed; determined that the stain on the altar cloth is permanent; when the current wine is depleted, will switch to red wine and order jointly with St. James; thanks to Marie Morris for cleaning all the brass items; temporarily stopped new hosts’ orders/deliveries

Music (Nancy Provost) : Father recommended combining choirs for English-only masses; recommended keeping Responsorial Psalm the one shown in the Missalette;

Nancy will call a joint choir meeting to make a decision regarding future of music at St. Albert’s; guideline for song choices and instruments has not changed with the New Rite… remains that organ and piano are favored, songs are to be liturgically correct and scripturally based; song choices may come from Today’s Liturgy but are not limited to this list if they meet requirements stated above; Nancy voiced Renata’s concerns regarding Bi-Lingual choir music, 3 suggestions were given for increasing the amount of music available and increasing the choir members autonomy

Lectors  (Susan Ruland): concern for poor attendance of lectors at practices and the attitude of many lectors for their ministry

Ushers (Gus Ludwig and Charley Nowak): no news

Eucharistic Ministers/ Servers (Bonnie Allen): due to limited number of Eucharistic Ministers starting Jan. 8 there will only be 2 bread distributers and 4 cups; although there are 16 trained servers, they are not showing up per schedule and this is a big problem for Sundays when there is no CRE

Sound (Tony Rimkus) – no news

Adoration (Betty Christ) – no news, Betty will be asked to coordinate the Divine Mercy novena

Greeters (Linda Hollowell) – no news

*Other: Kernel Stephens is the new coordinator for Rosary

Bonnie Allen will price 2-3 tables for the vestibule for better aesthetics

Co-chair for Liturgy ( Bonni Galewski): Virtus preparing for next class; Bonni will make an announcement for volunteers for choir with the meeting time and date.

Co-chair for Liturgy/Children’s Lit (Karen Krug) Reflection Room is ready for use with permanent furniture, obtaining a matching name plate; Fred Dice has made a Children’s altar so Father may say mass closer to the pews for Children’s masses;  discussed the disconnect between parishioners/volunteers and Father Mathew due to his immense responsibilities of 3 churches; except for the Parish Council meeting next month, this was my final meeting for Liturgy.  Bonni G will remain as sole Liturgy Chair with a 3 year assignment.

 Next meeting:    Thursday, March 8, 2012 @ 10:00 a.m.

 Karen Krug, Co-Chair, Final Minutes

Collins Creek in Heber Springs 

English as Second Language Classes

Classes are held each Tuesday at 7pm in our church hall under the direction of Joe Dailey.

All Spanish are welcome to come to study English.

Bi-Linguial (Spanish Choir)

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NEW SECRETARY

Let us introduce our new secretary at St. Albert Church.

Judith Hollowell has joined the staff to help  with the many duties that are needed in the parish.

If you haven't met her, please drop by the office from 10-2 on Tues.-Fri.