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		Liturgy committee 2007 Liturgy Committee Minutes August, 2007 Present: Corinne, Dick, Nancy, Fr. Mark, Julie, Deb, Dave Octoberfest: " Need a poster and a basket of "goodies" to be sold at the Octoberfest. " Corinne has a basket " We will keep the same poster from last year " Julie will put together the goodies. Welcoming: " Brainstormed a few ideas of how to make St. Joseph's a more welcoming parish " As a follow-up to Father's homily from a few week's ago, have another homily that gives a few suggestions of what people can do " Invite people to stay after Mass to talk to strangers as well as friends " Invite people to sit somewhere different " Run a series in the bulletin during Advent with suggestions Assignments for Liturgical Seasons: " Celebration of Remembrance, Julie " Advent, Corinne " Christmas, Nancy " Triduum, Dave and Deb Gift Bearer Caller: " WE STILL NEED SOMEONE TO CALL 8:30 GIFT BEARERS!!! Next Meeting: October 1, 2007 --- 7:00 p.m. Full Committee; 8:00 p.m. Celebration of Remembrance Liturgy Committee Meeting Tuesday, January 9, 2007 Present: " Connie Hardie, Julie Hill, Corinne McCullough, Joyce Scherner, Dave Tschiggfrie, Karen Zeckser, Richard Beaves Prayer: " Reflection based on the second reading from January 14, 2007 --- Gifts of the Spirit. We all have different gifts; gifts appear at different times in our lives; different people's gifts fit together to accomplish tasks. Advent Thoughts: " Sung response of Intercessions was great! " Good use of decoration in the round!! " Taize music during Christmas Preludes was a good addition " Singing of the Our Father was great Christmas Thoughts: " Environment --- Manger figures below the cross was the BEST EVER! Simple; natural; symbolism was great; might try to hide the spot light better - maybe use a different spot light; raise up baby Jesus a bit more " Drape cloth over the crucifix --- thin veil so can still see the cross Other Thoughts: " Eucharistic Ministers should be instructed on touching, blessing children in the Communion line --- this could simply be mentioned by the captain before mass in the sacristy " Radical Hospitality --- contact Diane Freiburger to see if other committees would be interested in using Karen's chapter reflections --- contact Cindy Pfiffner about sending a letter to the faith sharing groups to see if they want to use it for Lent " Lent --- we would like to see a canned food collection taken up every Sunday of Lent; this would help to restock the Food Pantry; we would like to have the children bring up the food before the ushers start passing the baskets; would have baskets set up across the sanctuary to put the food in " Liturgical Choir and Wahlert Concert Choir at St. Joseph the Worker Church on Friday, March 2, 2007 Next Meeting: " April 2 --- FULL LITURGY COMMITTEE MEETING --- 7 pm " Karen Zeckser will do prayer Meeting ended with fellowship, food and wonderful hospitality by Connie Hardie. Liturgy Committee Minutes Thursday, May 11, 2006 Present: Dick Beaves, Connie Hardie, Julie Hill, Lois Leytem, Dave Tschiggfrie, Deb Tschiggfrie, Kevin Walsh, Karen Zeckser Prayer: Based on Sunday's Gospel, vine and the branches Triduum Evaluation " Worship aid needed for each night " Some confusion about washing of feet stations " Have "common people of the parish" be foot washers instead of parish leadership " Make sure foot washers don't rush the process --- be willing to wait at your station and allow time for any last minute people to decide to come forward " There were far fewer people in the adoration chapel by the end of the night, but Dave "dropped the ball" this year on getting people/groups to sign up for times of adoration " Friday attendance was lower than normal at both the Passion service and the stations; next year have passion service at Noon and stations at 5PM " Couldn't hear the readings when outside on Saturday night " Invitation from Fr. Mark to have people come outside helped get more of the crowd outside " Lighting of candles outside made process faster -- no bottle neck getting back into church and trying to get your candle lit on the way in " Idea for next year, have everyone come in and line up around the outside of the pews and stand there until it is time to blow out the candles --- neat effect with the growing light from the candles " Music was great " Good to have everyday people bring up flowers in procession Radical Hospitality Discussion " Discussion was tabled until June 1st meeting " Karen wrote up a summary of the book and distributed copies " Committee members are asked to read Karen's summary of the introduction and think about what it might reveal/suggest to us about our parish community and what do we need to teach to our parish community? " Please see Dick if you did not get a copy of Karen's summary Fr. Pat Brennon " Stewardship committee is asking that each member of the Liturgy Committee personally call and invite at least two other people from the parish to come to the evenings when Fr. Brennon is speaking " Concerns were raised to the issue of making sure Fr. Brennon speaks to the specific topic of evangelization --- a phone call will be made to Debbie Anderson to voice our concerns New Instruments " A fund for a new organ has been growing and it reached an amount that Dick felt was enough to purchase a new organ. After doing research and shopping around, Dick found an organ AND a piano for a great deal. (Both instruments are from the same store.) But, $10,000 is still needed in order to purchase both instruments. Dick e-mailed all those involved in music ministry at St. Joseph to have them consider giving money to raise the remainder of the $10,000. He will know by May 14th if he will have enough money to buy both instruments. If he does not receive commitments from people for the additional $10,000, he will simply go and only purchase the organ. Miscellaneous " Please ask the ushers to leave a few extra bulletins in the racks of the vestibules after EACH Mass. Next Meeting: Thursday, June 1, 2006 --- 6:30PM Location - 15811 Hales Mill Road, Dubuque, 52002 Potluck dinner - burgers will be provided --- please bring a dish to pass All committee members are welcome to bring spouse/guest Liturgy Minutes Thursday, January 6, 2006 Present: Dick Beaves, Julie Hill, Laura Knabel, Nancy Kringle, Lois Leytem, Corinne McCullough, Fr. Mark Ressler, Joyce Scherner, Dave Tschiggfrie, Deb Tschiggfrie, Kevin Walsh, Karen Zeckser Opening Prayer: Thanks to Laura Knabel Stewardship Questionnaire: The Stewardship Committee is asking each committee member to fill out a survey and return it to the office by January 31st. In addition, each committee member is to ask another parishioner to fill out the same questionnaire and return it to the office as well. The questionnaire's are anonymous and are part of the Archdiocesan Stewardship Pilot program that St. Joseph's is taking part in. The questionnaire's will assist in finding out what people think are the strong points and week points of our parish in regards to stewardship and will help provide some direction for the stewardship committee. Thank you for taking the time to fill them out. Remember, they are due by January 31st at the office. Vocation Committee Request: The Vocation Committee is requesting that an intercession for vocations be added for the weekends of January 8th and January 15th. "Radical Hospitality" Discussion: About half of the committee has read the book, and the other half now have copies of the book in their hands so they can read the book as well. We will have a meeting on Thursday, February 16th at 7:00 pm (location to be determined) in order to discuss the book. That meeting will only involve discussion of the book. Our meeting on February 16th is meant to take a look at how the Liturgy Committee can share the information from the book is some way with the Hospitality Ministers in order to elevate our level of hospitality to those who come to Mass on Saturday/Sunday. Lenten Subcommittee: Date and time still to be determined. Those involved in that subcommittee are Karen Zeckser, Lois Leytem, Connie Hardie, and Environment. Any other members wishing to assist with Lent are also invited. Dick will send out an e-mail to all when the date and time are set. Advent/Christmas Evaluation: " Seemed somewhat anti-climactic with no procession of the each week's Advent candle - the week when Luke and his Dad lit the candle (during the mass of Luke's First Communion), that was a great touch o There actually is not ritual for the lighting of the Advent candle each week, simply a blessing of the wreath at the beginning of the season " Again, some complaints about the wreath and then the crib not wanting to be seen --- after lengthy discussion the committee decided as its first choice next year to put the Advent wreath and then the crib directly under the crucifix. If those seats under the crucifix are taken out, we will have to be more creative in how to elevate everything. Dick will talk to Paul Duster about creating/building another platform that uses the current Gospel book holder to use for holding the Advent wreath next year. o The suggestion was made to add one candle to the area of the crib. o Laura will draw of a picture of what someone could build to provide a more permanent stable. o A suggestion was made to hang gold cloth down from the crucifix and going directly to the crib to help people make that connection between birth and death. " We seemed to do just fine with less flowers and trees this year. The funeral arrangement flowers during the week of Christmas certainly helped add to the environment. " The urns in the vestibules and the use of the Star of Bethlehem flowers were nice. " The Giving Tree Wreaths either need to be decorated in the side vestibules or taken down all together. " The addition of the few large white poinsettias was nice. " The sung Advent response of the intercessions was well received, as well as Father singing more during the preface before the Eucharistic Prayer Other: " Lengthy discussion was had about catechesis needed for certain parts of the mass. o After three years, people still aren't bowing during the specific part of the creed, and many are still not bowing their head before receiving communion. o Standing during the Doxology and the Great Amen is not done by any other church in Dubuque and is not part of the liturgical rite. o Would people hold hands across the aisle if Fr. Mark did not prompt them? People rush back to their pew immediately after the Our Father instead of staying put until the Sign of Peace. The sign and symbol of staying put and beginning the Sign of Peace with those next to you either needs continued education to help people realize the sign and symbol or we need to give it up and let the people do what they want to do. Part of educating people might include an invitation to allow people to come out into the aisle each week and stay there afterwards for the Sign of Peace, but the statement that we will no longer remind them each week about this action. " We came to the conclusion that the Lenten subcommittee will decide what catechesis will be done during Lent. The committee seemed to agree that we should start with the issue of remaining kneeling during the Doxology and the Great Amen during Lent. Thanks: Thanks to Laura for hosting the meeting/party. Next Meeting: Thursday February 16, 7:00-8:00 - ALL - "Radical Hospitality Discussion" School Conference Room 8:00-9:00 Lenten Sub-Committee School Conference Room Thursday, April 6, 7:00 - 8: 00 pm ----All - Evaluation of Lent 8:00 - 9: 00 pm ---- Easter Planning (Kringle, Walsh, Environment) Liturgy Committee Meeting October 6, 2005 Present: Lois Leytem, Karen Zeckser, Julie Hill, Steve McDonald, Deb and Dave Tschiggfrie, Nancy Kringle, Dick Beaves, and Father Mark Ressler Prayer and reflection: Karen Zeckser Old Business: 1.Children's procession at the Offertory with food for the Food Pantry. This was an idea presented to get more "generational involvement" in liturgies. Dick took the suggestion to staff meeting, but the staff felt that the food presentation was being taken care of already through collections at school and Religious Education. Liturgy Committee then suggested that we could still do it for special occasions and get more active participation from the assembly. A recommendation was made that we try it with Nativity parish this Thanksgiving. Lent was recommended as another seasonal option to promote giving food / stewardship to include more participation and more generational involvement. 2. Running out of newly consecrated hosts: Discussion on how to keep the flow of Eucharistic when the newly consecrated hosts run out and we have to use hosts in the Tabernacle. We will start having one of the Eucharistic Ministers take the ciborium out of the tabernacle when they come to the altar. This will not eliminate "running out" of newly consecrated hosts but it will be less conspicuous than having to go over to the tabernacle and get out the ciborium during the middle of "serving" Eucharistic Ministers Approach the Altar: SJW does it at the Great Amen. Other parishes have the ministers approach after the sign of peace. Father Mark suggested that we start having Eucharistic Ministers start coming up to the altar after the sign of Peace as indicated by the G.I.R.M. A good time to start this will be at Nativity. This would flow better with what Nativity already does. The Advent Environment at Nativity: Nativity will contact us to attend a combined Advent Environment meeting at Nativity. SJW Hospitality: Dick and the Archdiocean Worship Committee are reading a book called Radical Hospitality. He would like the Liturgy Committee to also read this. The goal is to have it read by the January Christmas party and we will discuss it at that time. Hopefully we can brainstorm and come up with ideas to improve the overall hospitality in our parish. Suggestion: On October 23 the parish faith sharing groups are meeting. Dave will present to the group about being a "Welcoming Group" for when we move to Nativity. Pastoral Council Invitation: November 22, 2005 the Liturgy Committee is invited to come to the Pastoral Council and present our goals and activities. We will need to address the following question "How does the Liturgy Committee maintain energy as a committee?" AND "What intergenerational ministries do we have to offer the parish?" Julie Hill will report to the Pastoral Council. Learning….. Prayer…… Service……. And Celebration: (not necessarily in that order) is how we maintain energy as a committee. Committee Expansion: There was discussion on getting more NEW people involved in committees. Father Mark suggested that maybe we need to switch around committees. Some people have been on the same committees for years. Do we need to shake up the active members to integrate new blood in committees, or can we use the "Stewardship" drive to recruit additional involvement? A call for Adult Funeral Servers: Invite people who may be available to serve mass for funerals and daily masses. This ministry would be open to men and women. Discussion about Youth Involvement: How can we keep the youth involved in the parish? Having the youth ministers integrated at all Masses instead of only at the youth mass was one suggestion. There is a concern that since our school will only go to 5th grade, we may lose the Jr High transition to high school and overall youth involvement. Discussion on ways to keep youth active. Eucharist for the Homebound: Suggestion: Each homebound Eucharistic minister to be called up by name. Have each person put their name on the pix prior to mass and Father Mark will call them forth by name. Announcements: Again announcements are getting LONG! Can these be cut out? It has been discussed many times by this committee. It was even tried to not have announcements, then only concise announcements and eventually we go back to LONG announcements. Can they be done prior to Mass? Next L&SG committee meeting will involve the Advent Committee and Christmas Committee only. Zeckser and McCoullough = Advent Christmas - TBA Volunteers? The meeting adjourned at 9:10. Respectfully submitted Lois Leytem 2005-2006 Liturgy meetings will be held on the first Thursday evening of the month. The calendar is as follows: Oct. 6 - 7pm - All - 8pm - Remembrance of Deceased (Hill, Hill & Environment) Nov. 3 - 7pm - Advent (Zeckser, McCoulough & Environment) Dec. 1 - 7pm - Christmas (volunteers ????) Jan. 5 - 7pm - All (+ holiday party at Laura Knabel's) Feb. 2 - 7pm - Lenten (Zeckser & Leytem & Hardie and Environment) Mar. 2 - 7pm - Triduum / Easter (Tschiggfrie, Tschiggfrie, Leytem & Wiezorick) Apr. 6 - 7pm - All (Kringle, Walsh, & Environment) May 4 - 7pm - All Jun. 1 - 6:30pm - All (summer picnic) (at the Leytem Ranch) September 1, 2005 Present: Lois Leytem., Karen Zeckser, Corinne McCullough, Steve and Julie Hill, Joyce Scherner, Laura Knabel, Steve MacDonald, Deb and Dave Tschiggfrie, Nancy Kringle, Dick Beaves. Prayer and reflection: Karen Zeckser Deacon concerns: Deacon Steve MacDonald expressed a concern about an issue with the new G.I.R.M.. When he has read the Prayers of the Faithful, at times, the scheduled commentator has expressed disappointment when all they have to do was to make the announcements at the end of Mass. Steve would rather not read the Prayers of the Faithful, and is concerned with name pronunciations. Therefore, he would prefer to let the scheduled commentator read these. The committee felt it was fine and that ultimately it would be up to Steve and Fr. Mark to determine who will read the Prayers of the Faithful. Eucharist Karen shared her concern about Masses running short of Eucharist that was consecrated at that Mass and ministers having to go to the Tabernacle to retrieve consecrated hosts The committee suggested that Father consecrate more at each Sunday Mass and then less during the week. Another recommendation was to talk to Fr. Mark to try to come up with a way to not "run out" and perhaps take the ciborium to the altar prior to the fractioning, it would not be as obvious that they were "reserved". The committee felt that assuring enough consecrated hosts would demonstrate greater hospitality at the Eucharist table. Dick will speak with Fr. Mark and report back. 2005-2006 Liturgy meetings Meetings will be held on the first Thursday evening of the month unless the sub-group decides to change. The calendar is as follows: OCT. 6 7pm - FULL COMMITTEE ALL 8pm - Remembrance of Deceased Hills & Environment Nov. 3 7pm - Advent Zeckser, McCoulough & Environment Dec. 1 7pm - Christmas (VOLUNTEERS NEEDED) JAN. 5 7pm - Evaluation Advent/ Christmas ALL holiday party at Laura Knabel's Feb. 2 7pm - Lenten Zeckser & Leytem & Hardie and Environment Mar. 2 7pm - Triduum Tschiggfries, Leytem, Wiezorick & Environment APR. 6 7pm - Evaluation of LENT ALL 8pm Easter Season Planning Kringle, Walsh, & Environment MAY 4 7pm- Triduum Evaluation ALL JUN. 1 6:30pm Evaluation of EASTER SEASON ALL summer picnic (LOIE'S) Ranch An agenda will be e-mailed prior to each meeting. Liturgy writers We need to expand by inviting more people to write with already formed groups. Currently we have 3 paired groups and there is a need to look for others to work into this ministry. Can we think of youth that could be Liturgy writers. These were names that were brought forward…Sarah Tschiggfrie, Tony Hardie, Emily Hunt, Anna Hoppmann, Kate Neebel. The suggestion was made that perhaps Lynn Cunningham and the youth board would consider doing petitions. Dick suggested letting them do the 5th Sunday and or Holiday petitions. Dick will take this to staff and report back at the next meeting. Discussion on the Children's Liturgy of the Word: It was recommended that we implement a procession for the children to bring up canned goods and put them in the Sanctuary in a basket. Further suggestion would be to have a can on the altar if the children want to put in coins. Karen shared they do this in Minnesota at every Mass. Laura said they also do this at St. Columbkille . The song for prep. of gifts is not sung until this procession is over. Suggestion to do it only on the Sundays that there is no Children's Liturgy. Suggestion that we do it on the first and second Sundays. Dick will take this to staff and report back at the next meeting. Renovation Julie Hill and the renovation committee members gave a report on the renovation progress. They shared that there were going to be areas that may need to be left out of the current project or at least not planned for immediately to remain within a budget of approx.$1.8 million. The liturgy committee members recommend that Father Mark update parishioners at weekend liturgies about the renovation developments, either before Mass or prior to sending forth. Next Meeting October 6 @ 7:00pm in the School Conference Room Homework before next meeting; How does the Liturgy Committee maintain energy as a committee? What intergenerational ministries do we have to offer the parish? Next meeting prayer: Karen Zeckser Respectfully submitted Lois Leytem Liturgy and Spiritual Growth Meeting June 8, 2005 The annual "End of Liturgical Year" potluck meeting was held on Wednesday, June 8, 2005. Fr. Mark Ressler graciously hosted the event. Those in attendance were: Father Ressler, Julie and Steve Hill, Dick and Mary Beaves, Karen and Ken Zeckser, Dave and Deb Tschiggfrie, Kevin Walsh, Corinne McCullough and Gary, and Lois Leytem. Following the dinner a short meeting was held to discuss the Renovation and impending transition from St. Joseph the Worker to Nativity Church for masses. The expected move date will be mid July (17 or 24). The committee decided to have some kind of "Transition Ceremony". It was suggested to have a simple blessing with a simple procession after the 11:00 Mass of the determined weekend. There will be a training session for Eucharistic Ministers (and other other ministries deemed in need of transitional training). Dick Beaves will be going over to the Nativity Church to check out their liturgical ceremony norms. Beginning at the Nativity held liturgies, Eucharistic Ministers will be directed to go up to the altar at the Sign of Peace. (rather than at the Great Amen). Dave Tschiggfie suggested that we increase our Hospitality Minister numbers. It would be good to have as many as 4-6 more Greeters to welcome our community and outside visitors and also to pass out the Mass booklets. Dave also recommended that the Liturgy Committee members would be the ideal greeters if we could arrange to spread out and attend the mix of masses offered. Dave further volunteered to organize this endeavor. More suggestions were: To rope off the back of the Church to have the assembly closer to the altar and also to encourage community closeness. This suggestion was discouraged as it may alienate some people who prefer or need the back seats. Other methods of encouraging the assembly to come to the front were discussed. The Liturgy Committee will not meet again until September. Because of space constraints and multiple meetings on Mondays and Tuesday, it was suggested and approved that the Liturgy meetings will be held on the first Thursday evening of the month, beginning with the September 1, 2005 Liturgical Calendar Planning Meeting. The meetings will be held at the Rectory until Renovation completion (unless otherwise noticed). A happy and safe summer to all. Lois Leytem, Secretary pro tem







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