St. Joseph the Worker - Mass Schedule

PASTORAL COUNCIL:
St. Joseph the Worker Pastoral Council serves the parish as the representatives of the parish and shares with the pastor the responsibility of the vision, planning, and decision making required for the parish. Membership on the Council is attained through election by the parish at large, or by appointment from the pastor. The Pastoral Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:00 PM in the Martin Hall Meeting Room. All meetings are open to parish members.

PARISH COMMITTEES:

Liturgy & Spiritual Growth - This committee nourishes and gives direction to the liturgical life of the parish and promotes opportunities for the spiritual growth and development of its members. Some areas of focus for this committee are:

Chairperson:

Julie Hill

Parish Life - This group encourages family and parish activities that strengthen Christian community, fostering a sense of belonging among all members of the parish. Some areas of focus for this committee are:

Developing ways to involve many parishioners in parish ministries and activities.
Strengthening hospitality efforts among parishioners.
Helping to welcome new parishioners to the parish.

Chairperson:

Tim Thill

Education and Faith Formation Committee - Unlike other Council committees, this committee operates according to its own Constitution as approved by the Parish Council and the Archdiocesan Board of Education. The primary goal is the catechetical needs of the total parish community. This "cradle to grave" approach assures that all the parish is served educationally according to their needs during the entire course of their lives. The board oversees the Religious Education Program, Youth Ministry and the Adult Faith Formation Committee. The Board of Education meets monthly on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:00 PM in the Martin Hall meeting room.

Chairperson:

Suellen Flynn

Social Concerns - This group promotes and enables members of the parish to respond to the social problems of today - giving special care to the poor, the lonely, aged, the oppressed and minority groups. The committee is able to reach out to many through the generosity of the parish community.
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Chairperson:

Sandy Radke

Finance - This group plans and oversees the financial affairs of the parish. It develops the parish budget in collaboration with the Board of Education, parish Staff members and the Parish Council. It is concerned with stewardship and church support, and it supports the necessary administrative and financial resources needed to sustain the mission and ongoing development of the parish community.

Chairperson:

Jeff Gonner

Building and Grounds - This committee promotes the effective utilization and maintenance of the parish facilities, recording areas in need of repair or replacement and submitting these needs to the Parish Council.

Chairperson:

Tim Tranel

Endowment and Development
The work of the committee is to promote Catholic education and ensure its future within the parish. The committee does this

Through the development and management of the parish's Educational Endowment Fund.
By developing a Planned Giving Program and educating parish members on how to participate in Planned Giving.

Chairperson:

Kim Keuter

Stewardship
The stewardship committee works with other committees within the parish and the parish at-large to educate them on a stewardship way of life, on prayer, on discernment of gifts and on evangelization. Its goals are to recognize the need to give thanks to God for his many gifts and to continue to support the mission of the Church.

The committee educates itself, the various parish committees, and the parish as a whole in the following ways:
* by providing information on the stewardship way of life,
* by promoting prayer at meetings and parish gatherings, supporting a strong liturgical life for the parish, encouraging the formation of faith-sharing groups, * by encouraging a wide range of prayer experiences, etc.,
* by providing education on the discernment of gifts - to help members of the parish to both understand their gifts and how they can use them to serve the parish and the larger community, and
* by continuing to promote evangelization, seeing it as an extension of hospitality.

Website - This committee works to make recommendations regarding technological needs of the parish. They have worked to upgrade the telephone system and to provide networking for computers in the school and offices. Presently the Website committee is working on the development of the website.

Chairperson:		Doug Olk -Website

Minutes of Website Committee Meetings and policies

Vocation Committee -This Committee works to create within the parish an awareness of vocations to religious life, priesthood and the diaconate, and to foster such vocational activities. The Vocation Committee does this in a variety of ways including:

Special educational opportunities on the topic of vocations
Use of various media to keep both parish members and the larger community aware of vocations.

Planned observances of Vocation Awareness Week in January and World Day of Prayer for Vocations in the spring of the year.

Chairperson:

Ron Wetjen