St. Ignatius Pastoral Council Meeting
Monday, June 14, 2021 at 7:00 PM
Virtual Meeting via Zoom
Present: Father Casciotti, Andrew Lacovara, Len Heckwolf, Joe Hillery, Barbara Ipsaro, Barbara Lazzati, Ryan Bixler, Toni Moore-Duggan, Kevin Burdinski, and Rene DeBrabander
1. Pastor’s Report – Father Jim
Church Budget:
– We discussed the FY22 budget that will be presented to the Finance Council for approval.
– We came in $5,000 short for the FY21 year, so we decreased the FY22 budget by that much.
– Hospitality line item will be updated.
– We expect the accounting expenses to go down in the future once the properties are off the Church books.
– We budgeted for a pre-cana weekend, but it should break even if we end up doing one.
– The overall budget is about breakeven for FY22.
Historic Trust Budget:
– The rental income is gone now since the properties were transferred.
– No big capital projects, but we budgeted $50,000 to be sage, and now no more property expenditures.
– The overall budget is about a $30,000 surplus.
– The move to the new building is done, but the elevator will get a new coating of paint
2. Survey Results – Len
– We started a survey of the online and in-person masses and volunteering. We have about 180 responses already and are expecting more!
– 82% of those that responded attended the mass online and 35% of that have never attended mass prior to online.
– Over 100 respondents wrote a comment. There were a lot of positive comments!
– There was a lot of interest in volunteering and several people gave a phone number or email address.
– Len will circulate the results when it is completed.
3. Other Items
– Ushering. Question raised: when will be able to open the church for regular seating? In two weeks, the three-foot rule goes away for vaccinated people. Unvaccinated people follow the three-foot rule. Masks required until the City Mayor removes the mandate.
– Ministries are being asked to make a video of why they come to St. Ignatius.
– Sending out a note to the PREP program asking the parents and kids to become a reader at mass.
– Asked the ministry heads to hear what the anti-racism task force is doing.
– Andrew is still helping at Corpus Christi and splitting duties.
4. Closing Prayer
– Len closed with prayer
5. Upcoming Meetings
12 July
13 September
11 October
8 November
6 December
