PARISH LIFE
GROUP/COMMITTEE
The
Parish Life Group will be made up of the following sub groups.
An
individual should be chosen to represent these groups and to report to the
Pastor.
Events Planning
Publicity
Historical Society
PASTORAL LIFE
Parish Life Group was
formed December of 2005 in keeping with the newly enhanced Pastoral
Council. The Parish Life Group should
rely heavily on parishioners and organizations for volunteers. The goal is that all events become more of a
“parish project”. (Although initially
for the first year, the groups would need to be established.) An example of entire parish involvement
would be the parish picnic.
The group will
consist of the Events Planning Committee, Publicity, and the Historical
Society,
Each mini-group should also have a leader.
The Parish Life Representative can be one of the leaders from the
individual groups or a group member.
This will be determined by the entire Parish Life Committee at the
first operation meeting.
The Representative would
be the liaison between the groups and Father, in the event that Father is
unable to attend the meetings. This is
in keeping with “Envisioning Ministry”.
These mini-groups can work independently, but periodic meetings are
suggested. Communication between the
groups is essential. Also,
representatives from all organizations should be asked to attend. This interaction should help to further
improve parish participation. This will
also give each organization the ability to assist in the planning stages. This is particularly important since the
Pastoral Council’s function will be of a spiritual nature. Currently, representatives of the
organizations attend the Pastoral Council.
Their movement to the Pastoral Life Group is logical.
EVENTS PLANNING
The Events Planning
Group should consist of at least six individuals who coordinate the involvement
of the parishioners. An administrator
or pair of administrators would facilitate the planning process. Team members should attempt to make a
commitment of a minimum of one calendar.
Replacements should be recruited in September to insure continuity for
the following year.
Based on the current Events
Planning Schedule:
Spaghetti Dinner January/February
Easter Egg Hunt March/April
Parish Picnic August
Santa Luncheon December
Meetings should be
held on a quarterly basis. (It would be
logical to have these meetings approximately six weeks before the actual
event.) The number of meetings could be
adjusted as needed depending on new projects.
The Pastor would be
invited to attend all meetings and should be advised on all events and project
planning. Events and new projects are
subject to Pastor’s approval.
MEMBERS FOR 2006
Roger
Repasi
Diana
Sirianni
PUBLICITY
COORDINATOR
PUBLICITY FOR 2006
Mary and Bob Harrill
Objective:
The Publicity Coordinator handles all publicity and advertising for the
Parish including all Parish activities, School related items and all Parish
Organizations.
The ideal situation
is for one individual to handle this responsibility in an effort to build and
maintain strong rapport with all the advertising media.
The media includes,
but is not limited to: TV Web sites, Tribune
Review Web site, Post Gazette, Tribune Review, Pgh Catholic, Times Express,
Penn-Trafford, Murrysville Star, McKessport Daily News, radio stations, various
church bulletins, etc.
The responsibility
also includes the gathering of data for the monthly calendar. This involves the gathering of data and the
publication of the calendar, as well as the responsibility of inserting into
the bulletin.
The Publicity
Coordinator has also become the “Official Photographer” of the Parish. These photos are submitted to the Webmaster
who posts on out Web Site. (Should
attempt to take photos of as many activities as possible). Photos are of particular interest on the web
site.
In addition to
maintaining a log of all publicity and a scrapbook of articles, the Coordinator
also assists in the development and maintenance of the Web Site.
1.
Write and e-mail
weekly newsletter
2.
Clip publicity from
newspapers and place into log book
3.
Plan ahead for this
week’s submissions.
4.
Submit all pictures
to Jerry Kennedy, the webmaster.
5.
Review the Web
Site.
6.
Write articles for
submissions
7.
Arrange for photo
shoots
8.
Submit several
articles each week (all articles are not printed)
9.
Maintain
communication with all Organizations and in particular the school in order to
provide the best opportunities for publicity
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
CHAIRMAN FOR 2006
Laura
Nicolazzo
The Historical Society’s prime function is to preserve the history of
North American Martyrs School.
The current leader of the Historical Society is Laura Nicolazzo.
