St. Henry's Parish Council was established in March, 1983. It consists of seven members-at-large elected from the general parish membership, the Pastor, two trustees and one representative from each of the following organizations: Ladies Club and Men's Club and Stewardship Committee. The purpose of the Parish Council is to recognize the spiritual and temporal needs of the parish, to discuss the means available, and provide the services required to meet those needs. The Council strives toward a clearer, deeper awareness of the nature of the Church and its mission in the world. It provides channels of communication among pastor, religious and laity of St. Henry's Parish.
The Parish Council coordinates all parish activities and assists the parish organization to promote the goals of the parish.
The Parish Council is served by seven committees, as follows:
The Building and Grounds Committee is responsible for the care and maintenance of parish owned facilities, the development of plans for additional facilities required to support parish activities, solicitation, evaluation and recommendation of bids for contracted work, and organization of teams of parishioners for routine maintenance tasks. Chairperson is Richard Kern
This committee strives to build community in our parish, plan and develop opportunities for prayer, worship, and sponsor educational means for increased understanding of our Catholic Faith. Chairperson is Valerie Wuller.
The Finance Committee provides oversight of Parish financial activities. The committee's principal efforts are focused on budget development, monitoring actual expenditures, and submission of financial statements to parishioners. The Committee's responsibilities also include conducting fund raising activities when necessary and developing means that encourage the practice of stewardship. Committee Chairperson - Bill Rice.
The purpose of this committee is to welcome new parishioners, conduct programs to bring parishioners together to come to know each other and find support for their faith, facilitate communications between all groups of the parish and publicize parish activities. The Chairperson is Kim Ahrens.
The purpose of this committee is to work for the elimination of the causes of social problems and strive to alleviate human suffering in the community. Responsibilities include: outreach programs that respond to the needs of the poor, oppressed and imprisoned, initiation of educational programs concerning the teaching of the Church on social justice, and providing parishioners with information about social justice in the parish and community. The current chairpersons are Bob Cerulli and Valerie Pashea.
This committee plans and implements parish stewardship education and oversees the commitment process of time, talent, prayer, and treasure. The committee meets the third Monday of the month from 7:00-8:30pm.
The support of liturgical celebrations through: Environment, recruiting and training of liturgical extra-ordinary ministers, music ministers, and Mass schedules. In addition, we encourage the involvement of individuals in the worship and spiritual life of the parish in liturgies and parish groups. Chairperson is Marie Shellenberg.
Other Activities
ADMINISTRATIVE
The function of this committee is to insure that the organizational needs of the parish are satisfied. In the pursuit of that responsibility, the committee performs such activities as conducting of the Parish Council elections, support for the planning operations of the Council and the Council committees, compilation of information to facilitate the recruitment of both ministry leaders and co-workers. Committee Co-Chairpersons are Robert Pfister and Ivan Tepen.
PRO-LIFE
This program supports the sacred of life from conception to death. Volunteers are needed to participate in phone chain used to encourage people to call politicans regarding urgent issues. Contact person: Joan Homberg or Mabel Grogan