St. Henry Parish

Parish Council Notes  

• Administrative Update
  • Finance Update:
    • Budget preview for next fiscal year (beginning July 1)
    • Forecast shared by Josh Wendel & Kelly Broering from the finance council
  • Buildings & Grounds:
    • St. Bernard Capital Campaign:
      • Tuck pointing is expected to be completed by August.
    • Each of these projects are the result of discussions between us here in the office and the Buildings & Grounds crews.
      • St. Henry Cemetery Asphalt Sealcoat: for the asphalt drive will be taken care of this summer by Taylor Painting and Striping & will be paid for with the St. Henry Cemetery Account. The estimated cost is $6,945.66.
      • St. Henry CCD Center Sanitary Line: sewage lines are in need of immediate repair (old cast iron lines that are disintegrating). Tom's Construction will replace the section of this pipe that we can get to from outside the building before the asphalt work begins on the south parking lot. They will dig through the current asphalt to lay a new pvc line, the old pipe will be abandoned. The estimated cost for this section is $14,659.13.
        • The section of pipe beneath the building itself will hopefully be "sleeved"; we are still working on estimates for that.
        • This project is not fully funded at this time.
      • St. Henry South Parking Lot: asphalt needs to be replaced. We’re planning this work for the fall by Buehler Asphalt for an estimated price of $65,728.74 (which is already funded). This does not include painting parking stalls, which will likely be an additional $2k-$4k from another vendor.
  • New Pastoral Council Members:
    • Joe Wourms
    • Erica Franck
    • Ryan Buschur
    • Matt Lochtefeld
    • Pam Moody
• Beacons Update
  • Congresso (the last stop from Rome) responded about St. Aloysius - the decree for the merger of our parish still stands. No further appeal can be made at this point. The merger of St. Aloysius is final. We have not heard yet for the remaining appeals.
• Evangelization:
  • Triumph of the Heart Promotion: We're a parish partner to help promote this movie. Need to sell 120 tickets for the showing to take place. Tentatively scheduled for August 20, 2025 @ 7pm @ Celina Movie Theater. $25/ticket.
  • Father shared an article via email about how to share good drinking norms/establish boundaries in the family and home.
    • Suggested a "fast" similar to the technology fast. Perhaps hosting a family night for parents/high schoolers.
  • Parish Mission during Lent for 1 week:
    • A priest will come in to speak on how to keep or bring children back to the Church.
• Community:
  • There will be a Parish Picnic once a year, rotating around the 5 churches and coordinating with the Saint’s Feast Day.
    • This year it will be at St. Bernard in honor of St. Bernard's Feast Day on August 24 @12pm
    • Need volunteers to help prepare & on the day of.