St. Henry Parishes

Parish Council Notes 

• Admin Update 
  • Finances: 
    • We are about $40,000 in the red on our weekly collections YTD.
    • We had interest payments, etc. come in through September so we ended up closing the 1st quarter about $7,800 in the red overall.
    • The Annual Parish Report will come out this fall sometime in a review of last years numbers. 
  • Buildings/Grounds:
    • Concrete Sidewalks were redone at St. Henry. Start date TBD for the resurfacing of the steps. 
    • SB Capital Campaign:
      • Masonry work will begin in November with Trisco likely breaking through the winter at some point. 
      • We've met our fundraising goal for this phase and will continue to collect for future phases.
    • Looking into the SB sound system.
  • Staffing:
    • CYO Directors: Nate Buschur and Chris Rindler have stepped up to tag team this position
• Formation:
  •  No news.
• Spiritual:
  • Spanish Mass will be moving to Montezuma by the end of November.
  • Prayers before/after Mass
    • It has been suggested that these should be removed - Consensus was to keep them
  • Patriotic Rosary - Oct. 29 @ 6:30 PM
    • Need 50 volunteers to just hold a candle (no speaking) can be adults or kids.  Let Mary know if available.
  • Youth Pumpkin Rosary to end abortion
    • Sunday Oct. 20 at 6:00 PM on Church Steps
• Human: 
  • Saint Martin’s Feast Day (Martinstag) - November 11 @ 6:30 PM
    • Traditional German Feast
    • Horse and soldier, pauper
    • Paper lanterns
    • Bonfire
    • Sweet pretzels, Mulled Wine, Hot Chocolate
    • Tell the story of Saint Martin
• Mass Schedule
  • Fr. Hess met with some parishioners and they raised a few questions/suggestions: the question of a rotating Mass schedule was brought up again.
    • Proposed rotation
      • 1st - SA
      • 2nd- SF
      • 3rd - SW
      • 4th - SF
      • 5th - SF
    • Proposed Schedule:
      • 4:30 SH 
      • 7:30 - Rotating Mass
      • 8:30 - SH
      • 9:00 - SB  (discontinue confessions at SB)
      • 10:30 - SH - High Mass
        • High Mass must be at a church that has another Mass