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"A parish pastoral council is a consultative body to the pastor, composed of members of the (pastor) and members of the parish, which promotes pastoral action through reflection and planning. The pastoral council helps the parish community to: be in touch with its identity and its values; articulate its vision/mission; and identify achievable goals." Mary Kay Bailey, O.P., "Choosing Pastoral Council Members"
The Newman Parish Council is a 12-member leadership group that reflects the diversity of our campus-parish community. We meet once a month throughout the year, focusing on parish pulse-taking, visioning, and short- and long-range planning. Current priorities include communications initiatives (especially electronic and Web-based); planning for physical and capital needs (with the finance committee); adult & youth education and faith-sharing; social and community service; and hospitality/outreach.
We are always interested in hearing from you! Please leave messages for us at the reception desk for the Pastoral Council mailbox.
Parish Council May 2011 Meeting Minutes (60 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 60 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 24 KB) formats.
Parish Council April 2011 Meeting Minutes (76 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 60 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 20 KB) formats.
Parish Council March 2011 Meeting Minutes (92 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 60 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council February 2011 Meeting Minutes (100 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 64 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 32 KB) formats.
Parish Council January 2011 Meeting Minutes (64 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 56 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council December 2010 Meeting Minutes (76 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 60 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 32 KB) formats.
Parish Council November 2010 Meeting Minutes (84 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 76 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 20 KB) formats.
Parish Council October 2010 Meeting Minutes (68 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 52 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council September 2010 Meeting Minutes (44 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 48 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 16 KB) formats.
There are no minutes from the June-August 2010 meetings.
Parish Council May 2010 Meeting Minutes (60 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 88 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
There are no minutes from the April 2010 meeting.
Parish Council March 2010 Meeting Minutes (48 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 56 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 16 KB) formats.
There are no minutes from the February 2010 meeting
Parish Council January 2010 Meeting Minutes (56 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 52 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 32 KB) formats.
Parish Council December 2009 Meeting Minutes (64 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 56 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 24 KB) formats.
Parish Council November 2009 Meeting Minutes (48 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 48 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 32 KB) formats.
Parish Council October 2009 Meeting Minutes (44 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 48 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 16 KB) formats.
Parish Council September 2009 Meeting Minutes (44 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 52 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 16 KB) formats.
No parish council meeting was held in August 2009.
There are no minutes from the May 2009 meeting
Parish Council February 2009 Meeting Minutes (60 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 56 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 32 KB) formats.
Parish Council January 2009 Meeting Minutes (116 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council December 2008 Meeting Minutes (116 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council October 2008 Meeting Minutes (112 KB .pdf file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council September 2008 Meeting Minutes (108 KB Portable Document Format (.pdf) file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
No Parish Council meeting was held in August 2008.
Parish Council June 2008 Meeting Minutes (52 KB Portable Document Format (.pdf) file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 28 KB) formats.
Parish Council May 2008 Meeting Minutes (72 KB Portable Document Format (.pdf) file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 44 KB) formats.
Parish Council April 2008 Meeting Minutes (64 KB Portable Document Format (.pdf) file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 48 KB) formats.
Parish Council March 2008 Meeting Minutes (76 KB Portable Document Format (.pdf) file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 20 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 44 KB) formats.
Parish Council January 2008 Meeting Minutes (60 KB Portable Document Format (.pdf) file) (or in Open Document Text (.odt; 16 KB) or Microsoft Word (.doc; 48 KB) formats.
Parish survey: We conducted a survey of Newman/Holy Spirit and heard from close to 300 parishioners! A downloadable summary of the results (77K PDF file) is available.
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