Minutes from the 7/20/10 Secretariat Meeting
Attendees: Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
Kat Sigler, Team Selection Committee (for John Rausch)
Freddie Wall, Fourth Day Committee
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent: Mike Green, Treasurer
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
Mary Lou McGonigle, School of Leaders
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:30 p.m. after prayer and sharing.
• Treasurer’s Report. Mike Green’s report, delivered to the Secretariat via e-mail in advance of the meeting, showed we have a current balance of $7,148.73. The only outlay coming up this month is our account renewal with the US Post Office for $185.00.
• San Damiano Spiritual Life Center. Mimi recapped that we will need to pay $150 extra for use of the center’s kitchen for each of the two upcoming Weekends, and make an additional $150 deposit for each Weekend. The room rates remain unchanged--$60 per person per night for the first night each Weekend, then $40 per person per night for each of the remaining two nights.
• Team Selection. Kat reported the October Men’s Weekend team, with Mike Green as rector, is complete. Ken Telesca will be the lay spiritual director; Mimi is pursuing a priest. Discussion ensured on how we might engage more priests in our movement. We also discussed ways to get more information from Cursillistas about people from their parishes who should be called to serve on teams. Mel will check on whether Lyn McGee or Pete Roth is maintaining our overall database and will advise the Team Selection Committee.
• Weekend Committee. Phil has volunteers for cleanup after the upcoming Women’s Weekend. Duffy will be the committee’s point of contact for that Weekend. Discussion ensued over whether we should have Mass at the Closing. Mimi will talk with Carol Eager, the rectora, about her thoughts.
• Communications. Mel shared that the electronic Banner is distributed every month (June was delayed for personal reasons) and the printed version is distributed every other month, with adjustments so that the print version is mailed shortly before the four Weekends each year. The Catholic Heritage Festival will be October 2 in Centreville. It was agreed that Mel will make a donation on Arlington Cursillo’s behalf and seek help from the Communications Committee or other Cursillistas to staff the booth (11 a.m.-4 p.m.).
• Discussion ensued about electronic vs. paper communications. Mike Green will be asked for a list of those who contributed to Cursillo using the paper Banner vs. the link on our Web site. The spring 2011 Women’s Weekend will be March 17-20.
• Post-Cursillo. Mimi is asking people in our community to prayerfully consider helping with the responsibilities of this committee. Mimi would like to see a large committee with responsibilities divided up, such as Phil and Duffy have done with the Weekend Committee.
• Secretariat Retreat. The retreat was tentatively scheduled for September 17-18 at Mount Tabor.
The meeting closed at 8:45 p.m. with prayer.
