Minutes from the 8/9/11 Secretariat Meeting
Attendees: Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Jean Noon, School of Leaders
Duffy/Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
John/Toni Rausch, Team Selection Committee
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent: Mike Green, Treasurer
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
Carol Poplin, Fourth Day Committee
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:15 p.m. after prayer and sharing.
• Treasurer’s Report. Discussion ensued about possible successors to Mike Green, whose term is nearly up.
• Team Selection. Team selection is complete for the fall Weekends. A copyright question regarding reproduction of manuals was discussed and the Secretariat agreed there was no problem with the distribution limited to team members. The spring 2012 Weekend dates at Missionhurst in Arlington will be March 22-25 for the women and April 19-22 for the men. Discussion ensued regarding potential rectors and rectoras.
• School of Leaders. Jean outlined the schedule for upcoming School of Leader events. New Cursillistas in particular will be encouraged to attend the October 22 session at St. Charles Borromeo in Arlington where the purpose and mission of SOL will be discussed, similar to the spring 2011 session at Queen of Peace.
• Octoberfest. John and Mimi reminded the Secretariat that we all are to encourage our committees to volunteer to help with—and to attend!—this event September 17 at St. John Neumann in Reston.
• Area II Meeting. The next Area II meeting will be October 14-16 in New Jersey. Mimi asked for Secretariat members to prayerfully consider offering to go as she will not be able to attend. Cursillo will pay expenses for one person to represent us there.
• Lay Director Selection Process. Mimi noted the latest Our Banner provided the basics for the process. She would like to have all those called to consider service as our next lay director to provide vision statements to share with the entire community around Thanksgiving. We will then have a Saturday morning session at which the community can come and ask questions of the candidates. The community will gather again in January or February, most likely at Missionhurst, and the Secretariat will meet that evening and select Mimi’s successor. The new lay director will be installed at a Mass in late spring.
• Weekend Committee. The committee is in good shape for the fall Weekends. Cursillo will hire an appropriate party to clean the kitchens after the Weekends. The rector and rectora will determine whether to have Masses at the end of the Weekends.
• Communications. Mel and Lyn McGee from the committee planned to have a kickoff meeting the following day with the designer who will handle the revamped Web site. The committee committed to a hands-on training session and a how-to guide for the Secretariat and its committees’ members when the site goes live, which should be in about six weeks. Arlington Cursillo will pay up to $1,500 with a donor covering remaining costs. Mel neglected to bring hard copies of our database but will do so at the next Secretariat meeting.
The meeting closed at 9:00 p.m. with prayer.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Minutes from the 6/9/11 Secretariat Meeting
Minutes from the 6/9/11 Secretariat Meeting
Attendees: Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Carol Poplin, Fourth Day Committee
Jean Noon, School of Leaders
Duffy/Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent: Mike Green, Treasurer
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
John Rausch, Team Selection Committee
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:55 p.m. after prayer and sharing.
• Treasurer’s Report and Pre-Cursillo. There were no reports.
• Team Selection. Duffy will be rectora and Mark LaVerdiere will be the rector for the fall 2011 Weekends and team selection is proceeding. Deacon Dale Avery will be the spiritual director for the men and Pat Durkin lay spiritual director for the women. At the time of the meeting, priests were being contacted to serve on the Weekends.
• School of Leaders. Jean reported that next year our topic will be “Fruit in the Fourth Day.” There will be no July SOL sessions but we will resume in August and September. An orientation session to welcome the new babe chicks is tentatively set for October 22.
• Weekend Committee. The Secretariat offered to buy “Glory and Praise” songbooks for the San Damiano chapel; the songbooks also would be used at Weekend Closings. The committee is finalizing the purchase.
• Communications. Mel circulated the two proposals received and explained why the committee was going to pursue one option. Arlington Cursillo will be asked for $1,500; a community member volunteered to pay additional costs. We still hope to have the project complete in time for the fall Weekends. The committee would retain control of the site after this work is done, and one goal will be to give the ministries more access and control over their areas of the site. Discussion ensued on Secretariat members’ wish lists. Databases also were discussed. Lyn McGee maintains the Arlington Cursillo database. Mel will get a copy of the database and bring it to the Secretariat retreat for review. Going forward, each Weekend’s angel will provide Lyn with the final updated contact information for babe chicks, team members, and spiritual directors after the Weekend is completed.
• Fourth Day Committee. Holy Family will host a diocesan Ultreya, preferably on November 5 or 19. Discussion ensued about information nights, and ways to let recent babe chicks know about other Cursillistas in their parishes.
• Other. The spring 2012 Women’s Weekend will be March 22-25 and the Men’s Weekend will be April 19-22. Both will be at Missionhurst.
The meeting closed at 9:15 p.m. with prayer.
Attendees: Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Carol Poplin, Fourth Day Committee
Jean Noon, School of Leaders
Duffy/Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent: Mike Green, Treasurer
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
John Rausch, Team Selection Committee
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:55 p.m. after prayer and sharing.
• Treasurer’s Report and Pre-Cursillo. There were no reports.
• Team Selection. Duffy will be rectora and Mark LaVerdiere will be the rector for the fall 2011 Weekends and team selection is proceeding. Deacon Dale Avery will be the spiritual director for the men and Pat Durkin lay spiritual director for the women. At the time of the meeting, priests were being contacted to serve on the Weekends.
• School of Leaders. Jean reported that next year our topic will be “Fruit in the Fourth Day.” There will be no July SOL sessions but we will resume in August and September. An orientation session to welcome the new babe chicks is tentatively set for October 22.
• Weekend Committee. The Secretariat offered to buy “Glory and Praise” songbooks for the San Damiano chapel; the songbooks also would be used at Weekend Closings. The committee is finalizing the purchase.
• Communications. Mel circulated the two proposals received and explained why the committee was going to pursue one option. Arlington Cursillo will be asked for $1,500; a community member volunteered to pay additional costs. We still hope to have the project complete in time for the fall Weekends. The committee would retain control of the site after this work is done, and one goal will be to give the ministries more access and control over their areas of the site. Discussion ensued on Secretariat members’ wish lists. Databases also were discussed. Lyn McGee maintains the Arlington Cursillo database. Mel will get a copy of the database and bring it to the Secretariat retreat for review. Going forward, each Weekend’s angel will provide Lyn with the final updated contact information for babe chicks, team members, and spiritual directors after the Weekend is completed.
• Fourth Day Committee. Holy Family will host a diocesan Ultreya, preferably on November 5 or 19. Discussion ensued about information nights, and ways to let recent babe chicks know about other Cursillistas in their parishes.
• Other. The spring 2012 Women’s Weekend will be March 22-25 and the Men’s Weekend will be April 19-22. Both will be at Missionhurst.
The meeting closed at 9:15 p.m. with prayer.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Minutes from the 1/11/11 Secretariat Meeting
Attendees:
Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Carol Poplin, Fourth Day Committee
Jean Noon, School of Leaders
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
Colleen/Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent:
Mike Green, Treasurer
John Rausch, Team Selection Committee
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:20 p.m. after prayer and sharing.
• Treasurer’s Report. Mimi noted that the insurance has been paid.
• Pre-Cursillo. Joan reported we already have two candidates for the spring 2011 Women’s Weekend March 17-20 at Missionhurst.
• Team Selection. Mimi reported a member of the spring women’s team withdrew and another Cursillista has stepped forward. Father Clem is the spiritual director for the spring 2011 Men’s Weekend April 7-10 at Missionhurst.
• School of Leaders. Jean asked for thoughts about what to discuss and study beginning in June. Jean is planning a May potluck that would provide the babe chicks from the most recent Weekends with an opportunity to meet with members of the Secretariat and some spiritual directors. Discussion ensued about dates, but no date was selected. Jean also asked about vehicles to share SOL dates and topics with our community. It was suggested that in addition to the dates on our Web site calendar that Jean write an article for the next issue of Our Banner, which in addition to going to all Arlington diocese Cursillistas will be included in the Fourth Day packets for the spring Weekends. Jean also will be getting in touch with table leaders from recent Weekends to encourage them to share information about upcoming SOLs. Discussion ensued about the name of School of Leaders going forward.
• Weekend Committee. Duffy shared that the spring Women’s Weekend closing will be at the Church of the Nativity. Discussion ensued regarding transportation, clean-up and hymnals.
• Communications. Mel said that the committee met January 22 and developed a requirements document regarding a redesign of arlingtoncursillo.org. We hope to have the request for proposal out to possible bidders in March, with an eye toward having the project complete in time for the fall Weekends. The committee would retain control of the site after this work is done, and one goal will be to give the ministries more access and control over their areas of the site.
• Fourth Day Committee. There was discussion about a Secretariat overnight retreat July 8-9 at Mount Tabor. Carol has made initial contact. Items discussed included spiritual directors, priests, and pricing. Carol will meet with Joan Brown regarding weekend Ultreyas and will look into which Cursillistas are members of Holy Family in Dale City.
• Other. There was discussion of possible rectors and rectoras for the fall Women’s Weekend September 22-25 and the Men’s Weekend October 6-9.
The meeting closed at 8:35 p.m. with prayer.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Minutes from the 1/11/11 Secretariat Meeting
Attendees:
Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Carol Poplin, Fourth Day Committee
Jean Noon, School of Leaders
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent:
Mike Green, Treasurer
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
Colleen/Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
John Rausch, Team Selection Committee
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:20 p.m. after prayer and sharing. Mimi welcomed Carol Poplin as the new Fourth Day Committee chair and Jean Noon, who with her husband Tom is chairing School of Leaders.
• Pre-Cursillo. Mimi reported that Kristy Grossman will handle applications for the spring 2011 Women’s Weekend March 17-20 at Missionhurst since Joan Sheppard is on team. We are in need of a spiritual director for the spring 2011 Men’s Weekend April 7-10 at Missionhurst so Mimi will be talking with some priests. Both teams are in formation.
• Fourth Day Committee. There was discussion about Cursillo information nights and whether encouraging potential candidates to attend a parish Ultreya or other situation in which they could directly experience the love and joy of our community might be preferable. Carol will check in with the Silvas regarding a contact for/status of the Ultreya at St. Mary of Sorrows.
• School of Leaders. Jean asked about Sunday night potlucks for School of Leaders and whether it might encourage attendance. The consensus was that it might be good to try that. Jean will be speaking with the teams now in formation about including School of Leaders in three talks in particular—Leaders, Christian Life, and Total Security. She also asked about dropping the “Leaders” from programs and perhaps calling them “Cursillo Service School.” Positive discussion ensued and Jean was encouraged to write an article about this for an upcoming issue of Our Banner. Jean hopes to formalize post-Weekend communications regarding SOL announcements (including the next session’s location and topic). She will ask the rectors and rectoras to provide the e-mail addresses of the designated table leaders who commit to communicating post-Weekend with babe chicks so that the table leaders can share information about SOL with those men and women on an ongoing basis.
• Communications. Mel said that the committee will meet January 22 to develop a requirements document regarding a redesign of arlingtoncursillo.org. The committee would retain control of the site after this work is done, and one goal will be to give the ministries more access and control over their areas of the site. Mel will report back at the February Secretariat meeting.
• Other. There was discussion of future meeting dates and a possible Secretariat overnight retreat this summer. Discussion also was held about possible rectors and rectoras for the fall 2011 Weekends and beyond.
The meeting closed at 8:30 p.m. with prayer.
Mimi Fitzgerald, Lay Director
Carol Poplin, Fourth Day Committee
Jean Noon, School of Leaders
Melanie Rigney, Communications Committee (note taker)
Absent:
Mike Green, Treasurer
Joan Sheppard, Precursillo
Colleen/Phil Kiko, Weekend Committee
John Rausch, Team Selection Committee
Fr. Tuck Grinnell, Spiritual Director
The meeting at Mimi Fitzgerald’s house in Arlington, VA, began at 7:20 p.m. after prayer and sharing. Mimi welcomed Carol Poplin as the new Fourth Day Committee chair and Jean Noon, who with her husband Tom is chairing School of Leaders.
• Pre-Cursillo. Mimi reported that Kristy Grossman will handle applications for the spring 2011 Women’s Weekend March 17-20 at Missionhurst since Joan Sheppard is on team. We are in need of a spiritual director for the spring 2011 Men’s Weekend April 7-10 at Missionhurst so Mimi will be talking with some priests. Both teams are in formation.
• Fourth Day Committee. There was discussion about Cursillo information nights and whether encouraging potential candidates to attend a parish Ultreya or other situation in which they could directly experience the love and joy of our community might be preferable. Carol will check in with the Silvas regarding a contact for/status of the Ultreya at St. Mary of Sorrows.
• School of Leaders. Jean asked about Sunday night potlucks for School of Leaders and whether it might encourage attendance. The consensus was that it might be good to try that. Jean will be speaking with the teams now in formation about including School of Leaders in three talks in particular—Leaders, Christian Life, and Total Security. She also asked about dropping the “Leaders” from programs and perhaps calling them “Cursillo Service School.” Positive discussion ensued and Jean was encouraged to write an article about this for an upcoming issue of Our Banner. Jean hopes to formalize post-Weekend communications regarding SOL announcements (including the next session’s location and topic). She will ask the rectors and rectoras to provide the e-mail addresses of the designated table leaders who commit to communicating post-Weekend with babe chicks so that the table leaders can share information about SOL with those men and women on an ongoing basis.
• Communications. Mel said that the committee will meet January 22 to develop a requirements document regarding a redesign of arlingtoncursillo.org. The committee would retain control of the site after this work is done, and one goal will be to give the ministries more access and control over their areas of the site. Mel will report back at the February Secretariat meeting.
• Other. There was discussion of future meeting dates and a possible Secretariat overnight retreat this summer. Discussion also was held about possible rectors and rectoras for the fall 2011 Weekends and beyond.
The meeting closed at 8:30 p.m. with prayer.
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