"Conscious of the risen Lord's presence among us, we ask ourselves today the same question put to Peter in Jerusalem immediately after his Pentecost speech: 'What must we do?' ~Acts 2:37

Parish Pastoral Council Corner

When you attend Mass on Sunday, have you ever thought about how the grass gets cut, or who shoveled all of the snow, or who sent the check in for the heating and electric bill
that month? If any of you were like me, you probably didn’t give these matters much thought, and just enjoyed God’s presence in the warm and friendly surroundings that is the Saint
Blase community.

But there is a operational side to Saint Blase that most members don’t regularly have interaction with that maintains not only the building, but also handles the logistics of
scheduling, program development, and all of the other “paperwork” that comes with a community the size if Saint Blase.

One of the functions performed by the operations side of Saint Blase is the maintaining of an accurate parish member roster. Recently, to help make sure that our roster was accurate,
the parish sent letters to some families inquiring if they still wanted to be considered active members of the parish. Needless to say, these letters generated a wide range of
responses! The intent of these letters was not to scold or to pressure anyone into giving more, but instead to help give the office an up-to-date and accurate member roster.
This roster is used for many different purposes. It functions as our mailing list when information needs to be sent out to members of the parish community and it is used when
printing the weekly envelopes. The roster is also used to calculate what our annual assessment to the Archdiocese is going to be so that we can be sure our contribution is accurate.

The primary way of maintaining an accurate roster is through the use of the pre-printed envelopes we use on Sunday. So, if possible, when giving of your Treasure, try to use these
envelopes. If you share your treasures in another way, don’t hesitate to give office a call from time to time to update your information.

Dave Roy

Parish Pastoral Council Members

CHAIR: Rob Maleszyk
VICE CHAIR: Sarah Ivan
SECRETARY: Karyn Rudzinski
VICARIATE REP: Sue Perna
Diana Borboni
Anthony Howell
Charisse Cossu-Kowalski
Deborah Pricopio
Tara Revyn
Chuck Ruebelman
Corry Trumbull
Stacy Ziarko

COMMISSIONS
CHRISTIAN SERVICE: Doug Van Buren
EDUCATION: .............................................................................
LITURGY PLANNING: Kathy McGrath
STEWARDSHIP: ..........................................................................

COMMITTEE / ORGANIZATION
EVANGELIZATION: John and Linda Morgan
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS: Mike Krotche

Parish Pastoral Council Nominations

On the Feast of Pentecost, selections are made of the new members who will serve on the Parish Pastoral council for the next 3 years. The Pastoral Council serves as the leadership body within the parish whose purpose is to set the vision and direction for the parish
community.

Those who serve on the Council have the important task of providing our pastor with the necessary consultation, input, and recommendations he needs to effectively lead and
serve the parish. With this in mind, it is helpful for Council members to have had previous or current experience in ministry, perhaps as a catechist or a member of a Commission or
Committee. There are also certain gifts that Council members need to possess in order to serve in the best possible way. Some of these gifts are:

• an active prayer and faith life.
• the ability to initiate new ideas, questions, suggestions
• the ability to communicate (clarifying, giving information, summarizing)
• the ability to reach decisions by way of consensus.
• The ability to negotiate.
• The ability to reflect on and engage in conversation about issues presented to the Council.

The last several years, the parish community has been invited into the process of making nominations for the Parish Pastoral Council. All nominees must be fully initiated, practicing Catholics who are registered in the parish.

The selection of the new members will be made at Mass the weekend of Pentecost. Those who are selected will begin their term at the August meeting. They will also be mentored by current Council members. Those whose names are not selected will then be invited to join other commissions/committees based on their gifts and interests identified during the orientation process. We again ask for your suggestions of yourself or fellow parishioners whom you believe would be good, active members of the Council.