A year in the life of St. Edward Church 2011
In January First Penance was held
-Day of Prayer & Penance for Life
-Blood Drive
-Catholic Schools Week
alumni homecoming events
In February Sweetheart brunch was held
-meetings for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion and lectors were held
-women’s retreat at Marydale
-Confirmation
In March registrations for ccd, preschool and school
-new norms and commissioning of extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion and lectors
-worker sign ups for the Ice Cream Social were held. 145 parishioners returned a sign up sheet
-DPAA dinner in Maysville
-fish fries
-Life Planning Event held
In April nominations for the Board of Ed and the Parish Council taken
-DPAA/Parish Campaign
-Community Stations of Cross
-church basement flooded
-All Councils meeting
In May -Altar Society yard sale
-First Communion
-May Crowning &Scapulars
-Tony Stoeppel ordained priest
-elections for the Board of Ed and the Parish Council
-Blood Drive conducted
In June made 246 gallons of ice cream on Freezing Day, finished at 3:10 pm
-Social weather was great!
-good crowds, but began to thin out about 3:30 pm
social receipts $24,000
social expenses $13,000
social profit $11,000
-new cafeteria water heater
In August enrollment: 24 in ccd, 25 in preschool, 36 in school
-the end of the year financial report was presented
-parish had a surplus of $38,000
-school had a surplus of $400
-Mission Cooperative speaker
-school received $4,000 from DPAA service grants
-conducted Friends of St. Edward appeal – collected $8,595
September conducted stewardship renewal efforts & nominations for our Parish Service Awards
-altar server training held
-Blue Mass & Vespers for tenth anniversary of 9/11
-collection for deficit reduction
-new roof on convent installed
- new water heater installed
-insulation on a/c in Brinker Hall
In October 42 parishioners attended cemetery visitation
- hosted a Life Screening event
-Long Time Service Award was presented to Tom Boland
-A Caring Heart Award was presented to Ruth Box (in memoriam)
-collection for deficit reduction
-mold removal in basement
In November conducted St. Edward School Annual Appeal and collected $2,500
-conducted Parish Offertory Commitment Program
-124 households returned a Commitment card for the parish which totaled $4,337 each Sunday
-59 household returned a Commitment card for the school which totaled $1,357 each month
-began using new Roman Missal
-collection for deficit reduction
In December made candy and the Altar Society sponsored the annual Christmas bazaar
-collection for deficit reduction
sacraments number
Infant/ child Baptism 6
First Communion 5
Confirmation 6
Marriage (mixed) 1
Mass attendance 302
5:30 Mass 108
10:00 Mass 194
funerals / burials 7
financial review:
-parish received $262,100 in Sunday offerings
(average of $5,040 each Sunday)
-school received $20,300 in support from parishioners
(average of $1,690 each month)
-Building Fund received $8,300 from parishioners
-DPAA pledges of $42,520 by 84 households (goal of $50,000:
$25,000 dpaa & $25,000 parish campaign)