SAINT JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH

SAINT JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH

MEN’S CLUB

            Joe Garcia, President          Steve Pedone, Vice President                Maurice Erly, Treasurer            Bill Scharpf, Secretary

                              410-586-1944                           410 -535-4079                                                           443-550-3119                                                           410=535-5053

                              paxplace@comcast.net     stevepedone@gmail.com                        erly@comcast.net                                                          sharpfwj@yahoo.com

MEETING HIGHLIGHTS

November 1, 2010

1. Opening Prayer: The opening prayer was given by Pete Abresch.

2. Welcome: The president welcomed everyone and briefly covered the agenda for the evening. Only 12 members were present because of the All Souls mass and reception that was occurring in the Church at the same time..

3. Secretary’s Report: In the absence of the Secretary, the president announced that the October meeting highlights were previously distributed by email to all members. The President asked for any corrections, additions or changes. There being none the Highlights were accepted as written. Jack McFadden will upload the approved Highlights to the church’s website.

4. Treasurers Report: Maurice reported that 245 dollars was deposited to our account from the recent boat trip. He also reported a $374 dollar deposit from the recent crab feast after expenses were deducted. We also made $61 from last month’s meeting. This includes the 50/50 and donations for drinks and food, prior to expenses.

5. Pastor’s Report:

· In the absence of Father Daly, there was no Pastor’s report

6. Activity Reports: Old Business:

Boat Cruse: Jack Yatsko announced that 45 people enjoyed the cruse from the Solomon’s Island Museum. As previously reported by the Treasurer, $245 was made after expenses.

The oil fueled boiler is still available if anyone wants it. See TP Voegtli.

As requested by Father Daly at the last meeting, the books were moved by club members from Mrs. Pedone’s office to the conference room in the basement of the church.
The church grounds clean up was successfully conducted on October 23^rd..
The Vianney Room project is moving ahead. Mark Drager has agreed to chair the project.

· Awards Committee: Shirts: Jack Yatsko is taking orders for Men’s club shirts and jackets. Members should contact him directly if interested.

· Kitchen clean up, was completed on Oct 13^th.

· Cursillo weekend for men: is scheduled for 4^th to 7^th of November. Pete Abresch asked us all to help secure recruits. He announced that there are currently nine candidates for the Cursillo starting on Thursday evening.

· The K of C Golf outing: At 9:30 on October 15^th.drew 39 players to $2300 was raised from the tournament and other activities (clock auction, etc.) raised an additional $1900 at the Chesapeake Hills golf course.

· Catholic Charities: Has moved to space in the God’s Gifts building and is now called Parish Partners. Referrals must come from the Parish office.

· The Interfaith Council did not move as announced at last month’s meeting.

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7. Activities Reports: New Business

· Golf Weekend: The golf get-away weekend is still planned for the 8th of April. There is room for 20 to 30 people. Location: Ocean City which has 3 courses to choose from. Cost: $275 per person. This includes free breakfasts and $50 voucher for dinner See Chuck or Steve if interested.

· Birthright: Has moved to a space behind the Taco Bell

· Catholic Charities: As previously noted, the agency has moved to the building where the God’s Gifts store is located and is now called Parish Partners. Any referrals must now come through the SJV office. Contact Mike for more information. This is a change from past procedures.

· Confirmation Class Walk: The President read an e mail from Mrs. Jan Pedone has requested the Men’s Club’s assistance for the walk scheduled for Saturday November 8^th at North Beach. This is part of their service requirement for Confirmation. Assistance is needed along the route to direct the walkers and distribute water. All interested men should contact Steve or Jan Pedone. About 12 sponsors are needed.

· Seafood Dinner: Steve Pedone announced that he is preparing for the December dinner and he needs to know if the Vianney Room will be available. Apparently, the stove was not installed properly and the installer must return to install the correct pipe. Discussion followed concerning other options if the Vianney Room is not available. The FLC is the most logical alternate site. Discussion also concerned funding, and the lack of a deep fryer in the kitchen since the old one was sold during the recent renovation. Steve agreed to look into securing another one. The club voted to purchase a table top model for our use. Steve said he would discuss this with Larry Donnelly.

· Safe Nights: Discussion concerned availability of the kitchen for this activity. Options were also discussed (FLC kitchen) to assure that we can meet the food needs of the program.

· Boat Cruse: Jack Yatsko announced that he is forming a group to cruse to Bermuda on or about April 10^th. Contact him if you are interested.

8. Prayers for the Sick and others: