Committees
Building and Grounds Committee
The Building and Grounds Committee regularly assesses the physical needs of the parish complex, solicits bids for scheduled maintenance, and collaborates with the Finance Committee and Council to determine funding for each. This committee, along with the Pastor and Council, plans for long-range improvements. Volunteer hours differ per project. A parent must accompany children.
Contact the Parish Office for more information.
Finance Council
The Finance Council members collaborate with the Pastor and the Director of Administrative Services on all aspects of our parish community's financial strength. They help develop and advise the Pastor on matters related to the operating budget. To learn more about this committee, contact:
Chairperson: Tony Montemurro
Landscape Committee
The Landscape Committee helps keep the flowers, bushes, and grounds around the parish green and pretty. The volunteers assist with growing flowers, weeding, trimming bushes, and watering flowers when there is no watering system.
If you would be interested in lending a hand, please get in touch with Janine Wilson, Email: jwilson@stmarycatholic.org.
New Member Committee
New member meetings are hosted by couples after various weekend Masses for guests interested in becoming parishioners or in hearing more about the parish. Couples looking to be involved need to be very personable and be able to answer questions that guests may have about our parish. Training will be provided.
Chairperson: Vicky Domkowski and Tom & Patty Mahoney
Pastoral Council
The Pastoral Council develops our Catholic identity, promotes evangelization, and fosters stewardship. It strives to build a community of disciples who recognize their Baptismal calls to lives of holiness, witness, and service. It is the consultative and planning body in matters of parish life.
Members serve a three-year term. The Council meets on the fourth Monday of each month at
7:00 pm in the Library. Parish members are always invited to attend meetings. Each spring, the parish submits the names of candidates nominated by parishioners (themselves or others). Through prayer and discernment, new members are chosen. Nominees are asked to attend at least one Parish Council meeting and the Archdiocesan orientation prior to discernment in May.
For more information, please contact any current Pastoral Council member. Current Parish Council members are listed in the bulletin.
Parish Life and Hospitality Committee
The mission of the Parish Life and Hospitality Committee is to create a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere for all new and established parishioners of St. Mary. This committee plans, promotes, and coordinates activities that bring parish members together for mutual support and the celebration of special parish and life events, and encourages parishioners to recognize their gifts and discern how to share their talents with the greater parish community.
For more information, contact the Parish Office.
Personnel Committee
The Personnel Committee makes recommendations to the Parish Council concerning the adoption of parish personnel policies. The basic functions of this committee are to develop a comprehensive personnel system, including personnel planning on the local level, and to monitor its implementation and administration. Actual hiring, supervising, evaluating, or terminating employees is the proper role of the Pastor or the person (s) delegated by him.
Stewardship Committee
We are all called through our Baptism to become followers of Christ and to identify, develop, and use our God-given gifts of time, talent, and financial resources to build the Church. Catholic Christians know our commitment to this calling as the Stewardship Way of Life.
The Stewardship Committee strives to cultivate this Stewardship Way of Life throughout the parish and encourages individual participation, contributions, and a sense of ownership in our parish mission. The Stewardship Committee meets once per month and sponsors major events, including the annual Ministry Fair, and other similar activities.
Chairperson: Frank Marrese
