Summary of Minutes of Transition Team meeting June 3
The Transition Team of the Lakes Erie and St. Clair Catholic Family of Parishes continues to prepare our parishes for the July activation of our parishes.
We are nearly finished setting a Mass schedule and will share it with you as soon as we have the final go-ahead from the Diocese. We are trying to ensure that every parish has at least one Sunday Mass, that there will still be some Saturday evening masses and that French language masses continue in the two francophone parishes. The final schedule will be posted very soon!
Keep in mind that the schedule will be on a trial basis for the first six months, at which time it will be re-evaluated to see if it should continue as planned.
The Team has also proposed an office schedule for the secretarial/financial staff. The Visitation parish office to be open full time, Monday to Friday. The satellite offices (St. Francis and Immaculee Conception) to be open part-time. We are ensuring that each staff member has the same number of hours. Exact days and hours are to be posted as soon as possible.
We are finalizing plans for the digital communication for our Family. There will be one website, one bulletin, one Facebook page and one YouTube channel for all of our communication within the parishes. The website will include a French version, complete with the same information found on the English version. We are also working on a Logo for our Family, which you will see frequently in our communications with you.
July 1 is rapidly approaching and you can be assured that the Team members are keeping all of the needs of the parishioners in mind for every decision we make. We are trying to keep the impact of changes to a minimum, but realize that some change is necessary while we transition to the new Family.
Stay tuned for much more information coming soon!