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Present: Fr. Paul, Fr. Gerry, Joan Doiron, Pat
Dubos, Jane Frogley, Ted Hill, Betty Ann Marsland, Mike McHugh,
Dick McKee, Peter Salesses, Eliza Sparks, MaryAnne Brennan
Center space:
A spirited discussion of the arrangement of the space in the Center
started off the meeting and took a good deal of the allotted
time. There have been a number of comments to various committee
members expressing both positive and negative feelings about
the continuing of the chairs in the “choir style” seating,
with the negative apparently outnumbering the positive, though
the point was made that except for chairs directly in front of
the altar it is not hugely different from before.
After listing comments regarding comfort, sight lines, projecting
of song words on the walls, “back view” of celebrant,
etc. it was decided to modify the arrangement somewhat by pushing
the altar back a few feet, and trying an angled or slightly curved
arrangement of the “back” sections of chairs in upcoming
weeks. [Note: The altar was moved back 3 feet almost immediately
and some chairs were moved or removed to make room for people to
get out of seats/rows with less noticeable disruption. The
chairs were angled for Easter Sunday without the loss of seating.]
A couple of additional comments were made regarding the
unknowns of what the staffing changes after July 1 would bring
in terms of the number and placement of liturgies, and also what
the support staffing would look like after that time. The point
was made that the 10:15 Mass set up has costs in terms of time/labor
that have an impact on the budget.
Lent/Holy Week/Easter
Final plans were noted for processions for Palm Sunday (10:15
AM and 7:00 PM) along with two different tones (and a change in
vestments?) for the liturgy.
Holy Thursday and Good Friday services had been discussed at the
February meeting and there were no significant changes to be made.
Blessing of the Easter fire to be held with St. Mark’s,
preferably in the space between the two buildings or out closer
to the road, but not on/near the front steps of either. Sharing
readings would be a nice next step, but perhaps not likely this
year.
The hour being somewhat late discussion of Giles book was
put off til next meeting.
Next meeting, April 27, 2009 (This is not our regular 3rd
Monday, due to another event on 4/20)
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