Parish Committees
This committee meets quarterly to plan and implement St. Patrick's Christmas Tree sale. This committee, along with many tree sale crew workers make this family-friendly, intergeneraltional ministry a wonderful opportunity to meet new people and raise funds for St. Patrick's Parish.
The Communications Committee oversee the communications tools used and efforts implemented at St. Patrick's. Areas of responsibility include our weekly parish bulletin, monthly newsletter, facebook, and this website. This committee also hosts our monthly Bunfest. Committee members include: Fr. Paul Radetski, Carl Jankowski, Steve Figi, Paul Fellenz, Kathy Fellenz, Cathy McClone, Bill Rohrer, Don Whitehouse with Jeanne Hesprich and Joyce Naps serving as staff laisons.
The Finance Council meets on the first Wednesday of each month to review and oversee the finances of the parish. They also prepare the annual budget. Members of this committee include: Father Paul Radetski, Carl Jankowski, Colleen Sargent-Day, David Mooney, Sarah Brightwell, Eden Foord, David Jordan, and Don Whitehouse, Joe Des Jarlais, Rod Vander Hyden and David DeSalvo is staff laison.
St. Patrick's participates in Appleton's Octoberfest. Octoberfest is held on the last Saturday in September. This committee meets to plan this fun-filled annual event. Commiteee members include Al Cleveland, Rick Eisenach, Nancy Pennings and David DeSalvo is the staff laison.
St. Patrick's Parish began working at the Green Bay Packer Games in 2004. We, along with students from St. Norbert College, members of the Sheboygan Coast Guard and First United Methodist Church prepare hot dogs and brats and sell them along with soda, water and hot chocolate in the stadium at Lambeau Field. Since they began this effort, this group has raised over $38,000 for St. Patrick's Parish. Our partners have also raised money for their organizations.
The Parish Events Commitee plans and implements seven parish Fish Fry's. They also host our August Corm Roast for new parishioners and our annual Christmas Cookie/Candy Walk which is held during the first weekend in December. Members of the Parish Events Committee are: Erv Becker, Ron Callan, Sue Callan, Pat Gilbert, Diane Huston, Larry Mauthe, Denise Meyers and Mary Jane VanLieshout. Joyce Naps is the Staff Liason.
The St. Patrick Parish Council is committed to helping live out the mission statement of our parish. Our purpose and objectives as stated in our constitution are:
o To call forth a vision of the church – the people of God.
o To develop a spirit of prayer among the council members and to model Christian leadership.
o To listen and respond to the needs of the people.
o To serve as a major instrument of communication, planning, evaluation and pastoral renewal of the parish.
o To gather the necessary data before making recommendations for the administration of the parish.
o To develop and maintain a mission statement which embraces the total life and mission of the parish:
o To work jointly with the parish team and committees to make the parish truly a community of faith.
o To fulfill the directives of the Norms for Parish Pastoral Councils of the Diocese of Green Bay.
St. Patrick's has been a Stewardship Parish since 1994. The Stewardship Committee oversees the Stewardship effort at St. Patrick's. This effort include our Stewardship of Ministry process, our Stewardship of Finance process and our Stewardship of Prayer process. Members of the Stewardship Committee include: Fr. Paul Radetski, Fr. Larry Canavera, Steve Figi, Mike Howerton, Tom Lager, Karin Lager and Don Schultz. Joyce Naps is the staff liason.