A Parish Assembly was held in Kilteel Hall on Thursday 31st March 2011. There was a very good attendance on the night with about fifty parishioners present. The Meeting opened with a welcome and address from Tadhg Hassett, Chairperson of the Pastoral Council. He read the “Mission Statement” of the council and gave a brief outline of the initiatives taken since it started in November 2007. Having welcomed Eilis O’Malley as facilitator for the night, he handed over to Fr. Micheal Comer P.P. Fr. Micheal told people how glad he was to be in Eadestown and explained that he had been one of the team of co-ordinators that worked with Parish Development and Renewal for a number of years. The meeting proper then started with prayer on the theme of “dedicating ourselves to planning and building for the future of the parish”
The task for the night was to look at:
What are our needs now?
Our needs in the future?
What do we need to do as a parish to get there?
Can we put a time line in place?
Eilis explained that it would not be possible to put a timeline in place at this meeting but it was important to have the views so that a plan and time frame could be put in place by the new Pastoral Council.
In small groups people discussed the questions and then fed back to the meeting. Eilis will prepare a report on the meeting and the feedback. This will be followed up by the new Parish Pastoral Council.
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