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Parish Council
St Richard’s Parish Council
Minutes of meeting 6th October 2026
Present:Alan, John D, John G. Jo, Fr Kenny, Sue
Apologies: : Fulvius
Update from last meeting:-
SJRC – Sue has carried out an inventory of all equipment currently in the centree.g. cutlery, teapots, cups and saucers etc. New ‘kit’ will be costed and purchased in due course. Sue & Jo
A cost benefit-analysis to be produced for the developing the SJRC for greater use in the parish and as a fund-raising opportunity. Further investigation also needed into what would be required.
A meeting to be arranged to identify all the steps needed to prepare the SJRC for more public use. All and Leann
First Aid - A training course has been booked for parishioners who have volunteered to be first aiders in each of our churches
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Stronger links with our schools
A lively and enjoyable meeting hosted by Father Kenny, was held on 9th September with heads and other senior members of all of our schools. Members of the PC were also present.
How the parish-school relationship works at the moment and a whole range of ways in which can be developed, were explored.
The next PC meeting will focus on a plan for working through the action points. All
A pizza and film night for young people will take place before Christmas.
Working order of the AV equipment needs to be checked. Fr Kenny
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Development of St Francis’ house; Pride of Place funding
There is an opportunity to develop St Francis’ House into a parish hub in the Digmoor area.
Pride of Place funding might be possible. ALL of our parish needs to get involved in the ‘bid’ Father Kenny to announce the opportunity and how to go about it. Fr Kenny
Although we have our new card machines for donations and for requesting Mass intentions, Mass requests can still be made using the brown envelopes, which have been used in the past. Mass intention envelopes should be place on the offertory plate. A further notice to go into the newsletter Jo
After a recent appeal, unfortunately no further volunteers have come forward.
The PC has been working in the background since July 2025 to make small improvements, introduce new events and to try to support development of our Parish.
However, the PC needs more members. The level of commitment required by this very small group of current members, is not sustainable long term. A further notice will put in the newsletter to ask parishioners to consider becoming members, and PC members will make direct approaches. All
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Orders of Service for Mass
Research will be undertaken to find a simple order of service, that can be available in our churches as a support for e.g. non-Catholic visitors who are not familiar with the Mass or others who have not attended Mass for some time. Sue
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Outside (readings and reflections) pages of the Newsletter, online
The inclusion on the parish website and Facebook pages of the readings and reflections from the weekly newsletter, would be helpful. The ‘technology’ will be investigated to see how this could be done. Alan
A short service will be held at St Richard’s cemetery at 4pm on Sunday 1st November.
Tea and coffee will be available in the SJRC afterwards.
Carol Service
A traditional service will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 15th December at St Richard’s.
More details to follow.
Next meeting Tuesday 10th November at 6pm in the SJRC
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