More
on Parish Groups:
Building
Committee
John XXIII is currently in
a capital campaign to remodel and expand the physical building!
The Building Committee meets twice a month and is spearheading
the new construction to begin late summer of 2006. For meeting
minutes, to join the committee, or for more information
- please click
here.
Faith
Sharing Groups-Back
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John XXIII is home to many vibrant
small faith sharing groups. Currently, a database and description
of each group is being formed and will be featured on here
soon! If you are interested in joining a small faith sharing
group, please contact Lois Schmitt at 970.223.6260.
Finance
Council-Back
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The
role of the Finance Council is to assist the pastor in carrying
out his finanical responsibilities. The council has 3 primary
duties:
- Evaluate,
formulate and plan the parish's needs for present and
long range financial support
- Prepare
and monitor the annual parish budget
- Determine
the best means of investing parish funds
The
Finance Council meets the third Wednesday of each month.
If you are interested in attending these meetings or joining
the group, please contact Father Don. Here are minutes from
the last few meetings:
February
March
April
Financial
Review 2006-7
Knights
of Columbus Back
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The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic, Family,
Fraternal, Service organization whose primary functions
are Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism, within the
Catholic Church, community, and its membership. We are a
non-profit organization that supports many charitable projects.
For more information please click
here.
Non-Traditional/Graduate
Students-Back
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In the Spring of 2000, an additional
gathering time for graduate level and non-traditional students
began meeting. TGIF now meets on Friday evenings. Through
gathering together on Friday evenings, our hope is to provide
a forum in which you can challenge and nurture your Catholic
faith in a dynamic and prayer filled environment with like-minded
peers. For more information, please visit the Groups
section under University Ministry.
Pastoral
Council-Back
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The role of the Blessed John XXIII parish
pastoral council is, through ongoing pastoral planning,
to maintain the integrity of the parish mission and the
goals and objectives related to it. Within this new model,
programs and events continue to take place in the parish
through the efforts of many dedicated parishioners, always
in the context of the parish mission and its pastoral plan.
For more information, please click
here.
Social
Justice Committee-Back
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John
XXIII has quite a community built upon social justice and
also has a newly-formed Social Justice Committee that is
entirely student-run. The Committee promotes social and
economic justice through the church, educates the community
of Catholic Social Teaching and the responsibilities we
have to the Common Good, and promotes relationships that
are founded in service. For more information, please click
here.
Staff
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Our
staff has a wide variety of talents and provides leadership
to many of our ministries. For more information on our staff
click here. Here are
the minutes for the staff meetings. May
20th, March
4th, February
5th
Stewardship
Council-Back
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The
Stewardship Committee generally meets on the 2nd Monday
of the month, at 7 PM at John XXIII. All are welcome and
encouraged to attend and/or join the Committee.
We
have chosen to be a Stewardship Parish and incorporate stewardship
in all of our ministries. As a Committee we facilitate this
by sharing the theology and spirituality of stewardship
and by developing a vocabulary and culture of stewardship
at Blessed John XXIII University Parish. For more information,
please click
here.
University
Students-Back
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John
XXIII Catholic University Parish is a vibrant Catholic parish
with a primary mission to serve the students, faculty, and
staff of Colorado State University.
Committed to gospel values, University Ministry is dedicated
to empowering people to grow together in faith and action.
Through prayer, sacrament and ministry experiences we encounter
the living God within each other, the Catholic Church and
our world community. We welcome undergraduate, graduate,
doctorate and post-doctorate students, faculty and staff
from Colorado State University and other local educational
institutions, alumni, and individuals & families from
Fort Collins and the surrounding towns along the Front Range.
All are welcome. For more information, please click
here. |
