Parish Town Hall 2010 Selects Hopes for the Parish

Completing a process that started several months ago with each parishioner at Mass being asked to write down their personal hopes for the parish over the next several years, all parishioners were invited to attend a Parish Town Hall meeting last Saturday, January 9th. 

The goal was to review the top 10 hopes as voted by the parish community at Mass and select the top 3. 

As part of the event, we were provided wonderful breakfast treats and coffee...

and had some wonderful musical entertainment by the Jesus My Friend Choir and the Ghana Community Choir...

Then we got down to business under the direction of Fr. Grinnell and Scott Engdahl, Chairman of the Pastoral Council, which is responsible for this process and for tracking our success in implementing our hopes over the next several years.

After prayer and discussion of each of the 10 hopes voted by the Parish community, each attendee was given 3 dots to place on their own top 3 hopes.

A tally of these votes revealed that the top 3 (each by a substantial vote) were:

1. Have everyone work for the passage of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.

2. Support youth access to, and pursuit of, higher education.

3. Develop unity among cultures and groups (i.e., united in ministry, prayer, and evangelization).

If you would like to work in support of any of these hopes, please call the Carol Poplin at 703-820-7111 ext. 121 or email her at office@stanthonyparish.org.