Minutes From St Anne’s Christian Women’s Meeting – 11/11/2025
St. Anne’s Christian Women met Tuesday, November 11, 2025 in Mary Hall beginning with fellowship at 6:30 pm. President Karen DesAutels called the business meeting to order at 6:45 pm with opening prayer and pledge of allegiance. Eighteen members were present.
Motion was made to dispense with reading the previous meeting’s minutes as they were published already. President Karen asked if there were any corrections of the published minutes. As there were no corrections made, the motion was seconded and passed. We are still actively looking for a member to fill the secretarial position.
The Treasurer’s report showed a balance of $3,605.16 in savings and $404.89 in checking for a total of $4,010.05. Motion was made to approve the Treasurer’s report, motion was seconded and passed.
A. OLD BUSINESS
1. The Remembrance Mass reception was celebrated with thirty-five people in attendance. Everyone enjoyed the fellowship the reception offered.
2. Our November breakfast to be held on November 23rd was discussed. Jolene will be ordering and picking up the rolls from Cold Spring Bakery. It was shared that our eggs will be donated this year. Set up will be on Saturday at 9:00 am except for the craft area, which will start at 8:00 am.
3. The project of writing out Christmas cards was discussed. We currently are planning to send out thirty-eight cards. It was agreed that we write out the cards on Monday, December 1st at 10:00 am. Karen will contact those who volunteered for this project letting them know where this activity will take place.
4. The possible donation to KYES was tabled until the December meeting.
5. The Sharing Tree agenda item was tabled until the December meeting.
6. No one from our group attended the West Central Fall Deanery Meeting on October 28th. Therefore, an update was not available.
B. NEW BUSINESS
1. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 9th. The following was agreed upon: members will bring a dish to pass for the potluck dinner, and six cookies to share, all are asked to bring a Baby Jesus gift (unwrapped), items for The Place of Hope (i.e., toiletries, slightly used warm clothing, new socks, hats, gloves, etc.). It was agreed that members would also bring a gift to be exchanged. Games will be provided by Julie Kraemer and Bonnie Edelbrock. Music will be led by Ginia Meyer. No doubt, fun will be had by ALL.
2. Christmas gifts to our two priests was discussed and finalized.
3. Membership discussed the ministry of volunteering at The Place of Hope again this year. Julie Kraemer and President Karen will be heading this project. It was agreed that this service project take place in the spring.
4. Tracy Dombrovski distributed the ATN Proposal which was discussed at a recent meeting at Holy Cross.
5. The halo this month will be sent to Mary Neidermeier thanking her for sharing her musical talent and for initiating and organizing so many activities that serve others.
6. Door Prize was awarded to Linda Kaiser. Congratulations, Linda!
C. COMMISSION REPORT
Char Volkmuth gave a brief report on Forty Days for Life. All were encouraged to consider walking, even if not on a regular basis, for the Forty Days for Life Campaign.
D. NEXT MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025 (6:00 PM)
E. Closing Prayer and Prayer Exchange
Members exchanged names for Prayer Partners. Please pray daily for your new prayer partner.
F. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 pm. (Again, amazing, all of this was done in one hour!)
Respectfully Submitted,
Jean Schabel, Vice-President