Picture: stained glass window at St. Joseph Church

Pastoral Council
Finance Council
Social Justice Committee
Liturgy Committee
Parish Life Committee
Stewardship Committee


Pastoral Council - goto webpage

Finance Council
Terry Carpenter
Mike Castle, chair
Steve Gales
Pat Wright
Fr. Neil Manternach
Carol Bruns- parish business manager


Social Justice Committee

Terry Carpenter, Deacon Chuck Cooper, JD Determan, Laura Doerfler, Karen Dole, Tom O'Neill, Helen Paulsen, Fr. Josh Link, Shelly Schmit, Joan Wilson, Ed Wineinger, Audrey Wolf

Purpose of the Social Justice Committee
To educate and empower our parish and local community
to create avenues of institutional change and charity
that promote the dignity of all God’s creation.

We are guided by:

Social Justice Committee Supported Programs and Activities

• Community Kitchen ( prepare and serve 3 noon and I evening meal each month)
• Meals on Wheels deliver meals to homebound 1 week in January, March May and September)
• Drug Treatment Court ( provide assistance for cell phones and bus passes to clients)
• Thanksgiving baskets (provide Thanksgiving food baskets to 300 needy families)
• Hawkeye Harvest Food Bank collections ( 3rd weekend of the month)