Eric Breunig and Laura Breunig elected lay trustees
Parishioners elected Eric Breunig and Laura Breunig as the first lay trustees of Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish on November 7–8.
Thank you to everyone who voted on November 7–8. At Masses in all four of our churches, parishioners cast 1,119 votes to choose the first two lay trustees of Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish. The two candidates who received the most votes were elected: Eric Breunig, who will serve as Trustee-Treasurer, and Laura Breunig, who will serve as Trustee-Secretary, subject to Bishop Hying’s confirmation. Eric and Laura share a last name but are not related.
Eric received the most votes at every one of our four churches, and Laura the second most at three of them. More than half of each trustee’s votes were cast outside the church where he or she usually worships. No one was elected by a single church.
Our thanks go to all four candidates. Karen Lawler and Jace Scheffler put their names forward with the same generosity as Eric and Laura, and our parish is better for it.
Eric and Laura now complete the diocese’s Safe Environment requirements, and their names go to Bishop Hying for his confirmation. Their term runs through June 30, 2028. Next we form the Pastoral Council and the Finance Council of the new parish.
Read their introductions and see the votes by church on the merger page.