Merry Christmas!
Epiphany Celebration
Our January 4 meeting will be a celebration of the Epiphany. There will be a representative of Holy Family Shelter to update us on their mission to serve homeless families. The members present at the December meeting approved a gift of $100 from the fraternity. Please be generous in bringing diapers, bath towels, washcloths & other items for the shelter. We will sing songs and have a special skit for all. Bring a special snack for all to enjoy.
Anniversary of SFO
We will celebrate the 800th anniversary of Secular Franciscans in 2009. We hope to have a special celebration that might attract more young families to our fraternity. Ideas as to how this might be accomplished would be appreciated.
February 1 Meeting
Clare Bain and Don Markovitch are going to present our formation on Centering Prayer. The ongoing formation for that month is on prayer. We will meet in St. Francis hall for this meeting only in order to use the quiet of St. Francis Chapel.
Demographic Survey
The National Fraternity is conducting a demographic survey of its members. See Joe Stetzel at the next meeting to get a copy of the survey. Those who cannot regularly attend will be mailed a survey. Thank you for your cooperation.
Holy Family Shelter
Our fraternity is responsible for serving the lunch on the first Saturday of each month at 1:00PM. The residents are very grateful for receiving this simple meal. Contact Bob Golobish, SFO at rwgolobish@marian.edu or work 955- 6775 to help with this ministry.
Novena of Intercession
During the third week of January and third week of July all fraternity members from Our Lady of Indiana region are being asked to pray a novena for the suffering people both home and abroad, especially those in Orissa, India. Copies of the novena will be available at the January meeting and those who cannot attend will receive a copy by mail.
Potential new members
Helen Burke, Jack Hill, and John Shelton, all from Marian College have begun inquiry into becoming SFO’s. Please keep them in your prayers as they begin formation.
Blue Plastic Container
We cannot locate the blue container that is used for supplies for our monthly meetings. If anyone has it call or e-mail Joe Stetzel. Thanks!
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