Canticle - August 2004

Regular Meeting: Sunday, August 8, 2004 - South Rm., St. Helen Christian Living Ctr., 2-4 pm.

Council meeting: Saturday, August 14, 2004 - Hibiscus Café, Vero Beach at 9:15 am.

Agenda and Schedule for meeting: Please note that the 1:30 Initial Formation sessions will be suspended for July and August. Instead, Initial Formation will be combined with Ongoing Formation during the regular meeting so that all inquirers, candidates and professed members will have the opportunity to study and/or review the chapters listed below. Those who own a copy of “Fully Mature in the Fullness of Christ” are asked to review the material and bring the textbook to the meeting.

2:20     Formation: The following chapters will be reviewed and discussed:
                Inquiry: Ch. 2 (Elizabeth) “Prompted by the Spirit to deepen this calling;”
                Ch. 3 (Marie) “Like Francis and Clare.”

                Candidacy: Ch. 5 (Pauline) “To evangelize with witness and the Apostolate;”
                Ch. 17-18 (Kathleen) “Through the Example and Help of Mary” and “In Intimacy with Jesus, In
                Conformity to Jesus”.

3:35 Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary for the intentions of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land.
4:00 Closing Prayer and Dismissal

Refreshments Committee: Snacks: Jennie Donlin and Elaine Matthews- Soda/Juice: Pat Riordan

Prayer Intentions: Marcella Richard: she’s home but needs urgent prayers. If there is any change, Helen or Fred will let you know by phone or e-mail. Please continue to pray for Ed O'Donnell's brother, Tom. Please pray for the intentions of all Franciscans in our Region. Also, please say a prayer of Thanksgiving for Fr. Richard LaCorte who is our Spiritual Assistant again.

From the Minister=s Desk: Please remember: A Day of Recollection has been scheduled for the eight fraternities in our East Central area from 9 am to 3 pm on Wednesday, September 8. Fr. Tom Murphy OFM will be the leader and will say Mass. It will be held at San Pedro Center in Winter Park. We are asked to bring lunch and snacks while beverages will be provided. There is no fee involved for participants, but be prepared to make a small donation to help defray the moderate cost for the meeting room. A few members from Vero have expressed an interest in attending - of course, we will plan to car pool. Please consider coming with us as it’s a great opportunity to visit San Pedro and to meet and pray with Franciscans from other fraternities.

2   Our Lady of the Angels of the Portiuncula.
4   Saint John Vianney, priest of III Order
7   Bls. Agathangelus and Cassian, priests and
      martyrs of I Order
8   Holy Father Dominic, priest founder of the
      Order of Preachers.
11   Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin of II Order.
14   Saint Maximilian Kolbe, priest of I Order

17   Saint Roch, member of III Order.
       Presbyters and martyrs of Rochefort
18 Blesseds John Louis Loir, Protase Bourdon &
      Sebastian françois,
19 Saint Louis of Toulouse, bishop of I Order.
21. Saint Pius X, pope, member of III Order.
23. Blessed Bernard of Offida, religious I Order
25. Saint Louis IX, king, member and patron of III O.

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We welcome back Fr. Richard P. LaCorte, SFO within our midst, our Spiritual Assistant. Since he was professed in Barrenspot, St. Croix, USVI as an Isolated Tertiary on April 24, 1981 and therefore, at this time is not connected to any fraternity, we asked Pam Nagle, and through her Fr. Tom, if Fr. Richard would be allowed to join our Fraternity. Normally a Spiritual Assistant is not encouraged to be a member of the fraternity he serves, but in his case an exception was made and so, since July 13, 2004, he is no longer “Isolated.” We all need the support of our Franciscan communities and so we’re glad. We praise God for His Grace in finding us a Spiritual Assistant and dear friend. Fr. Richard received the Profession of the original founding members on October 4, 1994 in the name of the Church and the Franciscan Order. Fr. Tom wasn’t able to be present that day. In October we’ll be celebrating the 10^th Anniversary of that happy event.

According to Article 90 of the SFO Constitions, the principal task of the assistant is to communicate Franciscan spirituality and to co-operate in the initial and continuing formation of the brothers and sisters. The spiritual assistant is by right, with vote, a member of the council of the fraternity to which he or she gives assistance and collaborates with it in all activities. The spiritual assistant does not exercise the right to vote in financial questions.