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Minister:
Helen Caldarone, SFO
Vice-Minister: Fred Schaeffer, SFO
Secretary: Jennie Donlin, SFO
Treasurer: Sarah Hardy, SFO
Formation Dir.: Gene Caldarone, SFO
Councillors-at-Large
George Thomas, SFO
Marguerite Rysdyke, SFO
Spiritual Assisitant
Fr. Richard P. LaCorte, SFO
Webmaster & Canticle Editor
Fred Schaeffer, SFO |
The Canticle
September 2004
Divine Mercy Fraternity
Secular Franciscan Order
Vero Beach,
Florida
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Commissioners
Work:
Jack
Solloway, SFO
Family: Susan Solloway, SFO
Peace and Justice: Sarah Hardy, SFO
Youth: Jim Catrambone, SFO
Ecology: Fred Schaeffer, SFO
Formation
Assistant Director:
Donna M. Haro, SFO
Team Member: Caroline DiGennaro, SFO
Team Member: Carmela LaMarttina, SFO
Team Member: Jennie Donlin, SFO |
Regular
Meeting:
Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004 - South Rm., St. Helen Christian Living Ctr.,
2-4 pm.
Council
meeting:
Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004 - Hibiscus Café, Vero Beach at 9 am.
Agenda and
Schedule for meeting:
1:30
Initial formation sessions for Inquirers and Candidates before the regular
meeting.
2:00
Opening prayer, reports, old and new business.
2:15
Report by members who attended the Day of Recollection on Sept. 8th.
2:25
Welcoming Ceremony for new Inquirer, Adele Lamour for whom we thank God!
2:35
Ongoing Formation: Father Richard, our Spiritual Asst., will speak on the topic
of “Purgatory”.
His teaching will be based on writings by St. Therese of
Lisieux, who was recently (1997) declared
a Doctor of the Church by Pope John Paul II.
3:05
Break and Refreshments
3:20
Pre-Profession Ceremony in the Chapel for Ed O’Donnell and Kathleen Van Buskirk.
This is a short but formal ceremony acknowledging the commitment
being made in requesting
profession into the SFO. While this is the first time our
fraternity will be doing this, we hope to
make it an ongoing tradition.
3:40
Liturgy of the Hours in the Chapel
4:00
Closing Prayer and Dismissal
Refreshments
Committee:
Snacks:
Peggy Rysdyke and Fred Schaeffer
Soda, fruit drinks or Iced Tea: the Solloways and Elizabeth
Smith
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Remember
in your prayers:...the
success of the Day of Recollection at San Pedro Ctr. on Sept. 8th
… our candidates, Ed and Kathleen, as they approach their Day of Profession
scheduled in October at their home parish, St. John of the Cross, thanks be
to God …this month, Adele joins our newest Inquirers, Elizabeth and Marie -
please keep them in your prayers as they begin their journey of prayer,
study and discernment.
From the
Minister’s Desk:
I was reminded recently of the importance of being joyful in prayer always.
If the focus of our prayer is on thanksgiving, praise and love, our prayers
cannot fail to be joy-filled. Our never-ending need to pray for God’s mercy
can be filled with joy if we see His mercy as a most precious gift.
Similarly, awareness of our own sinfulness is, in itself, a most blessed
incentive to ask for and receive His gift of Mercy and Love. Let us never
pray without gratitude and thanksgiving - somehow, in God’s plan for each
one of us, our life-long struggle to tame our rebellious spirit will, when
filled with hope and joy, lead us and others closer to Him. God bless you
all!!
Franciscan Saints and Blesseds in
September
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1
Blessed Beatrice of Silva, virgin of II Order, founder
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Blessed John Francis Burté, Bl. Severin Girault, and
Companions, martyrs of I and III Order
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Bl. Apollinaris of Posat, priest and martyr of I Order
4 Saint Rose of Viterbo, virgin of III Order.
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Stigmata of our holy Father Francis.
18 Saint Joseph
of Cupertino, priest of I Order.
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Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso, religious of I Order.
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Saint Ignatius of Santhia, priest I Order
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Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, priest - OFMCap
26 Saint Elzear of Sabran & Bl. Delphina of Glandenes,
husband and wife of III Order.
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Blessed Aurelio of Vinalesa, priest, and 16 Companions
(Capuchin)
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Blessed Innocent of Berzo, priest I Order |
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