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DAILY BRIEFING
ENGLISH SPEAKING CONFERENCE O.F.M. |
June 11, 2009 |
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GRATITUDE
"Gratitude opens us to adoration, to contemplation of the presence of God in our action: it leads us naturally to refocus our life and our identity more on being than doing. Serene and conscious gratitude acquires a prophetic dimension above all in our day, characterised by a frenzy to possess, accumulate, and an attitude of being owed everything. Gratitude, on the other hand, expresses itself in the freedom of expropriation in order to become 'exclusive property' of the Lord, referring everything to Him and becoming a creative space for God in service of his Kingdom."
- Br. Giacomo Bini, OFM |
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Commissions present initial proposals |
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DOMUS PACIS - Today's work of the Chapter conitinued its focus on the various Commissions which are studying a wide variety of proposals which will be made formally to the Chapter next week for votation.
JEFFREY SCHEELER, OFM, (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) OFFERS PROPOSALS FROM THE FORMATION COMMISSION
Yesterday, the Commissions studied and narrowed the large number of proposals before them and today they presented an initial response seeking the feedback of the entire group.
LARRY DUNHAM, OFM, (OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE) OFFERS PROPOSALS FROM THE FINANCE COMMISSION
Following the morning proposals, the Chapter delegates went back into language groups in the afternoon to discuss what was presented along with comments made and will still return to Commissions to finalize proposals before they are officially offered to the Chapter for approval or rejection.
MICHAEL COPPS, OFM, (IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, ENGLAND) OFFERS PROPOSALS FROM THE EVANGELIZATION COMMISSION
The commissions are focused on a wide array of issues including formation and studies, evangelization and mission, finance, etc. |
| General Minister meets with Conference |
DOMUS PACIS - General Minister Jose Rodriguez Carballo, OFM, is making an effort during these final weeks of the Chapter to meet one-on-one with each of the Conferences of the Order.
ASTIJUS KUNGYS, OFM (ST. CASIMIR, LITHUANIA), GENERAL DEFINITOR FRANCIS WALTER, OFM, GENERAL MINISTER JOSE RODRIGUEZ CARBALLO, OFM, VICAR GENERAL MICHAEL PERRY, OFM
The English Speaking Conference is the second largest of the 14 Conferences of the Order. The Italian Conference (COMPI) is the largest.
OUTGOING GENERAL DEFINITOR FINIAN MCGINN, OFM, SANDRO OVEREND, OFM (ST. PAUL, MALTA), ROBERT CAMPAGNA, OFM (IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, USA), LARRY DUNHAM, OFM (OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE)
After a day of discussion on the various proposals before the Chapter, the delegates from the English Speaking Conference ended the day with their chance to meet personally and privately with the General Minister.
JOHN O'CONNOR, OFM (HOLY NAME), MICHAEL COPPS, OFM (IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, ENGLAND), JOHN HARDIN, OFM (ST. BARBARA), CAOIMHIN O'LAOIDE, OFM (IRELAND), LESLIE HOPPE, OFM (ASSUMPTION BVM), LAY DELEGATE GABRIEL ACETO, OFM (IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, USA) |  This DAILY NEWS BRIEF is produced by and for the friars of the English Speaking Conference of the Order of Friars Minor. Executive Secretary: Thomas Washburn, OFM.
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