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Start Your Day with a Daily Gospel Meditation from
Father Bert Buby SM 
Link to the blog for his Scripture Reflections.
http://scripmed.blogspot.com
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THANK-YOU to those individuals and communities who generously contributed in April and May to MLNNA and/or International Organization of MLC's
THANK YOU
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Bridges Community
Marge Cavanaugh
John Eise
Michael Gillespie
Judy McKloskey
Jack & Mary Pulick
State Community
Table Community
Michael Gillespie
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Aloha!!
 AJ Wagner (far right) and Joan McGinness-Wagner (far left) visited Honolulu and AJ presented "Characteristics of Lay Communities & Lay Marianists" which is part of a soon to be released pamphlet by the same name. All six Honolulu Marianist Lay Communities were represented.
Last week I learned about Aloha. I was in Hawaii for a meeting about next year's MLNNA Continental Assembly which will take place at Chaminade University in Honolulu from July 21 to July 25, 2010. You're invited and so are communities from Japan, Korea, India and the Philippines! It will be a truly international experience! The cost will be around $250 for three days and three nights if you choose to stay on campus. That includes meals, a dorm bed, speakers, workshops, a luau, friendship, fun and a truly educational and spiritual experience. You can come a few days early or stay a few days late and keep the bed for an added $35 a night. If you want something more comfortable, special prices will be arranged at a nearby hotel.
Right now, flights to Honolulu are under $500 from New York and Dayton, Ohio and well under $400 from the West Coast. This means, if prices remain stable, you could spend as much as a week in Hawai'i and attend the Assembly for under $1,000!
Of course, Honolulu will cost from $200 to $300 more for those on the mainland as compared to having the Assembly on the continent and we are aware of that. For some of you, we realize, that may make the difference for your attendance. But the Marianist Family is growing in Hawai'i and this is an opportunity to celebrate with our Island friends giving them a break from always having to pay the extra to come to the Mainland. Plus we will be able to include other family members from the Pacific Rim.
The theme for the Assembly is "Ke Aloha, Ka Pono, Ka `Ohana." Aloha is more than "hello" and "goodbye." Aloha is love. Used properly, Aloha is much more than just a greeting. You will learn much about the Aloha spirit and how it blends into our Marianist Charism at the Assembly.
"Ka Pono" refers to justice and among a variety of workshops we will have some put together by the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative to address this theme.
"Ka 'Ohana" is about family or community. It's like saying "Marianist" in Hawaiian!
Add to all of this a 40th birthday party for Marianist LIFE and WOW!!
Please mark your calendar and start saving your money for next year's MLNNA Continental Assembly (and then some) taking place July 22 to July 25, 2010 in Hawaii! Registration materials will be available starting in September.
peace and love,
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News from HAITI
June 27th is the Feast Day of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and Haiti has chosen Our Lady of Perpetual Help as their Patron Saint 67 years ago. The MLC national coordination team also chose this date to thank God for all His grace received through the intercession of Our Lady of Perpetual Help.
A novena of prayer beginning June 18th and ending on June 27th is proposed to every member of the Marianist lay communities in the country. Each day a different parish, fraternity, religious family or shrine is assigned to welcome lay marianists for the novena.
We are all invited to join our brothers and sisters of Haiti in a special prayer during this novena and to be in solidarity with all the SM's and the MLC's that are growing there despite the extreme poverty and social condition in that part of the world. The people of Haiti is counting on our prayers.
Richard Thibault
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Good Friday Way of the Cross
Members of the Anawim Community in Cincinnati participated in the annual Way of the Cross, Way of Justice in downtown Cincinnati on Good Friday.
Helping to carry the cross are Judy Gerwe (far left), Gail Miller (face hidden) and Ken Palisin (middle), with Jim Vogt carrying the banner.
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You're Invited to....
Maryland area Marianist Faith Sharing
"Hearts on Fire"
Who? A diverse, intergenerational group of men and women, lay and religious, who want to dig deeper into their faith and the Marianist tradition through prayer, sharing, serving, and celebrating together.
When? Every Wednesday, or as often as you can make it, from 7:30 - 9:00 pm.
Please note that we will be taking a summer break in July and August but will be having a couple of socials and would love you to join us. Please contact us for further information about the dates and places.
Where? Bill and Tina Bauman's home, 3336 Texas Ave., Baltimore, MD 21234.
If interested please contact Tina Bauman@ 410-668-0963
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Woman's Cancer Cure a Miracle?
ST. LOUIS, May 20 (UPI) -- A young St. Louis woman's apparent recovery from her third bout with cancer is being attributed as a miracle by the founder of the Marianist order.
Rachel Lozano's third tumor was in the center of her back, surrounded by vital organs, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Her doctors said her life expectancy was short and depended on which organ the cancer spread to first.
Five years ago, during surgery, doctors found the tumor had died without spreading. Monday was the fifth anniversary of that operation, a benchmark used by doctors to judge whether cancer has been cured.
Members of the Marianist order, which has its U.S. headquarters in St. Louis, believe Lozano got help from William Joseph Chaminade. Chaminade, a French priest who died in 1850, was beatified in 2000 and is now a candidate for canonization.
Lozano prayed for Chaminade's assistance during her illness, which began with the diagnosis of a tumor when she was in high school.
Chaminade is already credited with one miracle, a woman in Argentina cured of lung cancer. If Lozano's cure is accepted as a miracle, he would meet all the requirements for canonization.
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PRAYER BOOK COMMITTEE FORMING
 The MLNNA Leadership has a project that we would like to develop. We want to create a book with prayers and possibly art from our members. This is something we thought our members could use as a resource for community prayer services or personal reflections.
If anyone has interest in being on a committee to help plan this book of prayers, please contact me (Jacqui Griswold). Even if you don't volunteer to plan the prayer book, you might consider submitting a prayer. Guidelines for the types of prayers is one of the things the committee will determine.
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You or someone you know off to college? Here are some tips for keeping college life green.
1) Use compact fluorescent light bulbs. When purchasing lamps for your dorm or apartment, be sure to buy fluorescent light bulbs. Start a trend. They cost more, but they last longer.
2) Carry a water bottle. Take a peek in the garbage cans on campus; they are usually overflowing with plastic bottles. If you are worried about the water on campus, buy large containers of water to use to refill your bottle.
3) Use refillable binders instead of notebooks. Saves paper! Or take all your notes electronically and save them on your computer. Fewer trips to the recycling bin.
4) Use your printer wisely. Copy on both sides of a piece of paper (most professors are okay with this). Check the settings and try to use the least amount of ink for the best looking results. Saves ink (and money).
For more tips for college students go to: www.collegeuniversity.suite101.com.
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 SAYING "YES!"
What follows is an essay written several years ago. It is included in my book, Daddy Stories published by Raven Graphix in 2000. It is a Father's Day tribute to our Marianist Spirit.
PhDad
The University of Dayton is a special place. It is a wonderful institution founded by Catholic Marianist Brothers to educate the mind and the spirit. Its motto is "Learn, lead, and serve." On the occasion of its one hundred fiftieth anniversary, a convocation was held to reflect on the history of the University and plot its course for the future. As part of that convocation university administrators, faculty, community leaders, students, alumni, and friends came together for an address by Raymond Fitz, S.M., the university's President for twenty years.
As leader of his alma mater Brother Ray could speak to much of its history. After all, he had awarded diplomas to more than half of the university's living graduates. He had seen the campus expand with the addition of the Humanities Building and the Law School. He had created a "learning village" where every one of the campus's buildings, classrooms, and hundreds of student residences were connected to the world through technology. He had led the Dayton community in developing better human services for its impoverished children. He had compiled a visionary plan for the decade to come. There was much he could say.
As he approached the podium, a respectful silence fell over the gathering that awaited a spirited intellectual challenge. What they heard was a story. A story about a boy who's hero was his father. The father had attended the University of Dayton. Throughout his lifetime, when the son was in need of special guidance, the father reached back to the stories and lessons he had learned from the Marianist Brothers at U.D., then he passed those lessons on to his son. In doing so, the father infused traditional values and spirituality into his son, a son who attended the University of Dayton and eventually became its president.
Brother Ray's recollection of his father was more than a personal or institutional history. It was the reality of how a person learns. It was the reality of what a father's teaching means to a child and his impact on what the child becomes.
In a crowd of community leaders, professors, doctors, lawyers, educators, researchers, and intellectuals no better lesson could be taught.
No wonder the University of Dayton has lasted so long and succeeded so well.
peace, love and Happy Father's Day,
aj
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Editor's Note
 The State community (to which I belong) had a retreat in April outside Philadelphia. I took the opportunity to visit the Marianist office there and meet Marie Wyman whom I have interacted with over the past year via email. Marie provides some administrative support to our organization. In the picture you see Marie (on the right) and myself smiling for the camera with Father Chaminade looking over our shoulders.
I encourage you to take the time and arrange to meet your fellow Marianist when traveling. The area representatives could be your link to identify people - trust in the spirit to bless your meeting and reap fruits by expanding your experiences.
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