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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MAP of Marianist Lay Community locations
here is the link
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THANK-YOU
to those who contributed to MLNNA in JulyAndrew & Jama Badinghaus - Anonymous
- Jo DeSive
- Marianist Novitiate Community (Dayton, OH)
- Michael Gillespie
- Carolyn & Dave Perez
Mary Pat Sjostrom John Burke For Haiti Relief from
Villa Angela - St. Joseph High School c/o Debra Fischback
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President of International Lay Marianist Communities
Here's the link to Isabella
Moyer's blog
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Thanks for using online search engine GoodSearch & entering merchants' websites through Good Shop
Each time you search the web, about a penny is donated to us!
Here's a link to the new toolbar for more information: http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/
If you ENTER a business' website through the GOOD SHOP link - a percentage of each sale to our organization. There's no extra cost to you. More than 1,300 top stores participate.
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The Lay Marianist Daily Reflection
Our new Facebook
page, Lay Marianist, has attracted some followers. Everyday there is a
one or two sentence reflection posted on Lay Marianist but if you are
not a Facebook fan, you can join our daily reflections by e-mailing aj@marianistfamily.org
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Quicklinks
E-News (this document) and Saying Yes Archive
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"Being Marianist, Being Family" Published
By Isabella Moyer
I've just received the final translation of my first circular, "Being Marianist, Being Family". It's available in English, Spanish, and French. Here are the online links to all three....
ENGLISH
FRENCH
SPANISH
I hope that it can be of help in our ongoing work of being family.
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For Whom Shall We Pray?
Stephanie Alverez,
Mel Lopez,
Bishop Ray Roussin,
Sherry McKenney,
Barry Clark,
John Robertson,
Lisa Ampleman,
Brother Ray Fitz,
Aileen Wagner,
David Baetsen,
Ernesto Romo,
Tim Beach,
Charlie Wick,
Michael Chuiri,
Christine Hoenigman McDonough,
Megan McDonald,
Andreas Gombert and Brother Jerry Chinchar;
Ann Hoenigman asks prayers for her daughter
Chris and Bill Hoogsteden asks prayers for his son, his son's buddies and their families as they are deployed;
The gulf oil disaster;
The six servicemen killed in Afghanistan;
Our priests, and the Tays family tree;
The son of a cousin of Rita O'Connor;
The newly married Liz Devito and Patrick Sicotte;
For Bob Jones' Uncle Phil;
Troop 76;
For the SM brothers and FMI sisters gathered in Bordeaux, France for the Horizons program 2010;
For those fighting cancer;
For the repose of the soul of Rich Czarney and for Janet Czarney;
In thanksgiving for the Marianists in Hawaii - their amazing hospitality and hard work for the Lay Assembly;
For Bill Hoogsteden's pastor who's in Hospice;
For the soul of Renee Sublette;
For Ann Hoenigman's daughter Christine;
For the soul of Johneleen Teofilo Lardera's grandparents;
In thanksgiving for Br. Frank O'Donnell on the occasion of his 68th birthday; and
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Go Ahead and Take That Big Step
AJ Wagner, President of MLNNA
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The fortune inside my cookie said,
"Go ahead and take that big step." Since I have been trying to discern a few important matters in my life this seemed like good advice. The problem was it didn't tell me in which direction I should go. Without direction I was back to where I started - trying to determine God's will.
MLNNA has elections coming up in the Fall, the President's job is on the ballot. I have also been asked by some political and community leaders in Dayton, Ohio to run for Mayor in 2013.
I cannot do both jobs effectively so I am trying to determine in which direction I should go. Both are big steps. Further, I cannot rule out the possibility that I should be doing something else altogether.
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade has some excellent advice in this area. In his book, Our Marianist Heritage (available through NACMS), Joseph Stefenelli, S.M. outlines some of the steps our male founder would go through when seeking God's will.
First, of course, is prayer. Not just the prayer of asking God for some wisdom, but the prayer of listening to God - the prayer of silence.
Second, is seeking spiritual direction through a trained individual, someone who can keep the focus on scripture and who can remove cluttered thinking.
Third, is to take it to community and be open to the thoughts, ideas and experience of others.
There are two MLNNA positions up for election - President and Communications Director. Their job descriptions are below. Won't you please join me in discerning if God is calling you to serve in one of these positions? It is important that our members have choices for these offices. Perhaps you are a young adult that can bring fresh perspective to these positions, perhaps you have ideas that need to be considered, or perhaps you just want to take a more active part in this ministry. Think about it. Pray about it. Seek some guidance and take it to your community.
If you have a question or if you decide to give it a go, contact Marge Cavanaugh or Pati Krasensky who are Nominating Committee members and they will tell you more.
In the meantime, don't use fortune cookies for direction.
peace and love,
aj
Job Descriptions:
President: Elected
*Officer of the Corporation
*Facilitate Leadership Team meetings & conference calls
*Set Agenda for all meetings & conference calls
*Represent MLNNA to other branches of the Marianist Family as requested
*Serve the Marianist Family Council of North America as official MLNNA representative
*Write a biannual report to be sent with brochure for fund raising
*Make state of the MLNNA report at each Continental Assembly
Communications: Elected
* Responsible for information for E News
* Leadership Team meetings highlights
* Community news from area representatives
* Marianist Family Council of North America information and area Councils
* News as appropriate from other branches of the Family
* Promote MLNNA
* Maintain MLNNA web page
* Work with the Chair of the Continental Assembly to advertise Assembly
Both the President and the Communications Director are a part of the Leadership Team.
Leadership Team:
*Attend face to face meetings two times per year
*Attend all conference calls
*Carry out duties of elected office
*Perform tasks per the minutes of meetings and conference calls
*Maintain frequent contact through e-mail
*Help other team members as necessary |
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Adele Social Justice Project Immersion Weekend-- September 17-19th
Join other young adults (ages 22-40) in downtown Indy for a weekend experience to learn and share about ways to make a difference in your community while reflecting on local social justice topics through the lens of the Marianist charism. Weekend highlights will include:-service projects to Urban Mountain Farms and Cathedral Soup Kitchen
-guest speakers
-preparing and sharing meals with local ingredients
-interactive presentations based on social justice themes like "Joining Voices with the Voiceless" and "Passion for the Mission"
For details and registration go to: www.msjc.net/adelesocialjustice
*Not technically a young adult or can't make it the whole weekend? We'd still love for you to join us Sunday Sept. 19th for lunch with the immersion participants as well as other lay Marianists in the region. Lunch will be held at 1:30pm at St. Bernadette's retreat center.
Please RSVP to Sarah Luckhaupt at luckhasm@gmail.com if you'd like to come.
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Fundraiser for Haiti
By Marian Zgodinski
On January 12, 2010, an extremely powerful earthquake struck the country of Haiti. As news of this event hit the television channels of American homes, teenagers like Alyssa Hunnell, Marian Zgodinski and Leah Hunnell were in class at Villa Angela- Saint Joseph, a relatively small Marianist and Ursuline high school in Cleveland, Ohio. As the students returned home later that day, their parents informed them of the devastating event and they watched the breaking news coverage of the event for the rest of the evening. The next day at school was relatively the same, but with added prayers for those who were suffering from the outcomes of the earthquake. The students talked about the earthquake and shared some of their thoughts in class, but the Peer Ministry Coordinator, Mrs. Jill Latkovich, thought it would be more appropriate if Alyssa, M arian and Leah thought up a plan to
Leah Hunnell, Marian Zgodinski, Alyssa Hunnell
really inform the students and faculty at VASJ of what had happened to the neighboring country of Haiti, just south of the United States.
With the help of a couple of other students, the three students, Alyssa, Marian and Leah, constructed an inspiring PowerPoint presentation featuring a fundraiser titled "S.O.S. Skip One Snack." The program was designed to inform the student body and faculty about the impact of the earthquake on the Haitian people and to then pose the question, "Could you skip one snack today and donate your money to Haiti, instead?" The three girls were allowed to present the slide show to every Religion class, hung flyers in the hallways, and put money-collecting jars all around the school and cafeteria to encourage the students to donate their money to this very important cause.
Much to the surprise of Alyssa, Marian and Leah, the school and faculty alone donated more than a thousand dollars for the country of Haiti. More importantly, the presentation hit the heart of every person who watched the PowerPoint presentation and the school as a whole finally appreciated how lucky and fortunate they are. Alyssa, Marian and Leah hope the money they raised was beneficial to the country of Haiti in their time of need.
Villa Angela-Saint Joseph High School is a Catholic community building 21st century leaders in the Ursuline and Marianist traditions.
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FEEDBACK requested on Continental Assembly
Ke Aloha, Ka Pono, Ka Ohana
 View of Diamondhead from Chaminade University chapel.
Would anyone who attended the Hawaii Assembly last month take a few minutes and fill out the evaluation form and mail it in so the leadership team will have your opinions to pass on to the next planning team? In my opinion
The next Assembly date and location have not yet been fixed. We have tried to follow a cycle of providing a gathering every 3 years unless there is some other big meeting like last year's International Marianist Lay Community meeting. There has been some discussion about a possible joint Lay Assembly in conjunction with SM and FMI gathering in the future.
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8th Marianist Continental Assembly
PLANNING TEAM
WE ALL THANK-YOU!!!
Back row John Minar, Cathy Agor, Lisa Vega, Bianca Fujita and Jeannie Pinpin Front row Barb Belle, Piikea Hardy-Kahaleoumi, Brother Dennis Schmitz, Kay Stone, Jayne Mondoy  |
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SUPPORT
You can support your Network of Lay Marianists either through the on-line secure link to
Network for Good or via mail. Your contributions
support projects:
* to assist lay community development (MLFI), * social
justice through Marianist Social Justice Collaborative (MSJC) * our administrative office support which allowed us to print and distribute the new brochures on Characteristics of Lay Marianists. This infrastructure also allowed us to quickly collect and distribute funds to our brothers and sisters in Haiti following the earthquake. Link to Network for Good
or If you prefer to donate using the US Mail, please send
checks made payable to MLNNA.
Mailing address is:
Marianist Lay Network of North America
1341 N Delaware Ave, # 406
Philadelphia, PA 19125
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YOU ARE INVITED
Open House and Centennial Celebration on the
Mount St. John property (Dayton, Ohio)
When:
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Noon to 4:00 p.m.
Presentation at 2:00 p.m.
Where:
On the Mount St. John grounds
(Details to come in the formal invitation)
To receive your invitation, please call 937-429-2521,
or write to: MSJ Centennial, Mount St. John,
4435 East Patterson Road, Dayton, Ohio 45430-1083
or email: msjcentennial@yahoo.com
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Editor's Reflection
By Jacqui Griswold
The Continental Assembly in Hawaii last month was awesome.
I looked at all of my pictures and chose the one with the 3 Founder puppets because no one picture captured all the feelings I had about the experience as much as this one. To me it says "Hawaii, Marianist, community, Fun, and spiritual enrichment".
I learned about the true Hawaiian culture and not just the cliche aspects that most tourist experience.
The prayer services were among the best that I have experienced. The professional caliber of musicians and the attention to the multiple languages of the participants made it feel that all were being welcomed.
I extend my sincere thank-you to the lay Marianist of Hawaii who gave hundreds of hours over the last 2 years planning the event and made this such a rich experience for me.
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What's happening with your community? Send me a summary of what you are doing that might be educational or inspirational. If you have any suggestions to make the E-news better, I'm open to hearing from you :>
Keep copy short and describe who, what, why, when and how. Deadline for the next E-news is September 7. If possible provide a digital picture (JPEG format 100 - 900K) with your news story. Send to Jacqui Griswold, MLNNA editor
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