Marianist Lay Network of North America   Building a Community of Communities   
                  Marianist Lay Network of North America                     Part of the Marianist Family      
 April 2011   

 


THANK-YOU
to those who
contributed to MLNNA  in

March

  • Andrew and Jama Badinghaus
  • Caitlin Bennett
  • John  Burke
  • LeeAnn Chomanics
  • Michael  Gillespie
  • Carole King
  • Pati Krasensky 
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Start Your Day with a Daily Gospel Meditation from
Father Bert Buby SM
Bible
       Link to the blog for his Scripture Reflections.
http://scripmed.blogspot.com

 

President of International Lay Marianist

Communities

Here's the link to Isabella Moyer's blogIsabella Moyer in Rome
 
  
Quicklinks

E-News (this document) and Saying Yes Archive


The Lay Marianist Daily Reflection

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Our new Facebook page, Lay Marianist, has attracted some followers. Everyday there is a one or two sentence reflection posted on Lay Marianist.

If you don't have a Facebook account - here is another way for you to read the daily reflections.  Read the blog called Ponderings. It can be found at http://poetaj.wordpress.com/.

 

Are you traveling or moving to a new city?  There is a way for you to connect with other Marianist.

 

Spider web

Check out the MAP of Marianist Lay Community locations
Reach out out and make some connections!

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"Young Adults and the Church  

Reasons We Love It or Leave It"  

is the theme of a one day workshop on  

Saturday Apr. 30 at the Marianist Center in Philadelphia.   

 

Co-sponsored by the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative and the Marianist Center, the program is for young adults in their 20's or 30's who are searching for how, or whether, they can connect with the Church.

  Click here  to see the flyer.   

   

 Registration deadline - April 18.

 

 

MARIANIST LAY FORMATION INITATIVE (MLFI) SPRING 2011

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Participants gathered to begin a year of formation and community building with the Marianist Lay Formation Initiative. Each participant is either a member of an MLC - or desires to form one. The MLFI is sponsored by the Marianist Family Council which is made up of the Society of Mary, The Daughters of Mary and MLNNA...thanks in part to your donation $$ to MLNNA, we are at work building and sustaining MLC'S around the globe.

 

Our first retreat was held in Dayton, Ohio - joining us for different sessions of the weekend were Bro Tom Giardino, Mike Bennett, Matt Dunn and Susan Vogt (Via Skype).

Participants enjoyed discussion, presentations, a Mass and Dinner at the Novitiate.

MLFI meal Apr2011 
Marianist Family Council of North America

 

 

The Marianist Family Council of North America (MFCNA) met via conference call March 11, 2011.  The purpose of the Family Council is to encourage the implantation of the Marianist Family in North America and to facilitate the cooperation of all its members in implementing the mission of the Marianist Family in the North American culture.  The Council supports two major initiatives:  The Marianist Social Justice Collaborative, and the Marianist Lay Formation Initiatives. 

 

    Membership of the Council is composed of two members from each of the three branches in the Marianist Family. 

 

Fr. Marty Solma, SM

Bro. Joe Kamis, SM

Mr. AJ Wagner

Mrs. Kay Stone

Sr. Laura Leming, FMI                         

Sr. Gretchen Trautman, FMI, Chair

Following prayer, each branch had opportunity to report on significant developments in the respective branches of the Marianist Family. 

AJ Wagner Kay Stone Hawaii 2010

Kay Stone and AJ Wagner  

Lay representatives to Marianist Family Council  

 

There are two new chairpersons to announce.  Linda Zappacosta has been named as the chairperson for the newly formed East Coast Regional Council.  

 

Kay Stone has been named as the next chairperson for the MFCNA, effective July 1, 2011, for a two-year term.  CONGRATULATIONS to both of these gifted and generous women!

 

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Linda Zappacosta listening to her radio

 to keep up with her Phillies.

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Harvest Women's Retreat 2011   
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Front Row:  Kathy Devlin, Karen Leiker, Misty Hutfles, Janet McAsey, Jackie McAsey, Joanne McCracken

Middle Row:  Marceta Reilly, Doris Foster, Bonnie Walker, Jo Reilly, Joann Walker, Carolyn Zimmerman,  Joanne Berns, Jeri Albright

Back Row:  Regina Butts, Monica Matson, Belinda Flynn, Fran Waymire, Nancy Shaughnessy, Mary Ellen Slattery        Taking the picture: Chris Suriano

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On March 11 & 12, the Harvest Women MLC hosted a women's retreat for 28 women at St. Francis Xavier church in Mayetta, Kansas.  With the theme, Finding Sacred Balance in our Lives, the participants were nurtured, inspired, and challenged to live out their faith in the busyness of ordinary life.

Chris Suriano and Joanne McCracken 2010
Mary & Martha, sisters of Lazarus, (aka Chris Suriano and Joanne McCracken)  

Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus, (aka Joanne McCracken and Chris Suriano), were guest speakers.   Martha with her doing and Mary with her presence helped us consider ways to balance our obligations with the things that bring us joy.

What a great way to begin our Lenten journey!

 




 

 

Marianist Women's Summit

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On March 25 -27, over 50 lay and vowed religious Marianist women gathered for the 2011 Marianist Women's Summit!  It was a gathering of faith, passion, and hope for the Marianist family, with immense inspiration from our founders - Adele deBatz deTrenquelleon, Marie TAdeleherese De Lamourous, and William J Chaminade.

 

Jo Ann Zanotti said  

"I came away from the summit inspired--especially by the young women present.  It was truly an INTERGENERATIONAL experience--this is one of the aspects of the summit I valued most."

 

See a YouTube remembrance of the weekend. 

Marianist Womens Summit - 2011 

 

 

The summit was jointly sponsored by the Marianist Sisters and the Marianist Center, Philadelphia

     
 
 

Remember MLNNA when you do your on-line shopping!!   If you ENTER a business' website through the GOOD SHOP link - a percentage of each sale goes to our organization. There's no extra cost to you.  

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Each web search done can bring MLNNA a penny   

http://www.goodsearch.com/toolbar/  

 

  

Thank-you to those who have responded to our annual appeal for MLNNA SUPPORT    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.

Please continue your inspirational, community and missionary work and give generously to support MLNNA. A gift of $10.00 a month or a one time gift suitable to your income will help us do more to support our Marianist ministry projects.    

        Link to JUST GIVE Duck Donate Now

             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                


Editor's Reflection  By Jacqui Griswold   

Thank-you to everyone who sent prayers for my dad's recovery post surgery and the subsequent complications.  After spending 10days in the hospital, he is still in recovery mode but doing ok.  He has planted his garden seeds and there are now plenty of tiny melon, pepper and tomato seedlings growing in small pots on his porch.  They will be transplanted outside when it is warmer.

 

I am preparing to transition the MLNNA Communications position to Matt Dunn.  I've brought you the monthly newsletters since January 2008 with the goal to provide ideas that could help your local community and to share what's going on within the Lay Marianist family from around North America.  

 

I know that Matt will go great.  Have you checked out the changes he has made to the website?    I can't wait to see how he takes it to the next level.  I was always depending on someone else to take care of the web but since Matt has the skill to be the webmaster and can load content to the web he will be able to provide links to more in-depth content than we carry in the E-news.  

 

Please be generous with your time and send in articles and pictures about your community activities.  It makes this volunteer job much easier.

 

I've enjoyed all the people I've interacted with over the years and will still be here to assist Matt and work with all of you in our common mission to bring Christ to the world!   


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Jacqui Griswold and Matt Dunn at the October 2010 Bergamo Center anniversary celebration.

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We publish this newsletter the 2nd Friday of each month.   

  Share what your community is doing, it may inspire others.

Send a short summary of your event/activity.  

 Describe who, what, why, when and how.  If possible provide a digital picture (JPEG format 100 - 900K) with your news story.  Deadline for the next E-news is  May10.
Send to Matt Dunn, MLNNA editor

 Thanks for reading to the end.