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Thanks to the following for their recent support:
Nazareth Community (Dayton, OH)
Andrew and Jama Badinghaus
John Burke
Cathy Emmers
Michael Gillespie
Jill Hilgefort
Carole King
Bud & Jean Nickelman
Jim Pera
Marilyn Schwieterman
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December 8
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 12
Our Lady of Guadalupe
December 25
The Nativity of Our Lord
December 30
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
January 1
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God
January 8
Epiphany
January 9
Baptism of the Lord
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While we still have two weeks of Advent to contemplate and make way for celebrating the Nativity of our Lord, the MLNNA Leadership Council wishes you and yours a truly Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Exciting things continue to unfold as we see collaboration and leadership take on new faces and structures, some of which are featured in the write-up from the Marianist Family Council of North America.
And there's more to come. The MLNNA Leadership Council met in Dayton in early October. On the agenda were questions of purpose and identity for the continental organization and what it means to be a "community of communities." The MLNNA is entering into a significant visioning and strategic planning project which will begin with an engagement of communities and lay Marianists in various listening sessions. More information will be forthcoming.
Pictured above are Rudy Reyes, Carol Weiss, Susan Vogt, Matt Dunn, Caitlin Jacobs, Kay Stone, and Kathleen Henriksen
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Several Lay Marianists on Oahu participated in a Young Adult Pilgrimage to Kalaupapa on the island of Moloka'i. The attached picture is us with Bishop Larry Silva. Names of those in the photo from left to right are: Novice Brandon Paluch, Uheina Tuihalafatai, Reynard Nivera, Bishop Larry Silva, Ismael Ruiz, Nick Dold, Lisa Vega, Mallory Green, and Noelani Tu'u. Thank you to Lisa Vega for the submission! |
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Marianist Family Council of North America
The Marianist Family Council of North America is composed of the two top ranking members of each of the three branches of the Marianist Family present in North America. Current council membership is Father Marty Solma SM and Brother Joe Kamis SM for the Society of Mary; Sister Gretchen Trautman FMI and Sister Laura Lemming FMI for the Marianist Sisters and Rudy Reyes and Kay Stone for the Marianist Lay Network of North America.
The council meets face to face each year in November and also has a conference call mid year, usually in March. Both the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative and the Marianist Lay Formation Initiative, both funded jointly by all three branches of the Marianist family, report to the council at these meetings. The newly formed Northeast Regional Family Council also began reporting at the November meeting. Other matters of joint concern are discussed as well as each branch updating the other two on their current status, successes and concerns.
In the picture from left are: Brother Joe Kamis SM, Father Marty Solma SM, Rudy Reyes, Sister Gretchen Trautman FMI, Sister Laura Lemming FMI and Kay Stone
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Start a New Holiday Tradition
For those in Ohio, close-by, or able to travel, consider visiting Dayton and stopping by the Marian Library/International Marian Institute's "At the Manger" exhibit on UD's campus from the Saturday after Thanksgiving through January 29th. The collection includes thousands of portrayals of the birth of Christ and each year hundreds of these diverse scenes are able to be viewed by the public. Click HERE for more information.
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You're Invited
These are short notice if you are just finding out about them today but you are more than welcome to attend if you are able! We also wanted to make sure everyone knows...
The Marianist Sisters Provincial Chapter invites you to join them and other members of the Marianist Family to share your experiences, hopes, ideas, and inspirations for partnership with the Marianist Sisters to continue Mary's Mission of bringing Jesus into today's world. Panelists engaged in Marianist ministries and lay communities will kick off the conversation.
Your RSVP to leanne.jablonski@gmail.com by 12.08.11 will assist our planning.
Following the panel, The Office for Mission and Rector
invites you to join in the 4:30 pm Eucharist and Lay Commitment of the new Ahava student Marianist community in UD Immaculate Conception Chapel and the Reception to follow in Torch Lounge of Kennedy Union.
For more information on the Ahava community, Eucharist and Reception: Contact Joan McGuinness Wagner jwagner1@udayton.edu or 937/229-3094
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Video Christmas
You get a double treat (of different styles) this month because I couldn't decide between some cool videos I've seen. Here they are:
Breath of Heaven, as interpreted in dance
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and by complete contrast an indy-rock version of The Little Drummer Boy, from Winnipeg, Canada (thanks to Isabella Moyer who says the video includes many scenes from the St. Boniface area of Winnipeg - familiar stomping grounds of the Marianists)
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A Parting Thought
Mary, inspired by your readiness
to accept all that God would work in you,
we offer you our hearts and lives
so that we too
might bring forth into our world
Jesus, the Savior.
May we be humble and compassionate
and come to say as you did,
"Behold the servant of the Lord." Amen
Thanks for reading to the end!
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