| |  | |
Thanks to the following for their recent support:
Andrew and Jama Badinghaus
John Burke
Matt Dunn
Michael Gillespie
Jacqui Griswold
Jill Hilgefort
Carole King
Micah Community (Dayton, OH)
Fr. Al McMenamy, SM
MLNNA operates through the generosity of lay Marianists and lay Marianist communities that make up its membership. This newsletter and our support of NACMS, MSJC, and MLFI couldn't happen without your support. To make a contribution click the Donate Now button above.
|
|
Upcoming Dates |
March 11 House Mass and Brunch sponsored by Edgar and Nassau Communities in Dayton also Marianist Family in Dayton gathering to discuss efforts at better collaboration | |
March 19
Solemnity of St. Joseph
March 26
Feast of the Annunciation (observed)
|
|
|
Stay Here and Watch With Me
With Lent well under way we hope you have been inspired by our Lenten "Spring Training" series, sent each Wednesday in the form of an email letter/reflection from MLNNA President, Rudy Reyes, Jr. The series will continue until the Wednesday of Easter week.
This week's letter focused on prayer and Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.
In light of our on-going series I will keep this newsletter short! I offer a brief prayer and just a few things to follow!
May your Lenten journey result in many Easter blessings!
Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love and thy grace, for this is sufficient for me.
Ignatius Loyola
Peace and Love,
Matt Dunn
Editor
|
|
|
Featured Links
Most of thse are repeats from last month. There are also a couple new ones.
American Catholic
Bread for the World (resources for prayer, fasting, almsgiving)
Busted Halo (has an annual Lenten calendar with daily reflections and suggestions)
Catholic Relief Services- Operation Rice Bowl
Susan Vogt's Blog (following her Lenten journey to do the Natoinal Food Stamp Challenge to eat on $4.50 a day)
US Catholic
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
NEW!!
Our Marianist Family in Spain offers 40 days of reflections about 40 of the least countries around the world. Read a brief explanation by Isabella Moyer, President of the International Organization of Marianist Lay Communities and follow her links to see the 40-day calendar in English, Spanish, and French.
Humorous Thoughts on Fasting:
 | | The Skinny On Fasting |
If you have your own suggestions please share them with us on our Facebook page! |
|
Share Your Stories!
Don't be the proverbial lamp under the bushel basket! 
We'd love to feature a new/different community or even an individual lay Marianist in each issue of the newsletter. As a community of communities we want to remember and celebrate that we are all companions on this journey inspired by Fr. Chaminade, Adele, and Marie Therese. If you have a prayer service to share, meeting topic suggestions, stories about social experiences or service projects please let us know!! If you know a lay Marianist doing great things let us know so we can give them a shout out! You can send stories and pictures to laymarianist@gmail.com to be included in our newsletter!
Thanks for reading to the end! |
|
|
|
|
