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International Organization of MLC:
Region of North America, Asia
Ireland and Australia |
May, 2008
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Dear Friends,
After years of preparation, the Catholic Church of Quebec is ready to celebrate the 49th International Eucharistic Congress from June 15 to 22, 2008.
The year 2008 marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, the first permanent French settlement in North America.
The 2008 International Eucharistic Congress will be "the Assembly of the Church of Quebec hosting the Universal church to celebrate the Living Christ. It's theme will be The Eucharist Gift of God for the Life of the World." More information can be found at:
Many of our Marianist friends in Quebec are actively involved in the Congress. We join them in prayer that the Eucharist, the sacrament of true communion, be a source of strength, peace, and love for us, our families and communities, and the world.
Peace!
Isabella Moyer, MLC
Regional Responsible
North America, Asia
Ireland and Australia
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CLM Haiti General Assembly
by Aneil Ulysse (CLM Haiti, Secretary)
translated by Richard Thibault (CLM Quebec)
On
April 25-27, 2008 the MLC's of Haiti held their first General Assembly in Port-au-Prince ending the interim
mandate for the leadership team. Thirty six members from seven communities out
of a possible ten, were present; Br. Stanislas Limdeyou, the spiritual assessor
and Madame Agn�s Dumas, national counselor were also present.
Each
participant expressed their views and expectations for the new leadership team
to be elected. Some of these were: the need for formation of MLC's in Haiti, for unity throughout all MLC's of Haiti and
also between the religious and the MLC's. They also discussed the orientation
for each MLC's on the ecclesial, spiritual, cultural and financial point of
view.
Elected
to the leadership team are:
National Coordinator - Etienne Wesly
Vice-Coordinator - Jocelyn Louis
Secretary - Aniel Ulysse
Treasurer - Ilion�s St-Fleur
Fr.
Florain Chabot-Royer celebrated Sunday mass with all the St-Vincent community. After mass, Br. Stanislas gave a talk on the fundamentals
of MLC's, followed by a presentation with Agn�s Dumas on the theme of "Building
community" from the document of the
International Meeting of Philadelphia in 2001.  
Etienne Wesly Ilion�s St-Fleur
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Marianist Lay Formation Initiative
by Pati Krasensky (Director of MLFI) 
Twelve people gathered in Dayton, Ohio April 18-20, 2008 to begin the one year formation process
sponsored by the North American Marianist Family Council. The Marianist Lay Formation Initiative was
developed 3 years ago to support laity who are passionate about the Marianist
charism and desire to spread the Marianist spirit in their area by building
small faith communities in the Marianist tradition.
Attending were: Rudy Reyes,Jr;
Chiree Souza; Carol Weiss; Linda Flores-Tober; Madge Hempsey; Tina Bauman;
Jeannie Pinpin; Chris Roe; Joanie Roe; Serina Souza (center); Anna Tusim; Pati
Krasensky (Director of the MLFI) and Beth Woods (front
row). The weekend was highlighted by presentations from Bro Tom Giardino and
Patti Gehred, as well has shared prayer and community fellowship.
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Circular on Ad�le 
Sr. Marie Joelle Bec, FMI, Superior
General, has published Circular #22 on the Anniversary of the Foundation of the
Daughters of Mary Immaculate, May 25, 2008. This Circular addresses the centrality
of the Word of God in the life of Mother Ad�le. It ties together the
reflections of the last FMI Chapter and the upcoming Synod of the Word of God
in Rome, October 2008.
An excerpt:
During the last
Chapter, "we were struck by the power of the Word of God, given to each of
us in the Liturgy. Having learned from Mary, we feel called to always listen to
the Word of God, the center of our lives. We can never stop entering more
deeply into this attitude with an open heart, deeply rooted in reality, invited
at each moment to the obedience of faith." Chap. Doc. #5
As an echo to this
double invitation of the Universal Church and the General Chapter, today I want
to listen with you to the Words of God that have been light, strength,
audacity, and an impulse of love in the life of our Foundress. In effect,
Mother Adele, who had no theological studies nor ever held the entire Bible in
her hands, knew how to find in the proclaimed Word of the liturgy what and how
to animate her first friends, then later sisters.
The Circular is available online at www.marianist.org:
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| Pontifical Council for the Laity - Promoting Women
Roscio
Figueroa, Responsible for the Women's Section at the Pontifical Council for the
Laity, has opened a web-site to share resources and writings on the role of women in the
Church and in the world. This initiative continues the work of the Women's
Congress in Rome of February, 2008: "Woman and Man, humanum in its entirety".
To encourage a wide-ranging and
diverse dialogue,
Ms.
Figueroa has invited all ecclesial movements and associations who actively
promote the role of women to submit papers. Please contact Isabella Moyer at moyerfam@mts.net for more information.
Current
papers, in several languages, can be accessed at the Pontifical Council for the
Laity web-site at www.laici.org. Click on
the Donne e uomo logo, and look for the heading "ARTICOLI DI INTERESSE".
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Via Latina 22 - May 2008
The May issue of Via Latina 22, News from the General Administration of the Society of Mary, is available at www.marianist.org. Articles in this issue include:
- News from the Philippines
- Education for Justice and Peace and the Integrity of Creation
- Recent visits of the General Council
- First Professions in India
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Support Kenya 2009
The next
International Meeting of Marianist Lay Communities will be held in Nairobi,
Kenya in 2009. Approximately 50
delegates from 29 countries will be invited to attend.
Because of rising
fuel costs, travel to the meeting will be expensive. Also, over half of our delegates reside in
developing nations .
We are setting up a
Scholarship Fund for Delegates to
help with travel and meeting costs. Please consider donating to this fund.
Make checks
to: Marianist
Lay Network and in the annotation line write "International Meeting
Fund" and mail to: Marianist Center
1341 N. Delaware Avenue, # 406
Philadelphia,
PA 19125 USA
Are
you a frequent traveller and would like to donate airmiles for
delegate travel? Please contact NACMS intern, Ben Dougherty at bdougherty63141@yahoo.com.
Thank
you for your generosity, we will keep you up to date concerning the progress of
the fund.
Tony Garascia, MLC
President
International
Organization
of
Marianist Lay Communities
Isabella
Moyer, MLC
Regional Responsible
North America,Asia,
Ireland, and Australia
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Past issues of Gifts and Tasks are now archived online at GIFTS AND TASKS ARCHIVE
Gifts and
Tasks is published on the last Friday of each month. We need local and national
news, stories, reflections, and photos. Please send submissions and ideas for next
month's issue to moyerfam@mts.net
by the previous Sunday.
And kindly
forward this issue to contact persons within your country to help with its
distribution. If anyone would like to be added to the subscription list, please
send email addresses to moyerfam@mts.net. Thank you!
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