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Marianist Lay Network of North America
Building a Community of Communities
MLNNA is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization
serving lay Marianists and members of
Marianist lay Communities across North America
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 Lay Marianists Gather!
Delegates from the United States, Canada and Haiti will be joining lay Marianists from around the world, January 26 to February 2 in Lima, Peru at the International Assembly of the International Organization of Marianist Lay Communities. Among the topics being discussed is how lay Marianists around the world live and express their faith. In particular, the assembly will focus on the document Faith of the Heart in the Heartof the World. As delegates from all over the world share their thoughts on the document, we encourage you to read it as well. Perhaps your community can read it and discuss it as a way of sharing your faith. Discussion questions are available to guide your reflection! You can follow comments from participants by "liking" the following Facebook pages: International Lay Marianist Facebook Page North American Lay Marianist Facebook Page The countdown has begun since delegates will be departing the US next week. Click here if you are able to assist our young adults who are attending.
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Make Your 2014 Summer Plans Now!! The 2014 Assembly is Scheduled!
YOU ARE INVITED!! Come! Connect! Share stories! Be Formed! Be Sent! 
Watch your emails for a special email blast regarding the registration for the 2014 Continental Assembly at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX, July 24-27, 2014. Costs and other registration details are being finalized. But please mark your calendars and encourage your community members and other Marianist laity to do the same! Click to see a sneak peek of the agenda for the assembly. We'll gather, pray, celebrate, share, be formed, experience San Antonio, and discuss what it means to be a lay Marianist in today's world.
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Happy Anniversary!
On January 22 we remember and celebrate the life of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade. Celebrations will take place in communities across North America! If you have pictures to share from those events, please send them to us!
On February 2, Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Marianist Family celebrates Chaminade's founding of the first Sodality (lay community), giving birth to the Marianist Family. In remembrance of that, the Northeast Marianist Family Council has created and shared a prayer service. Thank you to the NE Marianist Family Council for this wonderful resource!
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Marianist Lay Formation Initiative
Looking for a way to finally begin that Marianist faith community you've always dreamed of? Need some new skills and formation to strengthen the community you are in? Consider joining the Marianist Lay Formation Initiative in 2014! Our opening retreat will be in Dayton, Ohio on Mar 21-23. Check out more info at www.marianist.com/mlfi or call Pati Krasensky at 215-634-4116.
The photo above is of the most recent gathering of the 2013 MLFI cohort at its closing retreat in San Antonio.
Participants pictured: Bill Ledbetter, Arizona; Audrey Alcorn,Pennsylvania; Nancy DeHonores, Texas; Savio & Hazel Francos, India; Rob Broderick, Massachusetts; Maureen Hoock, Missouri; Cyndi Ledbetter, Arizona; Susanna Muskrat, Texas, Aubrey Hartnett, Massachusetts; Keith Prishna, New Jersey; Also pictured Kenneth and Jane Miles from San Antonio who will be participating in the next MLFI which begins March 21-23rd.
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Other Meetings
Please keep in your prayers the Steering Committee of the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative (MSJC) as it gathers this weekend in Los Angeles, CA for its annual meeting. The Committee will review MSJC programs of the last year, look at priorities for the coming year, and experience several ministries in LA while they are there. For more information about MSJC, visit its website!
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There is still so much work to be done
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