Immaculate Conception Fraternity (101)

Brothers and Sisters of St. Francis Region 61

Volume 21 Issue Number 7 July 2008

Important Dates:

Saturday July 12. 2008

Fraternity Picnic 10-2 at the Peachtree City Picnic Park

Behind the Library on HWY 54

Families welcome! Come enjoy Good food and fellowship

If you last name begins with:

A - E: bring a salad or appetizer dish

F - M: bring a casserole/main dish

N - R: bring a desert dish

S - Z: bring drinks/ice, bread, etc.

Of course if you have a favorite dish you can bring that instead!

Next Fraternity Meeting

Saturday Aug 9th 2008

Mass 8:30 AM

30 min social time

Meeting to start approx. 9:30 AM

Laura Cleary will continue her presentation:

Catholic Time Management-Getting Organized

Apostalate: Nursing Home, Saturday 7/19

Meet after the 8:30 am mass at St. Philips Benizi

Call Bernadette Lasorsa for more details 770-320-8147

Location of Meeting: Old Education Building Life Teen Room

Snacks: Theresa Ryan, Sharon Graham and Jeremiah Sauber

Antiphonarian: Lisa Liepold

Scripture Reading & Responsorial: Roaxanne Turner

Dates to Place on your calendar:

ARG meeting at Ridgecrest, NC – August 8-10, 2008

Please let Willie know if you are planning to go.

Fraternity Retreat in Conyers at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit

August 29-31, 2008

Please make your reservation directly with the Monastery

Monastery @trappist.net  or call 770-760-0959

Visit the website that our Web Minister, Dennis Mallon has set up: www.secularfranciscans.org

You may order his books on “Reflections of a Secular Franciscan” here at this site.

Dates to note on your calendar:

ARG @ Ridgecrest, N.C.  August 8 - 10

Frat/Reg Retreat @ Conyers, GA August 29-31

NAFRA @ Nashville, TN

(Our region will be hosting)October 14-19

Prayer Requests

Please notify Teri Williamson with your prayer requests:

Will2430@bellsouth.net or 770-477-5042

SECULAR FRANCISCAN RETREAT

August 29 - 31, 2008

     Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery 2625 Hwy. 212 SW Conyers, GA 30094

For Reservations please call: 770-760-0959 Or Email: monastery@trappist.net

Cost: $120 ($30.00 deposit is due 60 days prior to the retreat to hold your room. This retreat is open to the Region so do not wait too long to get your room reserved)

     Check in is anytime after 1 PM on Friday (Dinner is served at 5:45 PM) Check out is after Lunch on Sunday

     We will be doing something unique this year in that everyone is encouraged to bring a ‘Franciscan Tunic’ to wear for a special event to take place on Saturday. This is optional. Cricket will share details at the next meeting.

 If you have information for the newsletter, please contact Sheila Geist at (770) 631-2890 or joegeist@bellsouth.net. The deadline will be the 20th of each month.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO BRING REFRESHMENTS:

August

Drinks: Dolores Proper

Snacks: theresa Ryan & Sharon Graham

Antiphonarian: Lisa Liepold

Scripture Reading & Responsorial: Sharon Loiselle

September

Drinks: Carmen Madero

Snacks: Antoinette Irons & Bernadette Lasorsa

Antiphonarian: Joanne Suwinski

Scripture Reading & Responsorial: Barbara Reich

October

Drinks: Willie Guadalupe

Snacks: Cricket Aull & Rose Campbell

Antiphonarian: Laura O’Connell

Scripture Reading & Responsorial: Jan Pitts

November

Drinks: Laura Cleary

Snacks: Jerry Daly & Sheila Geist

Antiphonarian: Lori Moran

Scripture Reading & Responsorial: Jo Jo Mekolichick

December

Annual Fraternity Christmas

Reflection, Drawing & Social

St. Francis

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