October Fraternity Newsletter

1) The Council Meeting normally scheduled for Friday November 2nd will have to be re-scheduled. Members of the Council will be notified.

2) The next General Fraternity Meeting is scheduled for Friday  November 9th. There may be a change in time. All members will be notified prior to the meeting.

3) Just a reminder to members to bring face cloths and towels to the next General Meeting for the Dr. Simone Collection (Canadian Food for Children).

4) The Collection for Street People is to take place on Friday February 8, 2013, not on November 9th. Winter clothing items such as hats and gloves can be considered for purchase as well as other items that were included in the last collection.

5) Divine Mercy devotions including Stations of the Cross and novena prayers (St. Pio of Pieltrecina) will continue at St. Gertrude's Parish, Oshawa at 2 pm on Friday October 26th. The purpose is to pray for vocations to the Secular Franciscan Order.

6) Holy Hour will continue every Monday at 6 pm at St. Gregory the Great Church, Oshawa.

7) Please pray for the Commissioned Project that you support.

8) Ongoing Formation- Read Chapter 4 of "To Live as St. Francis Lived" and complete the questions.

9) Promoting SFO vocations. New cards will be issued in November, once the time of the General Meeting has been set.

10) Defund Abortion Campaign- There will be a rally at Queens Park on Tuesday October 30th between noon and 2 pm. Some members are travelling by Go Train to the rally. If you wish to attend, contact Irene McEvers.

11) Christmas Party and Dinner- It is questionable whether we can proceed with this due to the fact that the hall at St. Gregory's Church is booked solidly. Alternative arrangements will have to be made. The fraternity members will be consulted and kept informed. There is a proposal to do Christmas dinner for Fr. Joe Macdonald's people at the Berkley Street House. This is being looked into.

12) Journey to Christmas at St. Gregory's- There will be special programs offered after  7 pm evening masses on Tuesday nights on December 4th, 11th and 18th. We will view Fr. Barron's Catholicism series together. This will be followed with a 20 minute question and sharing period. It should finish by 9 pm. The December 18th session will include the communal celebration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation with individual confessions being provided. There will be a number of priests in the confessional. Members of the fraternity are encouraged to attend and support Fr. Bob in this endeavour.

13) Teresa has forwarded the MI newsletter to those fraternity members that belong to the Militia Immaculata. As Minister of the Fraternity and a member of the MI, I wish to make this newsletter available to all the members of the fraternity. You may be interested in attending an MI meeting to find out what this is all about. The dates, times and location of such meetings are contained in the newsletter at The Little Voice

Updates to this newsletter will be made, once they are known. If I have left anything out or members want to include other information of interest, please contact me.