The St Bonaventure Fraternity will be presenting a retreat "Reaching Out Beyond our Faith" on Saturday, June 16, 2018 at Sacred Heart Sullivan Hall in Fleming Island (Jacksonville/Orange
Park area). Our speaker is Donna Hollis, OFS with the NAFRA Ecumenical/Interfaith Committee. The attached flyer and brochure have all the information. We pray you will consider joining us as we learn
how best to reach out to other faiths.
Peace,
Linda Bertino, OFS
St Bonaventure Fraternity
904-704-7282
"Give witness to what we believe in and
who we are with joy and simplicity."
Pope Francis
Start by doing what is necessary,
then what is possible,
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
St. Francis of Assisi
May the Lord give you peace!
It is my pleasure to announce our topic and presenters for the 8th Summer Seminar for OFS, which will be held
July 12-15,2018 at Saint Francis University in Loretto, PA. Mark your calendars now!
The topic for the seminar is Francis the Troubador: How Can I Keep From Singing? Our presenters will be Jerry & Cricket Aull, OFS and Br. Bob Herrick, OFM,
Cap. Please see the attached flier for details.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
May the peace of the Lord be with you.
Attached* please find the announcement of the Secular Franciscan Conference sponsored by the Francsican Institute at St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New
York. The dates are July 13
-15, 2018. Arrivals can be Thursday evening, July 12th.
The title is, “Becoming Prayer, Becoming Presence: A Workshop for Secular Franciscans” and Br. Richard Hendricks, OFM Cap. is the facilitator. He is from
Ireland.
Please note that the dates are the same for the Summer Seminar at St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania.
I am sure that with over 12,000 Secular Franciscans in the USA, we can fill both programs successfully. The universities need to work events around their campus schedules as well as around
the travel schedules of the presenters/facilitators.
Please do spread the work about both programs. We hope to fill both abundantly! Thank you.
Mary Frances Charsky
“Renewed and Confirmed: Live the Treasure!”
Celebrating 40 years of our OFS Rule
National Secular Franciscan Fraternity Theme for 2018
*Attachments----
19th Annual Inter-Fraternity Celebration of the Feast of St. Clare (see .PDF file below)
To my fellow Secular Franciscan Ministers,
We are very please to inform you that we have a very worthy speaker for our St. Clare Celebration. It is Fr. John Anglin, OFM from St. Anthony Friary in St. Petersburg. He is often
referred to as The Wandering Friar. That is also the name of one of the Books he has written as also the name of his blog. He has been a Friar for 54 years and was ordained 47 years
ago. He has done innumerable retreats and days of reflection and is quite renowned as a speaker. We should be in for a real treat. His topic will be “St. Clare: Model of
Contemplation.”
I hope that many of you and members of your fraternities will be able to attend our Celebration at St. William’s on
Saturday, August 11th. Please let me know the
number that will be attending from your fraternity on or before
August 4th. so that necessary preparation can be made. I will be in Georgia but I can be contacted at
either
dbroche37@gmail.com or 239-248-2157
(see files below)
The next Q will be in 2021 and will be held in Phoenix, August 18-22, 2021 at the Sheraton Grand.
O . F . S
LUNCHEON – ALMUERZO
SATURDAY / SABADO
OCT. 13, 2018
1:00PM – 5:00PM
$25.00pp
My Dreams Banquet Hall
(Malecón Shopping Center)
5908 W 16 Ave. Hialeah, FL
RSVP: 10/05/18
Reny: 305-332-4263
see PDF below
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