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September 2018 Newsletter

September 15, 2018 by Pat Dorn

Now that summer “officially” is over, it will be nice to get back to meeting again. I have listed our meeting dates in the box at the bottom of the page. Please be sure to mark them on your calendar. All meetings will be held in the Parish Center at St. Gertrude in Madeira and begin at 2:00 p.m. Please note: this includes the September 23 meeting originally scheduled to be held at our house. As I mentioned in my earlier email, this change was necessary due to the flooding of our finished basement when our sump pump gave out during a recent record-breaking rainfall.

We are pleased to welcome back our Dean, Br. Francis Wagner, as the guest speaker for this meeting. Br. Francis’ talk will be on the topic of Accountability, which is the theme for 2018-2019. Ron asks that I remind you that we are always striving to follow our basic meeting outline as well as to provide something new that our members might find fruitful to their spiritual growth as oblates. For example, at the September meeting Ron will be looking at the Lectio Divina Scripture reading for that day and select a good match from the Rule of Saint Benedict to complement the reading. He will then ask for a volunteer to prepare the Rule reading for the next meeting. He will be looking for volunteers who would be willing to share their stories about what drew then to become an oblate and how being an oblate has helped them grow in their spiritual life.

Remember the book drive organized by oblates Bob & Melinda Reckers last March to help the Benedictine monks at Holy Cross Monastery in Beaumont, Texas restore their library that was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey? Bob and Melinda sent thanks to our oblates for helping them collect well over 1000 books.

AGENDA September 23, 2018 Meeting – 2:00 p.m. St. Gertrude Parish Center – St. Joseph Room

I. Reading of Mission Statement
II. Vespers (Week 1 – Liturgy of the Hours for Benedictine Oblates)
III. Lectio Divina
IV. Minutes of April 22, 2018 Meeting
V. Treasurer’s Report
VI. Old/New Business
VII. Program: Guest Speaker: Br. Francis Wagner, OSB Topic: Accountability
VIII. Adjournment & Closing Prayer

2018/2019 Meeting Dates Please mark your calendar.
Please Note: All meetings are held on a Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

2018
September 23 (Br. Francis Wagner, OSB)
October 28 – (Program to be determined)
November 18 (Fr. Mateo, OSB)

2019 January 27 (Program to be determined)
February 24 (Fr. Joseph Cox, OSB)
March 28 (Br. Francis Wagner, OSB)
April 28 (Program to be determined)

Other Important Dates
May 18 — Day of Recollection hosted by Dayton Chapter

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