Fraternity News From Around The Region
FIRST -- I receive newsletters
from 7 of our local fraternities, and I am grateful. Don't we have 30 or so local
fraternities in our Region? Send some news, even if you don't print a newsletter. There
must be something going on in your fraternity!!!
HOLY TRINITY FRATERNITY Dubuque, Iowa
Congratulations to Evalyn Wilson for the
fine job she is doing in forming candidates to be Secular Franciscans, and to Margi
Florence and Mary Davis as they continue preparing for their Profession next year.
MARY, QUEEN OF PEACE FRATERNITY, St. Paul, MN
On Sunday September 14, the feast of the
Triumph of the cross, 13 members made their permanent profession to the Secular Franciscan
Order. Fr. Valerius Messerich OFM presided at the ceremony. The new members are: Brenda
Berry, Vince&Karen Branch, Audrey Brown, Janie Carlson, Sean&Joan Curtan,
Bill&Chloe MeNally, Jeff Proulx, Helen Rush, Ed&Mary K. Savoie. Making a one year
temporary commitment that day were Janet Lewer, Matt Harrington, and Shirley Crew.
Congratulations and peace to all!! Eileen Moore, SFO.
ST. LEONARD OF PORT MAURICE FRATERNITY Minneapolis, MN
New council elected at September meeting.
Drew Gesell, Minister; Sara McCreight, Vice Minister; Diana Peterson, Secretary; Mary
Schubert, Treasurer; Steve Pastick, Formation Director; Dean Cummings, Councilor. These
Council members will be serving our Fraternity for a 3 yr. term. Congratulations to all of
you; thank you for accepting the nominations and thank you for your willingness to serve
our Fraternity. Thank you also to those who ran and were not elected; your continued
support and service will be appreciated.
ST CLOUD FRATERNITY St. Cloud, MN
Since 1995 the St. Cloud Frat. has had an
apostolate of sponsoring newly forming Secular Franciscan Communities in Baudette, Elk
River and Brainerd. A few weeks ago Jim and I met with Brother Anthony, 0SF in Fargo. We
have agreed to help them form a Secular Franciscan presence in that area. Truly, the Holy
Spirit has been at work in bringing this increase in Secular Franciscan fraternities
about. Sis Hem SF0
Professions
held for SAN DAMIANO forming community in Elk River, MN. The San Damiano Community began
about two and a half years ago when Mary and Jerry Witzman moved from Minneapolis to Elk
River. On Nov. 17, a milestone was reached when the first nine people formed in the new
community made professions. The newly professed are: Becky Adams, Dennis Gatenby, Peggy
Gatenby, Anna Gebbie, Tom Geissler, Betty LeFebvre, Lorraine Lock, Pat Smith and Linda
Ritchie. The professions were received by Sis Hem, minister of the St. Cloud Fraternity,
sponsor of the new community.
Congratulations
to each of the newly professed and to the San Damiano Community.
ST. MARY'S FRATERNITY Waterloo, Iowa MARY
HELDT SF0
Mary Heldt, who had served as
minister of St. Mary's Fraternity, passed away on November 20, 1997. Mary had known she
was dying spent the last year putting her affairs in order, including making arrangements
for her fraternity. Ultimately, each of us must confront our own death. Mary was blessed
to know that, at most, her time was short. None of us knows how short our own time might
be. Let us pray that by God's grace we may be ready at all times to hear his call to come
home.
RIP, Mary
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