Our Lady of the Rockies

The NAFRA Triennial Election is scheduled for October 24, 2009 at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
All Secular Franciscans are eligible to nominate someone for the NAFRA Executive Council.
TIMELINE:
APRIL – Notice of Election published; Call for Nominations
JUNE – Nominations close
JULY – Nominations Committee contacts nominees, they accept or decline nomination
AUGUST 15 – Deadline for nomination forms returned from nominees
AUGUST 22 – Start 9 week novena of prayer for Spirit-led election
AUGUST 29 – Resumes of nominees sent to voting members of the Elective Chapter
PROCEDURE:
For the office of Minister, Vice Minister, Secretary, Treasurer, Councilor, and/or International Councilor, email (preferred) OR snail mail the name, address, and email address to BOTH Kathleen White and Linda Grady.
(Nominations are sent to both committee members to avoid a nomination being lost. Committee members will continually cross reference nominations.)
Kathleen White, SFO kdwsfo@verizon.net 612 Front St – Logansport, IN 46947
Linda Grady, SFO lgradysfo@sbcglobal.net 6001 Harvard Drive – Kokomo, IN 46902
Nominations are confidential.

Popularity: 16% [?]

written by Randy Heinz, SFO \\ tags: Council, Kathleen White, Linda Grady, NAFRA, NAFRA Council, New Mexico

Lord,

Help us to turn to each other and not on each other.

Help us to make better choices.

to love, not hate,

inclusion, not exclusion

in the Oneness of our Franciscan family.

by Reverend Joe Lowery

Popularity: 86% [?]

written by Jane East, SFO \\ tags: Billings, Capuchins, Council, Great Falls, Hands of Love, Havre, Helena, Lady Jacoba, Little Portion, Meditation, Missoula, Polson, Poor Clares, Prayer, Queen of Angels, Regional, San Damiano, Sheridan, Spiritual Assistant, St. Anthony, St. Charles Borromeo

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Francis,

Another regional retreat is history and by all accounts it was fun and fruitful for all. We had wonderful speakers, great fellowship and a prayer-filled weekend. We missed everyone who was unable to attend and we wish you could have been there.

On Sunday the Regional Council met and we covered many topics.

Some of the topics discussed were:

• The creation of a website for the region (www.olrr.org)
• Start of a Yahoo! Group e-mail list
• A letter of request to Fr. Lester Bach OFM Cap, our provincial spiritual assistant, to appoint the Poor Clare’s in Great Falls to serve as spiritual assistants for the Missoula, Helena and Havre fraternities.
• Appointment of John Neumann SFO, from St. Anthony fraternity, as the head of the new Regional Youth Commission.
• The council has also been charged to create a “scholarship fund,” for lack of a better term, to find new and inventive ways to help our fellow SFOs, who might be financially strapped, to better afford the costs of attending retreats.

If you have ideas as to what you think should be on the web site please feel free to contact me and I’ll see if we can accommodate your ideas.
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Popularity: 60% [?]

written by Randy Heinz, SFO \\ tags: Council, Havre, Helena, Lady Jacoba, Missoula, Poor Clares, Regional, Spiritual Assistant, St. Anthony