January 2013
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January 17,2013 - 7pm
In Attendance: John Mitchell, Reno Sartori, Becky Estep, Ron Hoctor, Jeanne Singh, Marge Mattingly, Laura Hack
1. The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm and the opening prayer included "Open My Eyes Lord".
2. Opening remarks by John Mitchell. The group was asked to share their evangelization stories over the past two months (there was not a December meeting). Jeanne Singh told us about sharing Christmas with her family.
3. The November meeting minutes were updated.
4. John Mitchell shared the experience of Dr. Ralph Martin's Year of Faith event at Christ the King. There were some strong parallels between his message and that of Marcellino D'Ambrosio. www.crossroads.com
5. Discussion on how to best obtain participation in evangelization within our local church, what do we want to accomplish, and how do we go about doing it? We want to initially approach the PPC, then CRHP and Cursillo groups. John Mitchell will be speaking with the Mary Queen School children prior to an
all-school Mass about the experience and importance of Mass participation. Reno wants to see more opportunity for group prayer and the possibility of a Day of Prayer event of some sort for MQ Parish. Laura shared that Fr. Jeff is coordinating our parish's effort in celebrating our Diocesan 25th Anniversary
and it included many opportunities for group prayer. Jeanne encouraged the importance of prayer away from the church setting, and particularly in the workplace. Becky suggested asking the 5:30pm Mass presider to go over to the adult volleyball and say a quick prayer with them every now and then, if
not every Sunday. John would like for all MQ meetings to begin with more reflective prayer .
6. The Lighthouse Catholic Media displays will launch on Ash Wednesday. Laura asked for support after the Sunday liturgies with sign-ups and selling books for Living the Eucharist.
7. Closing Prayer was shared and the meeting adjourned at 8:25pm.Ihacklast updated 09/08/2013 jm