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4th Day Event
October 1, 2005
Christ Church, Pompton Lakes
Facilitator: Glenda deKruif
201-947-4982
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From the Lay Director:
This is just a quick note to let you all know what your
Servant Community and Secretariat have been doing all
winter and spring. One of the things we have been doing is
thoroughly studying the Cursillo Library. In this study, we
have found that Secretariat and Servant Community are
intended to be, at their core, Reunion Groups of people who
have a primary concern for the Cursillo Community in the
Diocese. As we have tried to live into this calling, several
decisions have been made.
The first one, you all know, was to postpone the next
3-Day weekend for at least a year, when, we pray, the
fruits of the Spirit that are joy, peace and love, not strife
and enmity, will be abundantly present in the community.
The second decision was to pare the Secretariat down to its
minimum size so that Servant Community can grow to
include all who may be called to piety, study and action in
this Reunion Group. As such, the members of Secretariat are
now: Jan Paxton, Lay Director, Sandra Cummins, Assistant
Lay Director, The Rev. Kevin Coffey, Spiritual Director,
The Rev. Ronnie Stout-Kopp, Assistant Spiritual Director,
Janet Hager, Treasurer, Glenda deKruif, Secretary,
Carol Haefele, Head of Servant Community, and a Spiritual
Director for Servant Community. The Rev. Joe Pickard has
had to resign his position as Spiritual Director for Servant
Community, due to the many new responsibilities he has
accepted in his congregation and the diocese. His resignation
was regretfully accepted, with grateful thanks for his
many years of service to the community.
The third decision that was made was to study and take
action to strengthen the life of the fourth day in the diocese
so that there will be a vital community into which new
people can be called. To that end the spring weekend this
year was a 4th day event and there is another one planned
for October 1, 2005. Servant Community is working on
contacting the entire community to see if we can find all of
the Reunion Groups and help folks who need one to either
find or start one. There are 3 Ultreyas on the calendar for
the remainder of 2005 and it is hoped that we can, as we
locate the reunion groups, schedule future Ultreyas to be
reunions of those reunion groups. In order to fund all of
this, you have gotten an appeal for donations. Keeping our
community healthy will take money!
Thank you for your support. If you feel called to help with
any of these projects, please contact one of the members
of Servant Community or Secretariat. I look forward to
seeing you at the coming Ultreyas and the October event.
Jan Paxton, Lay Director
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