Pope Francis Prayer Intention for July 

Vatican City, 30 June 2016 (VIS) – The Holy Father’s universal prayer intention for July is: “That indigenous peoples, whose identity and very existence are threatened, will be shown due respect”.

His intention for evangelization is: “That the Church in Latin America and the Caribbean, by means of her mission to the continent, may announce the Gospel with renewed vigor and enthusiasm”.

 

 

Our Fraternity Gatherings are on the third Sunday of the month.   We start with Mass at 12 PM (Optional) in the friary chapel.  After Mass, our social begins at 1 PM in the friary refectory followed by a fifteen to twenty minute business meeting.  Following our business meeting we have ongoing formation. Our 0ngoing formation usually begins around 2:30 PM and ends around 3:45 PM. The ongoing formation program can be from the current study format or a speaker.  At around 4 PM the fraternity meets in the chapel for evening prayer.

 

Friar Douglas, OFM Conv. will talk to the fraternity on “Peace and Social Justice” at our ongoing formation portion of our August gathering.

  

Our annual fraternity picnic will be on Sunday, September 17, 2016.  

We are asking members and visitors to either bring a potluck dish, or side dish or a dessert.    Unfortunately, there are no electrical outlets in the area so we will not be able to hook up crock-pots or warmers to heat up food.  For those fraternity’s who are planning to once again join us this year, please contact our picnic coordinator, France Staudenmann, OFS, at:  (301) 294-3085 or by e-mail at: france.staudenmann@gmail.com for more information and to make your reservations.