Council Report
REPORT FROM THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
Oct 2006
Summer was a busy time of visitations.
Gerald visited our New Caney community and the St Therese Study Group which New Caney has been helping to get off the ground. From there, he joined his wife for some fun in Las Vegas. We were really hoping that he’d win enough money to take the full Provincial Council with them when they go to Rome in October, but alas, the “wages of sin” took their toll and the rest of us will have to just dream of Rome. Later in August, Gerald returned to Houston to visit our San Juan community. We note that Gerald’s visitation reports always include mention of the great meals he has during these various visitations.
Amelia was visiting Jackson MS and then Covington LA at the time of the writing of our last report. Both of these study groups seem to be making good progress towards canonical status.
Oct 2006
Summer was a busy time of visitations.
Gerald visited our New Caney community and the St Therese Study Group which New Caney has been helping to get off the ground. From there, he joined his wife for some fun in Las Vegas. We were really hoping that he’d win enough money to take the full Provincial Council with them when they go to Rome in October, but alas, the “wages of sin” took their toll and the rest of us will have to just dream of Rome. Later in August, Gerald returned to Houston to visit our San Juan community. We note that Gerald’s visitation reports always include mention of the great meals he has during these various visitations.
Amelia was visiting Jackson MS and then Covington LA at the time of the writing of our last report. Both of these study groups seem to be making good progress towards canonical status.
Nancy made visitation of our Birmingham community to check on how well things went after we merged the Irondale study group into the Birmingham community.
Good news from Pascal ! At the end of June, he and his wife moved into their new home. Gradually he is rebuilding his life after the devastation of Katrina and the rest of the Provincial Council is eagerly looking forward to seeing him at our meeting in October so we can all finally give him great big hugs.
Somehow, Elizabeth has managed the summer without making any visitations. Se did have the joy of celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel with the Georgetown study group as they had several people make their First Promise and one person take her Definitive Promise.
In August, Elizabeth, Nancy and Amelia gathered in Chicago to go see the King Tut exhibit at the Field Musuem. They very much enjoyed the exhibit and could not resist having dinner at the Weber Grill for the feast of St Lawrence. The trip was pure pleasure (except for Elizabeth who was there also for her job) and they sure did have some fun.
We are now all turning our attention to firming up our plans for our annual meeting in Dallas on the weekend of Oct 12-17. We look forward to celebrating Teresa’s feast day with our Dallas OCDS.
We’ll be spending that Saturday afternoon meeting with the Father General as he makes a visit of our province. Naturally, we’ll have a report on all this in the next Flos Carmeli. After Father General left, our president (left) invited us outside where [from left-right: she, Amelia, Anita & Pascal] blew bubbles on Mt Carmel Center's front porch. This was not an official council activity.
Provincial Council:
Pascal Alfano, Gerald Alford, Elizabeth Korves, Nancy Thompson, and Amelia Wilken
Good news from Pascal ! At the end of June, he and his wife moved into their new home. Gradually he is rebuilding his life after the devastation of Katrina and the rest of the Provincial Council is eagerly looking forward to seeing him at our meeting in October so we can all finally give him great big hugs.
Somehow, Elizabeth has managed the summer without making any visitations. Se did have the joy of celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Mt Carmel with the Georgetown study group as they had several people make their First Promise and one person take her Definitive Promise.
In August, Elizabeth, Nancy and Amelia gathered in Chicago to go see the King Tut exhibit at the Field Musuem. They very much enjoyed the exhibit and could not resist having dinner at the Weber Grill for the feast of St Lawrence. The trip was pure pleasure (except for Elizabeth who was there also for her job) and they sure did have some fun.
We are now all turning our attention to firming up our plans for our annual meeting in Dallas on the weekend of Oct 12-17. We look forward to celebrating Teresa’s feast day with our Dallas OCDS.
We’ll be spending that Saturday afternoon meeting with the Father General as he makes a visit of our province. Naturally, we’ll have a report on all this in the next Flos Carmeli. After Father General left, our president (left) invited us outside where [from left-right: she, Amelia, Anita & Pascal] blew bubbles on Mt Carmel Center's front porch. This was not an official council activity.Provincial Council:
Pascal Alfano, Gerald Alford, Elizabeth Korves, Nancy Thompson, and Amelia Wilken
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