Autumn Retreat Announced: We are pleased to announce that we will be hosting Madre Ivonne from the Hogar Rafael Ayau Orphanage in Guatemala for a full-day retreat, Saturday, September 27, 2008. Please proceed to the Classes and Retreats page for basic info. More details coming soon. Email Fr Steven to pre-register for what will surely be a wonderful and soul-profiting event.
2009 Guatemala Mission: NEW DATES CONFIRMED, JUNE 16-23, 2009
From Fr. Steven:
Dear Parish Faithful,
We have been invited by Mothers Ines and Ivonne to renew our Mission Team
visits to the Hogar San Rafael Orphanage in Guatemala. Not this summer,
but in June 2009. That gives us quite a bit of time to make a
commitment to prepare a team. This letter, therefore, is a preliminary
probing into the possibility of such a team forming. I wish to find out
what the "interest level" is on a parish level. If you have the desire
to participate on a Mission Team, please get back with me. I believe
the maximum size of the team is ten persons. Realistically, you will
need to plan on spending between $1,000-$1,2000.
The time slot for our team would be about ten days. We will live with the
children at the Hogar and be given a work assignment - cleaning,
painting, etc, together with teaching and playing with the children.
Over the years, this has been a wonderful parish ministry to "abandoned,
abused and orphaned children." We have been one of a very small handful
of OCA parishes to consistently engage in this ministry and I would
support our continuing contact and work with the Hogar.
As already announced, Mother Ivonne will be for us on September 27 of this
year for a one-day Retreat. Please keep that date in mind. Perhaps, if
the interest develops, she can speak with those interested "face to
face" about what to expect as a member of a team.
In Christ,
Fr. Steven
St Catherine Sisterhood Meeting, POSTPONED. WATCH FOR RESCHEDULED DATE/TIME. Please email Presvytera Deborah for more info.
OCF Meetings and News: The Miami University Orthodox Christian Fellowship, together with college students from the Cincinnati area, met for a meal and fellowship at Fr. Steven and Presvytera Deborah's home Sunday, April 6, after Liturgy. (See photo above.) The Miami OCF group also went to Dormition Monastery in Rives Jct MI, April 12-13, for their annual retreat.
