JPIC News - May 2022 - Jeff Redder, OFS, Regional JPIC Animator

Saint Katharine Drexel Region Secular Franciscan Order (USA) Justice, Peace, & the Integrity of Creation May 2022 “A synodal Church, in announcing the Gospel, ‘journeys together.’ How is this ‘journeying together’ happening today in your local Church? What steps does the Spirit invite us to take in order to grow in our ‘journeying together’?(Preparatory Document for the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, 7 September 2021) For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission

Jeffrey C. Redder, OFS 23 Shelter Rock Rd. Eastampton, NJ 08060 jcredder@gmail.com 609-267-1460 (H) 609-667-3443 (M) JPIC Reflection

As Catholics, Secular Franciscans should
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Will I Need a Name Tag in Heaven? From the Heart of the Minister May 2022

Will I need a name tag in Heaven?

Well if I have done this life correctly, I guess I won’t. But suppose I have withheld myself from God, hid behind the tree when I thought He was looking for me, averted my eyes when walking down the street?

How about when He said, “Excuse me, would you like to spend some time together on Sunday morning”? Am I only answering His mail that is addressed to Current Resident?

Why is it so hard to accept that He knows me so well, that His “Kate radar” functions 24/7? Because I’m afraid?
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May 2922 Thought for the Day by Father Francis Sariego, OFMCap

May 2022

O virgin mother, daughter of your Son, humble beyond all creatures and more exalted;

predestined turning point of God’s intention;

Your merit so ennobled human nature that its divine Creator did not scorn

to make Himself the creature of His creature.

The Love that was rekindled in Your womb sends for the warmth of the eternal peace

Within whose ray this flower has come to bloom.

Here to us, you are the noon and scope of Love revealed;

and among mortal men, the living fountain of eternal hope.

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May 2022 Meditations by Father Francis Sariego, OFMCap

St. Katherine Drexel Regional Fraternity

Regional Spiritual Assistant

St. Francis of Assisi Friary

1901 Prior Road

Wilmington, Delaware 19809

tel: (302) 798-1454 fax: (302) 798-3360 website: skdsfo

email: pppgusa@gmail.com

May 2022

Dear Sisters and Brothers in St. Francis,

The Risen Christ bless you with His peace!

Our Seraphic Father St. Francis of Assisi speaks so lovingly of Mary. He places Her in that privileged position She holds as Mother of the Savior and “Virgin made Church”. St. Francis never forgets
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