Regional Elections in January

    Although the deadline for submitting written nominations for regional offices has now passed, remember that nominations will be asked for from the floor - 3 times, just as in your own fraternity elections.   In my 3-year term (and also for the 3 years before that) we have been blessed in having every language group represented on the council and would hope that would continue.  We ask all of you to pray for the ministers who will be gathering in January for the Chapter of Elections, that the Holy Spirit may direct the elections to the good of the Region.

Fund-Raising Cruise

        St. FrancisRegion is sponsoring a Caribbean cruise from January 22 - 29, 2012, as a fund-raising measure.  The flyer giving information about the cruise will be found in News and Resources under the "About St. Francis Region" tab.   At the 2011 Chapter, the ministers raised the challenge of finding ways to raise funds for the region, and Diane Halal and Gwen Murphy stepped up to the plate and offered to work on putting together a cruise which would do exactly that.  Many thanks to both of them.  Fr. Steve will be on the cruise, allowing us to participate in a daily celebration of the Eucharist.  If you haven't considered this yet, and it is something that interests you, please take a look at the flyer.  There is still time to sign up! 

 Minister's Message:  To all the brothers and sisters of St. Francis Region:

         I want to introduce you to our new website and hope you will take a moment to look through it.  A lot of the pages are still empty, as we're still working on them, but you will see new things going up daily.  It is our earnest pledge to keep the site current so that it will be useful to all of you on a regular basis. 

         We have language pages, that is, information that is in Vietnamese, Spanish and Korean, and there are some translated documents on those pages, but they are not yet complete.   

          All calendar information should be sent to Margie Rodriguez at MargaritaQR@msn.com or through the web site and pictures should be sent to Tuan Cao at tuancaosfo@gmail.com or through the web site.   If you have items you would like to see on the website please contact me or your vice-minister, Bob Herbelin.  You can contact any of us directly from the website, by simply going to the "Contact Us" page.

           I offer the heartfelt thanks of the Regional Executive Council and the whole region to Mike Morris who has donated his time to be our webmaster for all the years since our St. Francis Region site went online.   

                        Your sister and servant, Sylvia

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