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Praise to our lord and savior, Jesus Christ! Here is our meeting schedule and fraternity news. May Saints Francis and Clare continue to intercede for you.
Pax et bonum!
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Next Meeting
Sunday, December 17, 2017
2 p.m. Community Prayer followed by Christmas Gathering
St. Joseph Oblates, Route 315, Laflin, PA
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Fraternity News
Aposotolate
Thank you to all who participate in our efforts to supply St. Vincent dePaul Soup Kitchen with coffee. We continue to strive for 100% participation, so please bring a container of ground to our next meeting.
December Birthdays
12/23 - Isabelle Wydallis, OFS
Happy birthday! Ad multos annos!
2018 Meeting Dates
We meet on the third Sunday of every month.
- 21 January
- 18 February
- 18 March
- 15 April
- 20 May
- 17 June
- 15 July
- 19 August
- 16 September
- 21 October
- 18 November
- 16 December
Now you know! If you mark your calendar now, you will always know when the next meeting is. If there is a change, Council will inform you.
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Ongoing Formation
November's ongoing formation consisted of a review of our website data for the third quarter of 2017. Here it is, in case you missed it:
- 345 Unique Users (Individual visitors to the site)
- 918 Page Views (Pages of content seen by users)
- 435 Sessions (Visits to the site)
- Traffic sources
- 47% Facebook
- 23% Direct
- 17% Google search
- Most visited pages:
- “New Leadership Council” news release
- Home page
- “Call to Prayer” news release
- Tau cross habit
- 2016 profession news release and photo gallery
- Desktop Visits: 44% / Mobile Visits 56%
- Top locations of site visitors by number of sessions:
- Wilkes-Barre 22
- Dunmore 21
- Nanticoke 17
- Scranton 16
- Clifton, NJ 13
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Upcoming Franciscan and Other Major Feasts and Memorials
12/08 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
12/25 Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day)
01/03 Holy Name of Jesus
01/16 Memorial of St. Berard, priest, and companions, protomartyrs, I Order
01/30 Memorial of St. Hyacinth of Mariscotti, virgin, III Order
Source: EWTN
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Our brother, John Baldino, OFS and his wife Rachel, spent Thanksgiving Day with Sr. Lauralita, LSP and the Little Sisters of the Poor serving dinner to residents and guests at Holy Family Residence in Scranton.
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What are you up to? Let's inspire each other in our ministries! If you know of an event we should share, if you have photos of you in action in your ministry, please send them to us!
swbfranciscans@gmail.com
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Almsgiving
Please remember your fair-share and common-fund contributions. You may bring cash or check to a meeting or mail a check to
Edward G. Schirra, OFS, CPA
Treasurer
1767 Baker Road
Montrose, PA 18801
Please make checks payable to Secular Franciscan Order, St. Joseph Fraternity. You may abbreviate as needed. For example: SFO St. Joseph Frat.
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