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Upcoming Parish Retreats:
January 18 Cathedral of the Risen Christ, Lincoln, NE; January 25 St. Patrick, Rochelle, IL; February 8 Holy Trinity, Branard, NE; February 10, St. John the Evangelist, Twin Lakes, WI (six week retreat program); February 15, Holy Cross, Batavia, IL; February 15 Immaculate Conception, Arnold, MO; February 15 Incarnation, Colliersville, TN; February 15 St. Helen and St. Rose, Junction City, OR; February 15 St. Jude, Joliet, IL; February 15 St. Patrick, Wadsworth, IL; February 22 St. Luke, Temple, TX; February 22, St. Mary, Aberdeen, SD; February 22 St. Michael, Sioux Falls, SD; February 22, St. Peter, Lincoln, NE; February 29 Holy Family, Rockford, IL; February 29 Sacred Heart, Aberdeen, SD; February 29 St. Joseph, Richmond, IL; February 29 St. Olaf, Eau Claire, WI; February 29 St. Thomas the Apostle, Crystal lake, IL; March 7 St. Charles Borromeo, Hampshire, IL; March 7 St. Joseph, Aurora. IL; March 7 Sts. Mary and Mathias, Muscatine, IA; April 18 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Crystal lake, IL; May 2 St. Rita of Casia, Aurora, IL.
Please let us know the dates of your upcoming retreat so we can include your retreat in our prayer requests and on this News page. Send the name, city and state of your parish along with the dates to: .
Information Days:
LOTWEM has been contacted by St. Mary Parish in Byron, IL, Our Lady of Good Counsel in Aurora, IL and the Diocese of Kansas City, Kansas regarding setting up information days.
Please keep the discernment by these parishes and diocese in your prayers!
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LOTWEM Headed
"Down Under"?
On February 15 - 18, Fr. Rex J. Curry and several parishioners from the parishes of Sacred Heart, Mona Vale, and Maria Regina, Avalon, Australia will be attending the LOTW Retreat in Colliersville, TN. Their intention is to bring LOTW back to their parishes in Australia.
Please pray for their safe travels, the discernment process, and for the facilitation of this transition if it is God's will.
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LOTW facts for 2007
* There are over 100 Light of the World Parishes throughout the USA and Canada.
* LOTW is in the Dioceses of: Rockford, IL; Lincoln, NE; Milwaukee, WI; Davenport, IA; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Colorado Springs, CO; Owensboro,KY; St. Louis, MO; Chicago, IL; Sioux Falls, S.D.; Milwaukee, WI; Lacrosse, WI; Memphis, TN; Joliet, IL; Baker, OR; Austin, TX.
* Thousands of volunteers served on LOTW retreats in 2007: giving talks, leading small groups, helping retreatants feel welcome with great food and hospitality, and supporting the retreats with prayer in the Adoration Chapels. Both laity and ordained have volunteered.
* LOTWEM regularly receives calls from new parishes that want to learn more about the Light of the World Pastoral Evangelization Process. We have never advertised.
* We have to raise over $100,000 in 2008 to meet all of our parishes' needs. Please help if you can. |
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