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Hello ACTS Brothers and
Sisters:
Introducing
our first newsletter from the New London area of ACTS-CONNECTICUT. We
want to tell you how the ACTS movement is growing in Southeastern
Conn.
For
some of you, your first retreat may have been held at Immaculata in
Willimantic or
Camp
Wightman in North Stonington, or even My Fathers House in Moodus.
In
2009, we hosted two retreats at St Edmund’s Enders Island in
Mystic.
The
number of ACTS Retreat attendees in the greater New London area is
now over 100.
2009 Enders Island
Retreats Accomplished
www.endersisland.com
The
Mens’ Retreat was held April 2 – 5, and the
Womens’
Retreat was held October 8 – 11.On
both retreats the
dormitory was full to capacity.
The
beauty and presence on these sacred grounds
was
further inspired by the Holy Spirit and all
were
surely blessed for the weekend. | 
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SMALL CHURCH
COMMUNITITES
Do
you know of a small faith sharing group in your parish? Please share
that information.
Come
join us when you can:
*
WOMEN
@ St Patrick’s Mystic meet the last Monday of every month 7 p.m.
Shamrock House.
*
MEN @ St Patrick’s Mystic meet the 2nd
Tuesday of every month 8:00 p.m. Shamrock House.
*
WOMEN @ Sacred Heart are interested in forming a small faith
sharing group – dates TBD.
| ACTS
ReConnect on January 22, 2010
Feast of St Vincent Pallotti
This
is planned to be a simple affair for a Friday evening
7
p.m. to 9 p.m.. Come and visit for as long or as short a
time
that you can. Light refreshments will be served.
This
is a time to reconnect with your ACTS brothers and
sisters
in our area. Guests are welcome.
A
raffle will be held to support the ACTS-CT Mission to
Canada
in 2010 (dates
on reverse).
Please
r.s.v.p. to Pam Plasse @ 860-536-0445 or sscpam@hotmail.com |
Up Coming Events in 2010
Jan 22 ACTS
ReConnect
7
pm – 9 pm
Shamrock
House, Mystic
Jan 23 Director
Formation Workshop
9
am - 4:30 pm
K of
C, Coventry
Jan 30 ACTS
Benefit Concert
1
pm
Manchester
(see enclosure)
May 13 -16
ACTS Mens Retreat
Enders
Island, Mystic
Oct 7 -10
ACTS Womens Retreat
Enders
Island, Mystic
Complete
list of 2010 Retreats on back.
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| Director Formation
Workshop, Sat. Jan 23, 2010
Each
and every one of us has our favorite ACTS memory
Most
of us have more than one. Each retreat that we have
been
on has brought to us a new spiritual experience.
Much
of that is because each retreat has a different director.
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on back
– see Director……) | |
The
goals of the retreat are to strengthen your faith and its application
in your daily life, to renew yourself spiritually, and to build
community through lasting friendships.
Director Formation
Workshop
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from front page)
Even
though each retreat has the same components that makes it an ACTS
retreat,
each
director brings together a different group of people to formulate the
TEAM.
As
we marvel at how well each weekend turns out, most of us say to
ourselves,
“
I could never be a director”.
The
fact is that if nobody ever said YES to being a director there
wouldn’t be any more ACTS retreats.
Of
course, we all depend on the Holy Spirit and we know that the Lord
will give us what we lack, if we are called to this role.
The
Chapter of ACTS CT is providing a short course that will make the
task of directorship less overwhelming.
This workshop is for ALL of us; even YOU!
Even
if being a director is the furthest thing from your mind right now,
you should consider attending this workshop; for we know that Our
plan is not always GOD’S plan.
To
be honest, we are in a situation in our CORE that there are only 3
men and 4 women who have gone to leadership training that can be
directors.
This
is not a very large pool to draw from when selecting directors for
retreats.
There
have been enough men and women on ACTS retreats from this area to
have a much larger pool.
If
you have been on TEAM for one or two times, it is time for you to
step forward and be trained so that when and if the Lord calls, you
can say YES with confidence to serve your ACTS community!
Please
r.s.v.p to Diane Letendre 860-447-9177
Upcoming
ACTS Retreats in 2010
www.actsct.org
February
25 – 28 Mens Retreat @ Immaculata Retreat House
March
4 – 7 Mens Retreat @ Immaculata Retreat House
April
15 – 18 Womens Retreat @ Immaculata Retreat House
April
29 – May 2 *Womens
Mission Retreat to Toronto, Canada
May
13 – 16 Mens Retreat @ Enders Island, Mystic
May
27 – 30 *Mens
Mission Retreat to Toronto, Canada
June
TBD Young Adult Retreat
July
15 - 18 Teen Retreat
September
23 – 26 Womens Retreat @ Immaculata Retreat House
October
7 – 10 Womens Retreat @ Enders Island, Mystic
October
21 – 24 *Womens
Mission Retreat to Toronto, Canada
October
28 – 31 *Mens
Mission Retreat to Toronto, Canada
*ACTS-CT
Mission to Canada – Please see enclosed letter for description and
update.
ACTS-CT New London CORE has a variety
of David Kauffman CDs for purchase @ $15.00.
ACTS-CT are selling “ACTS window
decals” for $5.00 in support of the Canada Mission.
Please
support us when you can. Contact Mike Olock
860-884-3395
We
are here to assist you in any way,your ACTS New London CORE members:
Mike
Olock, Pam Plasse, Janet Lamb, Frank Chamberland, Brian Henry, Diane
Letendre, Brad Perry, Ellen Sefransky, and Jo-Ann Hay.
ACTS
N.L. CORE MEETS THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH – ALL ARE WELCOME!