Submitted to the Steubenville Catholic Register for publication in the February 28 issue.
AMDG
If the Men of the diocese are in good spiritual
shape, the family is renewed. If the
family is renewed, the parish is renewed and so is the diocese. The men must be spiritual leaders in their
families. The men must step up and be
the pillars of the parish.......not only the women. The men must put Christ into the marketplace
and in their jobs.
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| Dr.Ray Guarendi and his family of ten children |
A successful and well attended Diocesan Men's Day
of Renewal on Saturday March 22 at St. Mary’s Church in St. Clairsville (9 am
to 3 pm) would be a big step in that direction.
An excellent program is in place.
As a father of 10 and a clinical psychologist, consultant, author, dynamic
public speaker around the country and national radio and television host, Dr.
Ray specializes in families. He has a unique
gift of blending deep insights, practical wisdom, and wit while entertaining
the audience. He will help the men to
become better husbands and fathers in resolving problems and fulfilling their
responsibilities as the spiritual leaders of their families now and in the
future.
Dr. Ray has a weekly international show on EWTN
television, “Living Right with Dr. Ray” assisted by Fr. Larry Richards, last
year’s speaker on Saturdays at 10 pm. He
also has a daily national radio program, “The Doctor is In” on Sirius Radio
Channel 160 as well as on EWTN Radio and its affiliates across the country…….88.7
FM Steubenville, 90.7 FM Martin’s Ferry, 89.5 FM Youngstown, 820 AM Columbus, 1060
Canton/Cleveland, etc.
Marketing is
crucial to the success of this Conference.
The Steering Committee for the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal has sent
posters, brochures, and registration forms to every parish in the diocese and
is asking each one to promote the Diocesan Men's Day of
Renewal.......announcements in the bulletin and from the pulpit, a bulletin
insert, etc. Parish organizations such
as the Knights of Columbus can also be a big help. But the most important of all is a leader and
a few good men in each parish to assure that the overall promotion is adequate
and mobilize the other men of the parish to attend.......one on one selling of
the Conference and to organize the men to go as a group in the parish van, a van
pool, or hiring a bus.
That
would be great fellowship and would solidify the parish as the men get to know
each other better, especially if the pastor accompanies them. If the distance is great, there would be a
pilgrimage flavor, especially if there's prayer and discussion of the day's
events. Pastors, already overworked,
can't do it all, especially the grunt work of promotion. They urgently need the help of the laity. Even the women could encourage their men to
attend. Promotional materials may be obtained from pauls@rio.edu or from http://diosteubmen.blogspot.com.
Thus
the Steering Committee asks for at least one or two representatives from each
parish. The pastor could appoint a representative or a
leader could inform his pastor and volunteer.
In any event each parish representative is asked to make his
availability and contact information known to the Chair of the Steering
Committee, Chuck Schneider - Chair Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal” 740-338-9091,
740-782-1877, or cjschn1964@yahoo.com. The
parish representative may collect the registration forms and send them to Roger
Huck; Men’s Day of Renewal; P.O. Box 54; Beverly, OH 45715. This
may also be done individually. Make the $25 check payable to the Diocese of
Steubenville and write “Men's Day of Renewal” on the memo line.
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