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| Mark Nehrbas |
Choose,
adapt, change, or improve as you see fit according to your parish situation and
space available in the parish bulletin for any Sunday. Everyone who has heard Capt. Guy Gruters speak,
say that he is really good. There is
enough of a variety here to have an announcement every Sunday until the
Conference with one or two after the event as well. Please DO NOT simply copy and paste as is
since they must be adapted to your parish.
An attempt is made to convey a selling point or a message in each
announcement so that the majority who do not attend will get something out of
it. Since bulletin blurbs tend to be
very bland and to the point, I try to put some life into them.
1.
2. Men, your time of suffering will
come. Be prepared. Learn from
Mark Nehrbas as he relates how he fought through a six year battle against
stomach cancer with the cross as a source of strength and victory. Take the lessons he learned to heart. Attend
the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St.
Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. Contact
Name of Parish Representative (phone no. & e-mail) (e.g., John Doe
(245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to register.
Enjoy the fellowship by going in the parish van, which leaves at 6:30 am
from the Parish Hall.
3. Men, when it’s your turn to suffer, how
will you bear it? Accept it with courage and humbly trust in
the Lord? Or will you grumble, be bitter
and miserable? Learn from Mark
Nehrbas how to handle a six year battle
with cancer and grow spiritually. Attend the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal
Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone
no. & e-mail) (e.g., John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to
register. Enjoy the fellowship by going
in the parish van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
4. Men, suffering is an inevitable part of
the human condition after the
fall of man in the Garden of Eden. Your
time will surely come. You will have to
choose between pure misery and joining your cross with the Lord’s cross……offering
it up as a dynamic prayer for our world, which is called Redemptive
Suffering. Let Mark Nehrbas help you to
make that choice and the victory of the cross will be yours as you become a
saint. Attend the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March 23 from 9 am –
4 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone
no. & e-mail) (e.g., John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to
register. Enjoy the fellowship by going
in the parish van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
5. Men, make the Cross a source of strength
and path to ultimate victory over all adversity. Let Mark Nehrbas explain how from
his personal experience in a six year battle with stomach cancer. Attend
the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St.
Stephen’s Church in Caldwell.
Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone no. & e-mail) (e.g.,
John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to register. Enjoy the fellowship by going in the parish
van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
6.
Men, make
your time of suffering an opportunity to become a saint. Learn how Mark Nehrbas used his six year
battle with stomach cancer in the universal quest for holiness. Let him show you how to make the quest when
it’s your turn to suffer. Attend the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal
Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell.
Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone no. & e-mail) (e.g.,
John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to register. Enjoy the fellowship by going in the parish
van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
7. Men, learn about the mystery of the cross
and how it can bring ultimate victory for you when your time comes to suffer. Learn
how joining your cross with the Lord’s cross can make you a saint. Let Mark Nehrbas show you. Attend
the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St.
Stephen’s Church in Caldwell.
Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone no. & e-mail) (e.g.,
John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to register. Enjoy the fellowship by going in the parish
van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
8.
Men, learn about the mystery of suffering
to prepare yourself for your inevitable time of trial. Let
Mark Nehrbas share what Our Lady of Lourdes taught him at her shrine in France
before healing him there. Then the victory
of the cross will be yours. Attend the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal
Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone
no. & e-mail) (e.g., John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to
register. Enjoy the fellowship by going
in the parish van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
9. Men,
make the Cross a Source of Strength and Path to Ultimate Victory Over All
Adversity. Let Mark Nehrbas, former
director of Franciscan University conferences and noted speaker himself, share
his victorious six year battle with stomach cancer and miraculous healing at
Lourdes. More important, he will teach
us the lessons he learned from his suffering, how to confront it, and how it
can make us saints. Attend the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal
Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell.
Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone no. & e-mail) (e.g.,
John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to register. Enjoy the fellowship by going in the parish
van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
10. Men, make your time of suffering
productive to help save the world through the conversion of sinners as Mary
asked us to do at Fatima. Let
Mark Nehrbas show you how to do your part now and when your time comes. Attend
the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March 23 from 9 am – 4 pm at St.
Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone
no. & e-mail) (e.g., John Doe (245-9404 or jdoe@gmail.com) to
register. Enjoy the fellowship by going
in the parish van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Hall.
11. Make the Men’s Conference a Father &
Son event. The men are encouraged to bring their teenage
sons, grandsons, godsons, nephews, students, and friends to the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March
23 from 9 am – 3:30 pm at St. Stephen’s Church
in Caldwell. By listening to Mark
Nehrbas, the young men will learn how to confront suffering when their time
comes and ultimately become saints. Register
today. Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone no.)
(e.g., John Doe (245-9404) to register. Enjoy the fellowship by going in the parish
van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Center.
12.
Make a Lenten sacrifice by giving up a
Saturday to attend the Men’s Conference for a day of spiritual renewal on Saturday
March 23 from 9 am – 3:30 pm at St. Stephen’s Church
in Caldwell. Let Mark Nehrbas show you how your eventual
cross of suffering can make you a saint in the universal quest for
holiness. Travel with us in the parish
van that leaves from the Church Hall at 6:30 am. We should be back late in the afternoon. Contact Name of Parish Representative (phone no.)
(e.g., Jim Doe (245-9404) to
register.
13. Men:
We must work hard to cross the goal into heaven. A big help is to attend the Diocesan Men's Day of Renewal Saturday March
23 from 9 am – 3:30 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. Let Mark Nehrbas help you get into spiritual shape and cross the
goal with his testimony and the lessons he learned from his six year battle
with cancer. Make the big Lenten sacrifice and register today with Name
of Parish Representative (phone no.) (e.g., John Doe (245-9404). Enjoy great fellowship by going in the parish
van, which leaves at 6:30 am from the Parish Center.
To Be Used for March 17, the Sunday Immediately Preceding
the Event
The Conference will help the men
to take the right path before having to face the four last things.......Death,
Judgment, Heaven or Hell.
14. The Men's Conference is this coming
Saturday, March 23 from
9 am – 3:30 pm at St. Stephen’s Church in Caldwell. The men will meet at the Parish Hall at 6:30
am and travel together in the parish van for some great fellowship
and spiritual re-invigoration. Giving up
an entire Saturday and traveling a long way is a big sacrifice for Lent. Being tough men, we're up to it and the Lord
will reward us. Women, encourage your
men to go. Certainly, you want them to
become true men of God. Let Mark Nehrbas share the lessons he learned
from his six year battle with stomach cancer that can help you cope with your
future bouts with suffering and adversity which can ultimately make you a saint. You may register at the door, but calling your parish representative at (phone number)
(e.g., Paul Sebastian at 245-9404) as
soon as you
can would make planning so much easier or sign up in the back of the church.
To Be Used After the Conference is Over
Thanks to the 10 men from our
parish who attended the Diocesan Men’s Day of Renewal. Fr. Tom made the long trip mainly to
hear confessions; he was kept busy.
Thanks to the women who encouraged their men; thanks to our pastor for
his support; and thanks to our secretary too.
Thanks to the Knights of Columbus for their donation towards the
underwriting of the Conference. Thanks
to all for your prayers and for your patience with me. About 180 men attended from all over the
diocese plus a few from West Virginia.
Mark Nehrbas inspired us with his complete abandonment to the will of
God during his fight against cancer and the spiritual lessons he learnt from
his redemptive suffering. May we have
even a better turnout next year on Saturday March 7 when our main speaker will
be the internationally known Scott Hahn.
May the diocesan Men’s Conference, Women’s Conference, and Youth Rally
become traditions in our parish.
Men: Take advantage of the
Conference Blog which promotes Men’s spirituality with articles of interest. From January through March it focuses more on
promoting the Diocesan Men’s Day of Renewal.
Go to http://diosteubmen.blogspot.com. Previous conference speakers have websites:
Fr. Thomas Loya has www.taborlife.com on
the Theology of the Body; Danny Abramowicz has www.crossingthegoal.com; Fr. Larry
Richards, www.thereasonforourhope.org;
Dr. Ray Gaurendi, www.drray.com; Dr. Allen Hunt,
www.drallenhunt.com; and Matthew
Leonard, www.matthewsleonard.com;
Capt. Guy Gruters, www.guygruters.net; and Mike Aquilina, www.mikeaquilina.com. There are articles for
everyone on http://paulrsebastianphd.blogspot.com. Please check them out and thanks
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