SJB NEWS NOTES

SJB NEWS NOTES Page 6Continued from Page 4Working behind the scenesA round of applause for some very special people. “St. Francis Retreat House isblessed with a group of talented and dedicated Board of Directors who provideleadership and guidance for the operation of the Retreat House,” says ExecutiveDirector Mike Markle. “They are very generous with their time, talents and treasuresto help others with our retreat house ministry.” Mike snapped these pictures on Jan. 22at the board’s most recent meeting.Continued from Page 5I take two of the friars for our regular “mentoring” since we all are“trapped like rats” on this snow ship. Mentoring sessions are great, and funnyin a way this morning.After breakfast another “snow crew” goes out in their shorts and t-shirts.Crazy!Michael Charron helps a guy dig his car out of the snow bank that is theside of our house. Galen Osby (ABVM) is persuaded to help dig one of thebuses out. The group meets with success. Roger Lopez, Cliff Hennings and Ireturn from a walk to the Point, realizing that it has stopped snowing – whichmeans that we need to shovel out the walk. The path is cleared, but the wall isas high as our shoulders.Mass for the Presentation is alive. Sr. Julia (a young Franciscan sister fromour neighborhood) comes in before the 2 nd reading. Roger shares a reflection,but ducks out after communion to help finish up the supper. We celebrateJoshua’s birthday. It’s still walking weather out there for most people. Nowa few cars are moving very slowly. We wonder whether we can dig out for thenext day’s adventure.SJB News Notes, the weekly newsletter of St. John the BaptistProvince, is produced by the Communications Office, 1615 Vine St.,Cincinnati, OH 45202-6400. Contact Toni Cashnelli, CommunicationsDirector, at 513-721-4700, ext. 3209. Fax: 513-421-9672; e-mail:sjbfco@franciscan.org.Don’t forget to report your mileagefor the Walking to Assisi fitnesscampaign. E-mail Sr. Lucy Driscoll at:walkingtoassisi@franciscan.org. Pleasereport only the miles accumulatedsince you last checked in and NOTyour total mileage. Contact Lucy ifyou would like to participate (513-721-4700; ext. 3208); she’ll sign youup and send you a pedometer.With four months to go, 34 friarshave reported a total of 450 miles,about one-tenth of the amountneeded to reach Assisi. Can anyonecatch Frank Jasper? He’s settingthe pace with 198 miles so far!Remember that you can rack upmiles any way you choose – on abicycle, a treadmill, in a pool or awheelchair.