<div dir="ltr">Noel, I would be delighted to participate in any way that you think appropriate on any of the chapters. I think it would be so lovely to engage in mutual conversation on these topics with folk who want to engage, including any new friends seeking relationship with our community. If you have a hole that needs filling, just pour me in. </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Noel Schwartz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nschwrtz@aol.com" target="_blank">nschwrtz@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font>As we discussed at General Chapter, the formation process for current postulants</font><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> who all are in Texas will be a bit different from the past where we may have had a one-on-one relationship with companion and posutlant working through the study guide together. I am beginning to formulate some ideas and am certainly open to your suggestions and feedback to what will be proposed. For now, what I would love to have (even if you've already told me or submitted information last year) are the following:<br>
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1. Which unit(s) in the Study Guide would you like to work on with postulants.....<br>
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<div style="margin-left:40px"><font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">A - Rhythms of Sacred Time and the Daily Office</font><br>
<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">B - Our Story and The Story: The Rivendell Motif and the Journey</font><br>
<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">C - Eucharistic Living</font><br>
<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">D - Deepening Our Life of Prayer</font><br>
<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">E - Hospitality and Community</font><br>
<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">F - Central Intentions</font><br>
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<font color="black" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">2. What readings (books) outside the Study Guide do you feel are "mandatory" reading for community membership.....sort these by Unit.<br>
3. What readings were especially instrumental in your formation that you would also recommend but not "require"....also by Unit or if not related to a particular unit....just list "general".....I am realizing that the volume of these is excessive for me, so a representative group is fine.<br>
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<b>Please do this within the next week.</b> We would love to have a process outlined prior to Virginia's visit to Texas the first week of August. Send your response to "reply all" to this list so we are all in the loop.<br>
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Am assuming that the first discussion topics with postulants are going to revolve around the logistics of their gatherings to begin community formation and the Goals for Formation as are described in the Postulancy, Novitiate and Profession Appendices A and B (which may require some updating) and the Vision and Mission of the Rivendell Community (Appendix C).<br>
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If you hear from me more than you want to as I brainstorm about our new challenge and opportunity, I am sorry, but it would really be great if we could do this together. I feel a bit inadequate to tackle this, but knowing your strengths and trusting God to be there with us, I am forging ahead. I am including Michael and David in this communication (and hoping that the Rivendell Companions list serve is up to date) because they have the most recent experience with Study Guide formation and will have some insights from their perspective that will be very helpful.<br>
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It is so amazing to be involved with the beginnings of St. Macarius Community here and to listen to their experiences and their planning and to feel every now and then that I might have a perspective that would be helpful to them. They keep us in their prayers as I hope you will them.<br>
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Virginia, if there are any changes in the Study Guide that I might not have, would you send me a new one. I should have thought of this while I was there.<br>
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Many blessings and much love,<br>
Noel<br>
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