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Brothers and sisters in Filipino Ministry,

I am inviting you to join us in FLARE on NOVEMBER 10, 2018 – from 12:30 PM – 7 PM – for our 3rd FLARE.  YOU ARE INVITED…              

 You and the leaders/board members of your organization are hereby invited to spend an afternoon and evening with us at the Council’s Third Faith and Leadership Assembly for Renewal and Empowerment (FLARE III), on Saturday, November 10, 2018 beginning at 12:30 p. m. at the Parish Center of St. John the Evangelist church, 13305 Long Green Pike, Hydes, Maryland 21082.  The overall theme this year is: “Leadership in Creating Harmony: Our Faith Expressed, Our Faith Engaged.” 

Our Keynote speaker is the Most Rev. Oscar A. Solis, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of Salt Lake City.  His topic will be: “Christian Leadership Beyond Culture: Why we can and should lead”.  Our second speaker is Fr. John Hurley, C.S.P.  former Director of Evangelization of the Archdioceses of Baltimore and currently Vicar of Evangelization of the Diocese of San Jose.  His topic will be: “The Power of Family in Missionary Discipleship”.

The leadership seminar and prayerful reflection portion of the day will end at 4:30 and will be followed by a mass celebrated by Bishop Solis beginning at 5:00 p.m.  This will be followed at approximately 6:00 p.m. by a Thanksgiving dinner dedicated to you and all those who made this year’s Fiesta of Two Filipino Saints a success.  Awards will be presented.  The finale of the evening will be the drawing of the second ($5000) and first ($10,000) prizes on our Raffle. 

A light snack and refreshments will be available at the seminar.  As usual, this entire event is at no cost to participants (we will accept an offering to defer costs).

We need to know in advance the names of those who are committed to come from your organization in order to properly prepare (seating, food, conference handouts, etc. etc.).  So please disseminate this letter to your organization and have each of those who plan to participate RSVP as soon as possible [Cut-off date is November 7, 2018.]  You may “sumagot po kayo” by  calling Helen Sadorra at xxx-xxx-xxxx;  (3) By sending email to lynn7201@xxxxxxx.com, indicating your organization and the names of participants of your organizations.

Details will be provided to you   We look forward to hearing from you and seeing you at FLARE III.  Your attendance is important to us and the Filipino ministry. 

Fr. Pete Literal

Chaplain