Include your name as you would like it to appear
in the cookbook as well as the best way to contact you if they have any
questions.
Cookbooks will be available for $10/book. Recipes, questions, and cookbook reservations
should be sent to Cristina Andreana – Columbiette5833recipes@gmail.com. Her address for mailing checks is 148 Skyview
Drive, Stamford, CT 06902. Don’t forget to let her know you’re with the
Very Reverend Michael McCabe Columbiettes!
The new valances are
ready for the Church Hall. The stage curtains are nearly done, and we
are in search of heavy duty drapery hooks to hang them. This will be a wonderful addition to our
Church Hall!
Our Sister Columbiette, Debbie Gallant, from Blessed Pope
John XXIII in Monroe is asking for our help.
Her husband, Donnie, has kidney failure and is looking for a living
donor to step forward and help. I have
put all of the information on our website.
There is going to be an informational session on Saturday, September 24th,
11:00am-2:00pm with Joyce Albert RN, CNIII, CCTC from Yale New Haven Transplant
Center as the guest speaker. The session
will be at Saint Jude Parish Church (707 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe, CT) and a
light lunch will be served. Please
consider this, if you are able. If not,
maybe you know someone who might be able to do it. You can contact Debbie at 203-414-9861 or DonDebGallant@hotmail.com.
We have scheduled another evening to work on Sleeping Mats for Homeless People for
Tuesday, August 30th at 6:00pm.
Come by if you want to work on or learn how to make the 3’x6’ mats. You can knit or crochet (Donna has now
learned how), cut up plastic shopping bags, or make yarn out of the
strips. It would be hard to explain
here, but really easy to learn in person.
Why not join us? You don’t need
special skills or have to be a Columbiette, so bring your friends. As usual, we manage to have a good time while
we’re doing something good!
The Tri-Parish
Picnic will be Sunday, August 28th at 2:00pm. It is being held at the Voluntown Fire
Department on Route 165. I received an
e-mail from Fr. Ted asking for help. It
seems as though most of the work has been assigned, but I think there’s room
for Columbiettes to assist with the clean
up. I’m not creating a formal
committee for this, but if you are going to the picnic, please plan to stay a
bit at the end to help out. Fr. Ted has
asked that Columbiettes procure the beverages for the picnic. I am asking Sheila for some guidance on what
to get. Is anyone willing to volunteer
to take care of this? Sheila said she
can give us a check to write out at the store, or reimburse with a
receipt. Check out the bulletin for more information on
attending.
Donna Coombs and
Cheryl Morin lead the Divine Mercy
Chaplet on the first Friday of each month at 6:30pm in the chapel. This month’s Divine Mercy Chaplet will be
August 5th.
We decided at the meeting to have a Summer Picnic at Hopeville Pond on Wednesday, August 31st at
5:30pm. We will meet at the beach
area. Donna Coombs will bring plates,
etc. This should be as simple as
possible as the real goal is just to get together. Last year, we either brought our own dinner
(I brought Subway) or a dish to share. A
couple of us even went swimming after most everyone left! I look forward to seeing you there!
We talked about buying more chairs for the Church Hall.
This would be timely as we could use them for the Comedy Show. I have e-mailed
Fr. Ted to get his permission to solicit donations from the parishioners in the
bulletin. We decided to bring up the
topic of appropriation next month when we have more information.
Apparently our Comedy
Show will not conflict with the upcoming St. Thomas’ Basket Raffle. They have not nailed down the date yet, but
11/5 is not in consideration for them.
We voted at the meeting to hold a Foxwoods Bingo Fundraiser. Seems like fun! We are shooting for a Friday in late
October.
Dorla Barres and
Madeline Illinger are once again putting together Backpacks with School Supplies for Griswold and DCF students. You may have seen this in the bulletin. Last year they put together and distributed almost
60 backpacks! We will be including a
card with our embossed stamp wishing each student success. If you would like to make a donation, you can
contact them or leave your items in the center vestibule of the church. They are looking for new or gently used
backpacks and school supplies. All
donations must be received by 8/21. Rosie Payne went to Dollar General to
purchase supplies. When they heard what
it was for, they gave her a 20% discount.
Ask for the discount, if you go there.
Cheryl Morin and
Donna Coombs are organizing a Living
Rosary in conjunction with the Parish School of Religion on Sunday, October
16th. The Living Rosary will
be 9:30-10:45am behind the statues by the roses. At this time Dorla Barres, Alex Kral, Linda Champagne, Teresa Brown, Renee Asmar,
Yolande Tice, Barbara Hanes, Bea Denomme, Kathy Kral, and Leona Minski have
volunteered to assist. There is room for
you, too!
At the meeting, Janice
Steinhagen gave a report on the picnic that Columbiettes sponsored at Camp Ahimsa in Voluntown, which is run
by Catholic Worker. Each week of summer they host a camp for
Hartford kids and counselors. What wonderful
work they are doing! This camp gives
these kids a glimpse of another life that is available to them. They encourage them to do what they never
thought possible. One counselor told
Janice that the camp had saved his life.
That’s quite a statement! Thanks
to the Columbiettes who participated in this very worthwhile event.
Our next First
Degree will be on Sunday, September
11th at 1:00pm. We have
one candidate so far and room for more! Claire Fafard contacted us through
State Columbiettes. She lives in
Colchester and wants to be a Columbiette.
Who wouldn’t want to be a Columbiette??
If you know of anyone who wishes to join our merry band of ladies, now
is a good time! Let me know if you are
interested in being on the Degree Team as this will be before our next meeting.
This month’s Officers’ Meeting has been moved to Tuesday,
August 9th at 6:00pm.
Our next regular meeting
will be Monday, September 12th at 7:00pm due to the Labor Day
holiday. Social Hour will begin at 6:00pm.
Thanks for all you do!