St. Ann’s Men’s Association

Meeting minutes from meeting of 2/26/08
 Meeting 31

Meeting minutes this month are thanks to Ray Roesner. John B. left early and Ray’s notes were more complete (thank you, Ray!).

1 Opening prayer – prayer to St. Ann   www.dailyprayerpage.com/page20.html

2 Father’s oath – all

3 Men’s conference:
   Friday set-up from 11:00pm to 2:00am. Cancelled
   Saturday:   Met in lower lot at 7:15   Conference went well, as usual.

4 Health and fitness night out at Colonial Tennis/Racquet Ball Club –
  Comments that it was a fun time. 

5 Crime Stoppers Telethon: March 8^th
  Volunteers needed from: 5pm-11pm.
  We need input from Bob T.

6 Golden Corral Fellowship breakfast:
April 12^th, a regular fellowship meeting day.
Many present can not attend – possibly move to 2 weeks later.
Discuss at March Meeting. 

7 St Ann Chicken Dinner table and chair pick-up + set-up.
Jack Bresnen has stated that he can provide the delivery truck.
John B will help as driver of the Kenmarc truck, that would be ok, too.
Note from John: I believe I will be out of town this date (? 4/8/08?)
I think we will only need one truck.

8 Prayer walk help – date and details still need to be planned with Jack Bresnen.

9 Open discussion for new business.
Project to assist a community member with deteriorating home and property.
The person needs show positive signs of turning his life around before we can invest our time.
Note from John: A friend on this street reports no “unusual problems”, this resident.
Catholic Social Services has cut funding for most of what this person needs. They have provided phone numbers for services he can use. We are waiting for follow up with St. James leadership group for help (person/family is in St. James parish). Ray R says he can not do the work of the social worker.

Angie Duggins spoke to us about her up coming trip to Juarez, Mexico.

Juarez, Mexico

Goals:  The Christian organization ‘People Building People'. Loaded with tools and goodwill, they will travel to Juarez, Mexico to help build a safe community.  This is to provide a place to live and worship for the families that are currently living there in poverty.   Sharing our faith and completing at least one building during our time there.  Show the love of Jesus Christ through the talents that God has given us.

People Healing People: Donations
      I am an RN at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati and plan to attend the medical and construction trip to Juarez, MX in June this summer.  I will be donating my medical skills and taking children (3) to volunteer their services in assisting with construction of homes. We are asking for donations to help cover the cost our trip. If you wish to support the four of us on our trip please enclose a donation. (Checks may be made out to People Building People and given to us to mail in). The cost is $520.00 per person for a total of $2080.00 for the four us. Thank You, Angie Duggins

 People Building People
(513) 398-0107  www.peoplebuildingpeople.org

10 Sweet Session:
I have reserved 55 campsites for the St. Ann Parish campout.   We have over 26 families already confirmed.  Father Toms is confirmed for Mass.  I will contact participants from last year to see if they want a site. My wife, Karen, is trying to come up with a theme for the campout.  She is leaning towards a country theme with a pig roast or side of beef roast.  We are looking into the feasibility of this. If we do go this route, ask some of the campers at the meeting if they would be willing to pay some money for the entree.  She is thinking of using the camper’s last name to make sides and desserts, i.e. A-N sides and O-Z desserts. 

Tentatively promised; 24 seats at a Reds game this year.  The seats are in a good location, as always, and will all be together.  There should be 3 rows of 8 seats all directly behind each other.  This is what I have been told. I do not know which dates I will be getting to pick from but will try to get a good game.  Is Friday night best or Saturday day game?  Give me your thoughts from the meting after it is presented.

11 Round table and reflection.

12 Closing prayer – Hail Mary

13 Social time – we went until 9:30 with our hand full of people.

If you get a copy of these minutes and would like to correct any egregious miss-spellings or other butchery: Contact John Birkenhauer at 521-7176 or e-mail me at: ged@fuse.net.