Dear Ladies and Friends of TASTE,

• ESSENTIAL INFORMATION
  • TASTE continues this Thursday with a talk by Fr. Virginus.  Invite a friend!
  • The video, reflection questions, and other material from last week's talk can be found HERE.
  • Sign-up for our Pray for Priests Spiritual Adoption Program HERE
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• PRAY FOR ISRAEL — The recent assault on Israel was unprecedented in recent history in its scale and scope, falling on the 50th anniversary of the 1973 War in which Arab states blitzed Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. Please pray for Israel.  Please pray for peace.
• PRAY FOR PRIESTS — One of our three TASTE missions is to encourage priests in their ministry. Our "Pray for Priests Program" enables this by assigning a specific priest and/or Servant of the Lord Sister to each woman to spiritually adopt and pray for during the year.  To sign-up to pray for a Priest and/or Sister, click on this LINK.  The date of our formal ceremony where we take a picture of all women holding their prayer card will be October 26, 2023. 

• LAST WEEK —  Last week we welcomed back Bill Keimig as he gave a talk entitled "The Eucharist is a Model of Conversion." Once again, Bill gave us a beautiful handout to go with his talk. It can be found on the talk web PAGE or HERE. Bill began his talk by going over the handout. He spent a little time on page 4, Dies Domini, one of the least known of Pope John Paul II papal teachings, written to the bishops, clergy and faithful on keeping the the Lord's day holy. There is only one thing the Lord has raised to the level of a command in the spiritual life and that is to honor His day.  MORE

• NEW TALK — This week, we welcome back Fr. Virginus Osuagwu as he gives a talk entitled "Be Transformed by the Eucharist."

• THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION — We will discuss Bill Keimig's talk entitled "The Eucharist is a Model of Conversion." The video, reflection questions and other related material can be found HERE. The Zoom small group meets on the following Tuesday morning. Details on how to join can be found in a link at the bottom of this message.

• PRAYER REQUESTS — Please continue to pray for our TASTE program, our speakers, and the logistics of offering childcare this coming year. This week, please pray for: 1) Cynthia Bandong, one of our TASTE sisters, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer for the 2nd time. Please pray for God's grace and strength to sustain her during her cancer treatments, 2) The repose of the soul of Katylee McInerney,  3) Fr. Larry Swink as he has left his two parishes in southern Maryland and returned to Washington, DC for medical reasons, 4) Susan Conroy as she continues to have medical issues, 5) Mayra Wilson (TASTE member) to successfully navigate the program to become a police officer and that her actions as a future police officer always bring honor to God, 6) Kate Christianson for eradication of her cancer and overall health improvement, 7) God's complete physical and spiritual healing for Helen Griffith's brother-in-law Rod, 8) Kara Helfenbein's daughter Ellie Carter for healing from complications of a bone marrow treatment for AML, 9)  Thanksgiving for successful surgery for Joy Parker's Mother-in-Law Nancy who had surgery  to remove a brain tumor, 10) Michele Cardamone's mother (Dorothy Cardamone) who is suffering from congestive heart failure, and 11) peace and comfort to the families of each of the people mentioned above.   New prayer requests can be sent to Joy Parker at joyparker73@gmail.com.