February 3, 2025

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TASTE EVENTS

• LAST TALK — We welcomed back Mary Lenaburg for the third time as she gave a talk entitled "Love Transforms Everything." Originally her talk was to be an Advent talk, addressing the season of holy waiting. Even though we are no longer in Advent, all of us are in a season of waiting, we are waiting for something. Love transforms that season. Waiting is never easy. We wait all the time, and we do not like it because it stretches us, refines us, and makes us painfully aware that we are not in control. ...MORE

• NEW TALK — This week, we welcome Paige Rien as she gives a talk entitled "Beauty and the Hidden Life: Lies the World has Told Women and the Truth the Church Offers."

• THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION — We will discuss Mary Lenaburg's talk entitled "Love Transforms Everything." The audio, 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.

OTHER EVENTS / INTEREST ITEMS

• BE WHERE YOUR FEET ARE — Recently, Karen read a quote from Mary Lenaburg called "Be Where Your Feet Are."  One of our members asked for it since it was so inspirational and we decided to add it to our weekly email.  LINK

• 4/21 – PILGRIMAGE TO ITALY — Join Fr. Andrew Wakefield of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Silver Spring, MD on a 11-day pilgrimage to Italy from April 21 - May 1, 2025.  LINK

• 9/22 – PILGRIMAGE TO IRELAND — Join Fr. Michael DeAscanis of St. Louis Catholic Church in Clarksville, MD on a 12-day pilgrimage to Ireland from September 22 - October 3, 2025.  LINK

• INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY - This is the time of year that we usually remind everyone of our inclement weather policy and all the more reason now since we have already seen our first snow.  See LINK

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Please continue to pray for our TASTE program and our speakers. This week, please pray for:

• OUR SPEAKERS AND FRIENDS OF TASTE: 1) Sr. Mary Michael Fox for full recovery from her recent surgery, 2) Fr. Larry Swink for healing and full recovery from his spinal surgery, 3) the repose of Mike Frentz's soul (our founder Marian Frentz's husband), and 4) Mike Frentz's "transplant buddy" Greg, whose transplant did not take and his prognosis is poor.

• OUR TASTE MEMBERS AND FAMILIES: 1) Prayers for Anne Furnia's precious infant grand-nephew Kaladin, who was just called home by our Lord and for his heart-broken parents (Shannon and Dylan), and their entire family that God gives them peace and comfort in their grief, 2) the repose of soul of one of our TASTE members, Julia (Judy) Kelly (Obituary), 3) Helen Griffith's husband Geoff for complete healing, 4) Prayers for healing for Michele's mom, Dorothy Cardamone, 5) Nancy Beckfeld, mother-in-law of Joy Parker, for effective treatment of her lung cancer and healing of blood clots in her lungs and leg, 6) the repose of the soul of David Schock, beloved brother of Dawn Zierdt, and for Dawn’s consolation in her grief, 7) Maryanna Rice's healing after a recent fall, 8) Kate Christianson for eradication of her cancer and overall health improvement and for her sister (MaryBeth), 9) Andrew, Larissa Cymerman's brother-in-law for healing from blood cancer, 10) God's complete physical and spiritual healing for Helen Griffith's brother-in-law Rod, and 11) Maureen Filiault's sister, Nancy's healing from anxiety.

• We also pray for 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.