Dear Sisters in Christ,

I pray you are well in these Ordinary Times and have been able to find peace and rest as we approach a very busy season on the horizon. 

Board Meetings

Our executive board will continue to meet on a monthly basis, but it has been decided that the full board (executive board plus chapter presidents or representatives and committee chairman) will meet only quarterly. Our next full board meeting will be on August 31st. and will be a Listening Session in preparation for our Fall Assembly. We will hold a second Listening Session via Zoom for those who can't attend the evening session on Saturday, September 12th, 10am-12pm, also via Zoom. Please plan to attend one or the other, or both if you are so inclined.

Fall Assembly

Our Fall Assembly will be held on October 31st at St. Paul’s Commons at Echo Park from 9am to 2pm. We will have a guest speaker, Cynthia McCormick from the Diocese of San Diego, who will facilitate discussions about DOK in the Diocese of Los Angeles. This successful program was implemented with DOK San Diego and has resulted in changes that are revitalizing the Order in their Diocese. A light breakfast and lunch will be served.

Diocesan Book Club

We continue to host, via Zoom, a Book Club on the second Sunday of the month. We are currently discussing “How We Learn to be Brave” by Bp. Mariann Budde. You can join at any time.

Welcome Our New Bishop 

 One of the special events we were all able to experience this summer was the Consecration and Ordination of our new Bishop, The Rev. Dr. Antonio Jose Gallardo Lucena, this past July 11th. The new bishop is familiar with The Order and we look forward to working with him in our continued work we are called to do.

May God bless you and keep you.

For His Sake,

Sheila Lowerre
Diocesan President