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Diocesan Office
His
Grace's Schedule
Clergy Assignments
Upcoming Ordinations and
Elevations
Deacon Paul Olson to the Holy
Priesthood on Sunday, December 7, 2008, at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Los Angeles,
California.
Subdeacon Maxime Najim to the Holy
Diaconate on Sunday, December 7, 2008, at St. Nicholas Cathedral, Los Angeles,
California.
Deacon Justin Havens to the Holy
Priesthood on Sunday, December 14, 2008, at Ss. Peter and Paul Church in Salt
Lake City, Utah.
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His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH meets with the Diocesan Officers of the
Antiochian Women
October 15, 2005
San Dimas, California
On Saturday,
October 15, 2005, the Executive Board of the Antiochian Women of the Diocese of
Los Angeles and the West met with His Grace, Bishop JOSEPH, during the Fall
Delegates Meeting. The purpose of our meeting was to get some direction and
guidance from Sayidna as to what he would like to be our focus for this term of
office.
His Grace stressed Diakonia, service to our Church, keeping our focus on God and
the church, and not so much on just business and fundraising. He will need our
assistance from time to time to visit churches that don't have women's
organizations yet, and he also wants us to visit as many parishes as possible,
with an additional plan to stay in touch with those that are too far away to
visit.
Sayidna commented how the converts study Orthodoxy very hard, and he wants us to
have some type of study in our work together as a Board. His Grace suggested
that we share our Orthodox readings with one another in the form of book reviews
and other means to spread the word of education as a very important step to
understanding our faith.
Our Diocese is vast, 53 parishes spread out amongst many states and provinces,
and we must each everyone, including the parishes that already have established
chapters. Sayidna suggested setting up women's retreats in every deanery, so
that all women will have the chance to attend at least one retreat a year.
On our website are suggested booklists and daily Thoughts for the Day from
Sayidna, which we should make use of in our lives. He also suggested we use the
recordings of the annual clergy seminar for religious programs in our parishes.
The board members had the opportunity to also ask His Grace questions and
determine what we could do to help him in his ministry. We thanked him for
spending this very fruitful time with us as we strive to build the Sisterhood of
the Antiochian Women in our Diocese.
MANY YEARS MASTER!
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Announcements of Diocesan and Deanery Events
2008 Diocesan Fall Gathering
October
10-12, 2008
2008 Northern California
Diocesan Antiochian Women's Retreat
November
14-16, 2008
2008 Pan-Orthodox Young Adult Conference
November 7-9 ,
2008
2009 Diocesan Clergy Seminar
February 9-13, 2009
More information to follow
2009 Diocesan Parish Life Conference
May 20-24, 2009
Local
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