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LCG Chicago 9:00 am CDT
October 12 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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9:00 Gather for Opening prayer and lighting of the candles illuminating the Theotokos icon of Blessed Mother Mary and the baby Jesus.
We also pray for all our lay Cistercian sisters and brothers in the US and around the world. Specially we pray for our Gethsemani monks. Finally, we pray this month specially for these Gethsemani monks:
Br. Maximilian Pickerill
Br. Abel Arbuckle
Br. Joseph Bender
9:10 Lectio. Our lectio piece will be led by Tom Kosnik.
9:50 Reading. Our reading this month is to complete (chapters 8 and 9) Augustine Roberts’ Centered on Christ. This work has been subject of monthly Zoom LCG study—check in on LCG website—led by Fr. Michael Casagram (see attachments to this email). Notably, Fr. Michael used the book to mentor Gethsemani novices. A fruitful way to more fully understand and appreciate our brother monks and the Cistercian charism.
10:45 Housekeeping. Volunteer to lead lectio next month? And our next reading selection? Chicago Report on LCG Advisory Council activity. Plans for international meeting in 2025 and Anglophone lead-ins thereto. Finally, we await meeting next week at the Autumn LCG Retreat at Gethsemani.
11:00 Update. Share how the Holy Spirt has entered our lives as lay Cistercians since our last meeting.
11:45 Closing worship and prayer. We will pray the liturgical hour of None as with our Gethsemani monks (identical Psalms as done today at Gethsemani Abbey.)
Our next meeting: November 9, 2024.