October 1, 2024
My Amazing Sisters,
Kalo Mina! I pray that this month provides all of us health and peace. Please keep in your prayers our clergy families in the Metropolises of Atlanta and Detroit as they and their families and parishioners are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Reach out to those you know, not only as they are putting their homes back together, but a call, email, or text to a fellow Presvytera goes a long way.
Monday night the executive officers had their monthly zoom meeting. We are gearing up to our Fall National Board Meeting held in the suburbs of Chicago on October 25-27, 2024. I am amazed at the women on this board! We come from all walks of life but bonded by one thread – and we constantly talk about what we can do for all of us and our families. As many of you have asked what we do at the meeting and you wanted to know if we would open the meeting up for everyone, we have planned to do so. We will schedule a zoom for Saturday, October 26 for an hour, for you to participate. Because our listserv has not only Presvyteres on the list, your metropolis rep will be sending you the link. We are hopeful that it will work out…pleases pray for that! I hope to send out a loose agenda for you to follow. During that time you will hear information on our upcoming National Retreat being held next fall in the Metropolis of Denver. I'm excited to participate and I can't wait to see everyone there.
I'm also very excited to represent you at many different events. It provides me the opportunity to speak about our sisterhood and what we do, it's amazing that people have no idea what our sisterhood is all about. Every chance you get to share what we do as a sisterhood, go for it! Sometimes one conversation at a time makes a big difference. Last month I took a personal trip to Boston to “reset”. While I was there, I had the opportunity to have dinner with several of our sisters in the Boston area. Those of you who couldn't be there, I missed seeing you, but I'll be back again. This month takes me to NYC for Archdiocesan Council Meetings, Archon Dinner and then fly to Naples to attend the APC meeting. Patricia Artemas will be attending the ABC meeting, and on Tuesday morning all will come together to discuss things that are important to us. While I am at the Archdiocese Council Meeting, Tina Vlahos will be attending the National Philoptochos Meeting representing us. The DAD sisterhood is having a gathering while I'm in New York and I can't wait to see everyone!
As I end, please continue to keep everyone in your prayers and if you have a moment, make a call, write a text or drop a line to someone you haven't spoken to in a while. This little gesture of kindness goes a long way, just as I mentioned in the Podcast that you can still watch on youtube “Live with the Louhs.” Patricia Artemas and I were honored to be guests with Fr. Nick and Roxanne Louh discussing our journey. I pray you get a chance to enjoy the podcast on your own time. So make that one small act of kindness. You don't know what something like that does!
With sisterly love,
Pearlann