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Meeting Days:
Friday
Saturday AM
Saturday PM
Sunday

Documents:
Schedule
Statement of Dominican Life & Mission
Latest Options
Compiled Preferences (Saturday)
Compiled Preferences (Sunday)
Comments to the CCC
Compiled Table Evaluations

PowerPoint Presentations:
Review of Discernment Process
Documents Subcommittee Report
Resources Subcommittee Report

Worship Aids:
Opening Ritual
Fri. Evening Prayer
Sat. Morning Prayer
Eucharist Worship Aid
Sun. Morning Prayer
Final Prayer

Photos:
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Friday

On the first day of the Cluster Convocation, registration was followed by the opening session from 2 to 6pm:

  • Sr. Barbara Rapp (Kentucky), member of the Executive Committee of the CCC and coordinator of the meeting, welcomed the group to St. Louis.
  • An opening prayer ritual included a litany of stories, where a storyteller from each congregation told of a member who embodied Dominican Life and Mission.
  • Sr. Therese Leckert (New Orleans St. Mary), chair of the CCC, set the context for the meeting and reviewed the various discernment cycles of the Cluster process.
  • Facilitator Ruby Cribbin led the group in an exercise to get to know the other Sisters at our tables, then reviewed the agenda for the weekend.
  • Sr. Joanne Caniglia (Akron), member of the Documents and Structures subcommittee, showed a PowerPoint presentation reviewing the subcommittees findings from the Survey of Lived Experience. Her talk was followed by table discussions and some input to the larger group.
  • Sr. Marie Jeanne Surette (Kentucky), Chair of the Resources subcommittee, showed a PowerPoint presentation of the statistical information we all received in the mail and explained some of the details surrounding the data. Her talk was followed by table discussions and some input to the larger group.
  • After a closing prayer, the meeting adjourned and the group enjoyed dinner together.