Newsletter
Vol. 36, No.1
March, 2015
Seminar: Francis: The Saint, The Pope, & the Franciscan Spirit Keynote Speaker – S. Gabriele Uhlein, OSF, PhD The Pastoral Ministry Network
hosted its 18th biannual Seminar on
Monday, July 27th, 2014 at Alverno
College. Momentum grew as eighty
sisters, associates & members of
other Franciscan communities
gathered for breakfast. Although
SSSF participants had just come off
five days of Provincial Assembly,
they were eager to hear S. Gabrielle
Uhlein, OSF, psychologist,
theologian, & artist who has
dedicated decades to recovering and
celebrating the spiritual legacy of St.
Francis and St. Clare.
The Opening Prayer invoked the
Holy Spirit to “Come, shed a ray of
light divine”, & proclaimed Maya
Angelou’s A Brave & Startling Truth:
“When we come to it/ We must
confess that we are the possible/ We
are the miraculous, the true wonder
of this world/ That is when, and only
when/ We come to it.” After
remembering recently deceased PMN
members, we sang together the
Prayer attributed to St. Francis.
Referencing Teilhard de Chardin, Ilia
Delio, Paul Moses, Bill Short
(Franciscan scholar), & Cynthia
Bourgeault (The Wisdom of Jesus), Gabrielle developed her
threefold approach through a powerful Power-Point
presentation: citing experiences in the life of Francis and/or
Clare, examining what it meant in their day and lifting up
possible implications for our times.
Francis the Saint: Three Themes
POVERTY: Francis learned from what Clare called “gazing
upon Christ.” The world says ‘more is full’ yet it is really
empty. Franciscan paradox: what seems empty is full, what’s
full is empty.
Bro. Bill Short recalls Francis’ innovation, reenacting the crib
scene at Grecchio. Francis had to include an ox & ass, from
the prophet’s words that “the ox knows its owner & the ass its
stable”. In this simple way, God was made available to be
experienced.
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PEACEMAKING: The Saint and the Sultan (Paul Moses) suggests that Francis dared to look at what in
his own tradition was inconsistent with its core teaching. In Francis’ day, knighthood was a willingness to
die for Christ. The Holy Wars attracted Francis. Then he was captured, and was sick for a year in a POW
dungeon, very likely with PTSD. When recovered, Francis experienced uncertainty as to where to go,
what to do…until he heard from the Crucified “Go, rebuild my Church”. The poverty of Future, Gabrielle
indicated, is to trust the poverty of emptying--which equals fullness.
In journeying to the Sultan to broker peace, Francis encountered the Sufis, who wore wool tunics and
looked like Francis. The Sufis thought of Francis as a Sufi, whose practice was of seeing the face of God
in the other. Francis advises others when travelling among Saracens or other infidels to be prudent, don’t
argue, be subject to them, and state who you are, ‘a Christian’. This is the Gospel in flesh and bone. The
Sultan asked Francis to pray for him, that he would follow the religion God wanted him to follow.
THE WORD MADE FLESH: Francis became marked in some way, on his body-- the stigmata…. God
writes on the parchment of his body. Francis lived the Gospel in his body and gradually became a
manuscript for us to read. Gabrielle reflects that we are written on by LIFE. We know the life of the
WORD written in our bones.
Francis the Pope. After drawing on key aspects of St. Francis’ life, Gabrielle reflected on Pope Francis
by using a collage of photo images of our well-known, internationally publicized Pope over the sixteen
months of his pontificate (to Seminar date 7/2014). This visual montage displayed all the elements of
Pope Francis’ transformative revolution in the papacy. [See Vatican website Zenith]
Afternoon Session: `The Franciscan Spirit’
The image of the Portiuncula inside its big cathedral is an icon of the “Little Portion” of our spirit,
surrounded by a larger, more elaborate façade. Spiritual direction moves us into that mystery.
Gabrielle offered some ideas on Poverty as “Soul Practice”, inviting us to “surrender [our] desire for
recognition and esteem from others…; surrender [our] need for control.”
She offered “A Cosmic Reading” of the Gospel—a deeper understanding now possible of where we fit in the
cosmos. Teilhard de Chardin said that “Matter is spirit moving slowly enough to be seen.” In the Heart of Jesus
is the center of evolution, cosmogenesis.
Gabrielle addressed “Peacemaking as a Transformational Presence.” Part of it is showing up, without
reward. Blocks are inevitable. Failure & setback are to be expected. SOUL is the big self. How can it be
that I am afraid of not being good enough? Or afraid of being the one through whom God speaks? When
things get rough, we want to control it. Yet caterpillar life ends, butterfly begins. The caterpillar has the
cells within it to become the butterfly. We have within us what is needed for transformation. Citing a
poem about “a thread you follow,” Gabrielle advised us to follow the energy. Slow down into
contemplation. Recognize that periods of darkness precede breakthroughs into moments of light.
At the end of the day, time got the better of Gabrielle, who still had more to offer. We shared a thought at
our tables-- hard to narrow it down to one-- that we would take away from the day. We concluded with a
closing prayer as we sang the Peace Prayer…listened to reflective readings on the Gospel, Poverty and
Peace, with responses, followed by the song “’Tis A Gift to be Simple.” It was a very Sufi ending: “To
turn, turn will be our delight, till by turning, turning we come round right.”
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2014 JoAnn Brdecka Award to Sister Bernadette Engelhaupt After the working part of the PMN Seminar concluded, some forty members
of the Pastoral Ministry Network and friends took a break while the caterers
reset the Conference Room for the PMN Award Banquet. After a fine dinner,
the gathering moved into honoring a pastoral minister who had been selected
as exemplifying the pioneering spirit of PMN cofounder Sister JoAnn
Brdecka.
For almost four decades of rural pastoral ministry under different titles, in the
states of Montana, South Dakota, Iowa, Mississippi, and Nebraska, the
Pastoral Ministry Network awarded the 2014 JoAnn Brdecka Award to
Sr. Bernadette Engelhaupt, SSSF.
Congratulations, Bernie!
PMN Steering Committee Reviews, Looks Ahead
The Pastoral Ministry Network Steering Committee met in October, 2014, at Blessed Sacrament
Convent in Milwaukee. In attendance were Sisters Tess Engel, Angela Ireland, Joelyn Hayes (Chair), Carol Ann Jaeger, Jane Elyse Russell, and Winifred Whelan. Provincial Team liaison S. Marilyn Ketteler was unable to join us.
The committee used the time to reflect on the successful 2014 Pastoral Ministry Seminar (pictured),
receive reports on membership and finances, and brainstorm ideas for future Newsletters. We have 47 members paid thru the 2014-2015 year, with others still on our list for having paid in earlier years.
(See membership renewal form at end of Newsletter, to update your status.) Sister Joelyn agreed to
chair the Steering Committee for another
two years, while S. Carol Ann will
continue as recording secretary for
meetings.
With help from last summer’s Seminar
evaluation sheets, we also tried to
generate ideas and possible speakers for
our 2016 PMN Seminar. While a few
possibilities emerged, we have nothing
definite to report at this time.
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Alternatives to Violence in American Prisons Maureen Connolly, SSSF. ... Omaha, NE I deal with Alternatives to Violence? In a prison? A prison for men?
How did I set myself on such a path, an angry feminist finishing up nine years in one of the most
extreme, patriarchal, oppressive environments in our society? I’m not sure! I suppose it can mean
that, if we are open to being surprised, we can be led to places where we discover the path we need to
be on to attain some level of spiritual maturity.
I was recruited by Dubuque Franciscan Sister Marian Klostermann in 2005. I am now local
coordinator of a Quaker organization dedicated to creating a peace community among the male
inmates in Omaha Correctional Center. We are a small group of seven- three Franciscan women, a
Columban priest and two married women. With teams of prisoners we lead monthly three-day
workshops and a weekly class on reentry skills. Topics are structured to meet the needs of the
inmates, e.g. anger, forgiveness, conflict resolution, relationships, financial planning-- all orienting
them toward a successful return to their families and society.
Prison in the United States is about as harsh and violent an experience as exists anywhere else
in the world. We incarcerate more of our citizens than any other nation. We have death rows, capital
punishment, law enforcement officers in schools, solitary confinement, life sentences for children and
police forces armed with military weapons. The population of men, women and youth are more likely
to be poor, illiterate, black, Native American and Latino. Their legal representation is at the mercy of
an overburdened, underfunded judicial system. When released, inmates can be placed on national and
state registries, wear ankle restraints, be deprived of citizenship rights, blocked from seeking
employment and ineligible for some government benefits.
Into this kind of cruelty Alternatives to Violence was born in New York’s Green Haven prison in
1975. Prisoners were frightened by the violence that existed in the prison at the time and some
struggled to find a cure. Prison administrators were asked by inmates to offer a message to youth that
would discourage them from engaging in criminal behavior. The prisoners were unable to do that
because their lives were so deeply marked by their own criminal activities and violent life styles they
were unaware of positive alternatives.
A local Quaker group meeting at Green Haven offered the prisoners a way out of the violence
that was overwhelming them. Bernard Lafayette, a co-worker of Martin Luther King, Jr. provided
training in nonviolence that was welcomed by the prisoners and the administration. Within a year,
teaching manuals were developed and Alternatives to Violence (AVP) evolved. Today, AVP has
programs in 100 US prisons and 30 countries. Some figures indicate that recidivism in AVP is less
than forty percent, considerably lower than the generally accepted 60/70% rates.
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In the world of the incarcerated, the gentle non-judgmental philosophy of the Quaker religion
offers a place where people are approached with love and acceptance. They are invited to view
themselves as possessors of the divine spirit and capable of good and even virtuous deeds. They are
welcomed into an AVP community that does not measure them by the nature of their failures but by the
dignity of their humanity.
I am familiar with other programs in nonviolence, but
AVP offers me the most support in living a lifestyle
free of violence. The weekly exercises call to practice
behaviors that affirm me and challenge me to constant
growth. Violence in the US can seem as
overwhelming now as it was in Green Haven forty
years ago. Through AVP I am the beneficiary of the
encouragement and witness of a vibrant community of
prisoners and community volunteers.
Many inmate participants in AVP training say
their lives have been transformed by the experience.
Ray Rios has created a community in rural New York
where former AVPers create businesses free from the
societal constraints that follow them after their exit from prison.
Formerly incarcerated Tony Loverty says, “I am well aware of not being equal in the world, but
when I sit in an AVP circle, I am an equal part of that community.” Michael Holtry killed two people in
1992 and is an AVP facilitator in prison in Soledad, California. AVP has given him the opportunity to
grow no matter what he has done and allows him to help others grow. Prisoners like Michael tell how
AVP gives them a way to atone for the harm they have done through their crimes.
Sister Joan Wagemann joined AVP this past year. She describes her experience this
way. "Inmates who come to the workshops are 'cream of the crop' people who decide to change their
lives. AVP allows them to experience the way of nonviolence. When we deal with common themes forgiveness, anger, relationship, cooperation - I forget they are prisoners and realize that we share
common struggles. They are grateful to be treated as individuals, not as criminals."
Father Tom Glennon reflects on his time in AVP. "Someone whom I did not recognize called to me from across the street. Wayne said he never forgets a face. He had met me at the prison. I flushed with gratitude at the experience of being recognized. We chatted over his recent release and his hopes and plans. I do not know what difference it makes to visit the prisoners and lead a workshop. I just have to trust that there are more like Wayne, who value their AVP experience. Research confirms that AVP participants have a lower recidivism rate and this encourages me to continue. Working with prisoners inside and volunteers on the outside levels the playing field. I build skills for teamwork and cooperation. This ministry which has mutual benefits is a reminder that we are all sisters and brothers. My most profound awareness of this ministry is a sense of gratitude to the Quakers who sponsor
Alternatives to Violence. It is work at the margins. I trust that, in a very small way, we lift up the
downtrodden for a few hours each month and enable them to experience hope and love in the darkness of
their prisons.
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The Best Part of my Trip to Assisi by S. Carol Ann Jaeger So often when you have traveled to a far away, exotic place, people will ask you, “What was the best part
of your trip?” At the reunion of many of us School Sisters & Associates who took a trip to Assisi & Rome
in June, 2014, I asked some of my companion travelers that same question. Some of the answers were
“the peacefulness of Assisi, the beautiful country-side, the ornately decorated churches.” I could echo
those same sentiments. We were fortunate to have 5 days in Assisi traveling to the many places that
Francis frequented. It really impressed me how often he would be gone from his community to seek out
places of solitude to pray. Brother Leo often accompanied him at a distance to give him his privacy. On
Oct. 4, EWTN did a very good program on Francis & Leo. They were wonderful examples of care and
concern for one another.
The Portiuncula is still my favorite place. I was there in 1985 when I took a one-day side trip to Assisi,
during an eleven-day trip to the Holy Land that included four days in Rome. I skipped the tour to the
Forum & Coliseum to go to Assisi. When I was at the Portiuncula then & this time, I felt such a presence
of God that I trusted anything I prayed for would be granted. The first time I prayed for one of my blood
sisters who has a chronic health condition. She has been able to cope with it very well. This time I
prayed for each sister at Sacred Heart, where I minister now. They are doing amazingly well with the
challenges of our changes.
However, I think
that the best part of the trip was gaining a new understanding and appreciation of Francis’ yearning for
peace. The cities of his beautiful countryside were always at war with each other over property & status.
It has helped me in my care for our staff and the Sisters at Sacred Heart to be more at peace within myself
and then to spread peace to others. It is not always easy, but so often the Sisters in showing their love &
care for one another bring me much peace too.
There was a marked difference between Assisi & Rome. The calm & green of Assisi gave way to noisy,
dirty & crowded streets and beggars in Rome. However, seeing Pope Francis was a great experience. His
love for people of all kinds and nations is truly inspiring. We were told that he loves the Wednesday
audiences. His simplicity and love for the poor comes through all the time. He truly imitates Christ and
Francis in his humility.
One of my pictures that I put in a little frame and keep
next to my bed is the one of Francis in full knight’s armor
on an armored horse. He is very dejected in defeat. He
thought he was to be a knight fighting for a great cause;
but it was not what God was calling him to do. I look at it
each day to remind myself to be open to what God is
asking of me that day, not what I think I should do. This
is how I gain the inner peace for which we all yearn.
In preparation for my trip, I read Edward Hayes’ novel
The Passionate Troubadour. He emphasizes Francis’
relationship with his father--how he struggled to please him, until he realized he needed to break with him
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and follow God’s calling wherever that would lead him. Francis really floundered for several years until
he understood the dream about “rebuild my church”. Ed Hayes also had an older hermit priest be Francis’
spiritual director, who accepted him and guided him. It was very interesting.
On the other hand, Joan Mueller’s novel Francis, the Saint of Assisi, emphasizes his relationship with his
mother. She also portrayed Francis & Leo’s close relationship. Both books were very good. They are
true to the historical facts, but take liberty in enhancing them.
OUR MINISTRIES CONTINUE-­‐-­‐ OR DO THEY? -­‐-­‐Sister Arlene Einwalter We spend much time, use intense energy & inject lots of love into the ministries we are called to achieve
as School Sisters of St. Francis. So when it comes time to leave, because of retirement, a call to another
ministry, or for any other reason, it is often with a heavy heart & emotional pain. Will all the work we
accomplished continue? Will another person’s ideas change what I began and move a parish, a school, a
religious education program theologically backwards? Will those I served feel abandoned? Will the
leadership I left feel that my ministry was no longer necessary or can no longer be funded? These
questions flood our minds and make us wonder; finally we need to surrender into God’s hands.
I had worked for almost twenty years in a mortuary in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As the grief counselor, I
followed up with every family in their pain, offered individual or group counseling, conducted support
groups, taught at the Community College and directed several grief retreats at a nearby Benedictine
Monastery. Shortly before l left, I was asked by one of the Benedictine priests to spend five weeks in
Australia conducting grief & spirituality workshops. It was lots of work, but I loved the ministry & the city.
When it was time for me to retire & leave Santa Fe, I experienced a real sense of sadness, for my ministry in
the funeral home would no longer continue. I had created it. The owner who hired me believed in the need
to help those in grief. Then, leadership changed and the new owners chose not to hire a grief counselor.
However, one very important part of what I began is still in Santa Fe and growing. In 1996, we buried an
unusual number of young people. Three teenage boys, killed after hitting a van, were in the mortuary at
one time, a set of 17-year-old twin boys were killed in another accident, and their sister followed them
three months later also in an accident; a beautiful three-year-old child died of a heart problem. Over the
years we buried many young people who died of suicide, murder, accidents and from natural causes. But,
1996 was most devastating to the city of Santa Fe. What could be done? How would the siblings,
extended families, and friends grieve? Who would help the children? Then one morning I awoke with
the words, “We need a center for children in Santa Fe.” I did some research, found a successful program
in Portland, Oregon and went to the support group for parents who had lost children. I presented the
program to them and asked for help. Immediately five persons offered, two other women came later and
we all went to Portland to learn how to start a center for grieving children. The task was tedious, timeconsuming, challenging, with much worry and many heartaches.
There were many needs-- non-profit status, a board, volunteer facilitators, needing to be
trained, space, furniture, toys, office materials, a name, a logo, and of course money!
Only God could provide, and blessings came through the generous people of Santa Fe.
By the spring of 1997, Gerard’s House had become a reality serving children from 3 –
19. Many wonderful people participated-- board members, fund raisers, grant writers,
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directors, facilitators, and many volunteers. And God’s loving care is still present. That ministry
continues!
The present director has been with Gerard’s House almost from the beginning. Under her guidance, the
center continues to thrive. Since 1997, Gerard’s House has served over 5000 children. Adults who bring
the child also form a group and are served. Having extended the age to 21, Gerard’s house is a
microcosm of the city’s diversity, supporting children in language, religious/spiritual beliefs, culture,
gender and physical ability. The center serves Hispanics, Anglos, Native Americans from Santa Fe and
nearby communities, from medium income to very low income. All are welcomed into this free program
for grieving children.
Services through Gerard’s house include age- and culturally appropriate activities for all participants. In
peer groups, of one hour for the smaller children and one and one-half hours for the older ones, they tell
their stories, hold meaningful discussions, play, do artwork, perform drama, write and in many ways,
work out strong emotions. Staff and volunteers are teachers, therapists, social workers, counselors and
other qualified persons, many of whom speak Spanish fluently. Regardless of physical, learning, or
developmental disabilities, no child, parent or caregiver is turned away for any reason.
Responding to growing needs, a new program, Stepping Stones, has been added-– for children who have a
family member with a life-threatening illness. A Spanish-language coordinator & sign-language
interpreters have also been added. In 2014, Gerard’s House became a provider in the Transitional
Education Program (TEP), creating two weekly groups that help long-term suspended students understand
and cope with the losses that have touched their lives.
Gerard’s House collaborates with many other service providers, public and private schools, probation
officers, hospices, funeral homes, hospitals and clinics. One such collaboration is with the New Mexico
Suicide Intervention Project responding to crises in schools and creating grief support groups within those
schools. Gerard’s House also collaborates with the Child, Youth and Family Office working with
caseworkers and therapists, helping the foster, adopted, neglected and abused children grieve their losses.
Camp Rainbow, a two-day grief-support summer camp for children of ages 7-14 has been very successful
for many years; so is Rainbow Days, a teen group that meets occasionally for six intense sessions.
As illustrated in this example, some of the wonderful ministries we as School Sisters pioneered have
continued and grown within those communities. In many other ways our contacts with millions of
individuals have instilled values and provided leaders in all walks of life. The time, energy, and love that
we have spent in service have not been in vain!
Responses to our 2014 Membership-­‐Renewal Question In a previous issue we asked you this Reflection Question: “What effect has the election of
Pope Francis had on your energy for ministry? Your reflections: Sr. Mary Jo Horstman: Increased HOPE for agreement with LCWR and the world (peace—
renewal of Vatican II justice.) It will take time, and Pope Francis, with the Holy Spirit will make
profound changes.
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Sr. Marietta Hanus: His word and example is so uplifting and energizing! His call to love our
neighbor invites me to cross cultures, especially in our neighborhood, inviting Hispanic prayer groups
to our St Joseph Convent adoration chapel and becoming connected with the New Sanctuary
Movement in our neighborhood. A simple, profound pastoral approach.
Sr. Rose Hacker: Has had little effect. I still have to deal with local diocesan conservatism. The
Bishop has not changed.
Sr. Dorothy Ann Barloon: Much joy! Our doctor here is from Pope Francis’ area.
Sr. Tess Engel: The election of Pope Francis had a deep effect on me personally before it spilled
over into my ministry. Who wasn’t moved by the simple cassock, the Francis of Assisi (not Xavier)
namesake, his kneeling to receive the prayer of all people? However, the impact on my ministry did
not come until months later, after Benedict XVI’s 8x10 photo in the entrance of church was replaced
by that of Pope Francis. Here’s the story.
One Sunday while waiting to greet parishioners, I took a closer look at
the new pope’s photo. His pectoral cross caught my attention. It was
silver, not gold, and displayed a scene rather than jewels. The scene
really pulled me in. On the upright beam was the image of the Good
Shepherd with a lost sheep circling his neck. The crossbeam was filled
with sheep fading in the distance. This spoke volumes to me about our
new spiritual leader. Wanting more details, I went online and took these
notes:
This much humbler emblem of spiritual authority … symbolic of the Pope’s
apostolic mission … inspired by the Franciscan ideal of evangelical poverty
• the one he had always worn as a bishop and cardinal in his native
Argentina.
when he first spoke to the world from the balcony … it appeared dark … leading … to the erroneous
conclusion that it was made of iron …;
• as Archbishop … went to the slums …; [where] the outcasts of society … touched it …
kissed it … bathed it with their tears while the Archbishop listened to their stories;
• silver turns dark when it comes into contact with humidity, & “therefore little wonder if that
cross, clenched by so many hands, kissed by so many lips, and bathed by so many tears,
would eventually become dark. It is as if the world’s suffering had been impressed on it,
darkening it.”
•
•
I had to tell others. Photos in newspapers or magazines were too small for the details on
the cross to be noticed. Who could I tell? Here’s who:
• parishioners as they came into church,
• the 35 to 40 parishioners I visit monthly because they can’t get to church, or are in
retirement centers and nursing homes.
• Blessed Sacrament students along with their teachers in Blessed Sacrament School,
whom I visit briefly each week to give a good message. They in turn surprised me before
Christmas with a small replica of Pope Francis’ cross along with a papal blessing, which
they had ordered from Rome. I was overjoyed!
Thus, my story of how Pope Francis’ election energetically spilled over into my ministry
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Book Reviews: The Unbearable Wholeness of Being: God, Evolution, and the Power of Grace. By Ilia Delio. Orbis Books, 2013. -­‐-­‐Reviewed by Sister Winifred Whelan Delio claims that heliocentrism is the culprit that began the breakup of God and science. When
the earth spun away from being the center of the universe, God became more distant. The human
became more powerful, and a new, mechanistic order came to be. All through the billions of years
since the Big Bang, nature has been moving toward greater and greater wholeness and relationality,
but seemingly moving away from God. However, love has been there from the beginning, and is up
ahead, the future of evolution, always striving for unity and wholeness. “The world is not God and
God is not the world, yet God is the unlimited depth of love, a love of all that is, a love that overflows
into new life.” Both Teihard and Delio identify this love as Omega or God.
The final chapter urges the Church to update its attitudes and language. Each Eucharistic
celebration can mark the beginning of new future, but it should be ritualized
in a more ecological and communal way. We exist for and by means of one
another. As long as we continue to operate out of an Aristotelian philosophy
of body and soul, we function with cognitive dissonance. Religiously, we
live in the Middle Ages, while culturally we live in a scientific age.
The book presents a powerful challenge. If and when Delio’s and
Chardin’s ideas are followed, the Church and religion will have a
completely different face. We will think of God in an entirely new way, no
longer as the “Lord above” but the Alpha and Omega of evolution. The
Eucharist will center around the gathering of the Cosmic Christ born again
at Christmas and renewed in the Passover mystery.
2014 Seminar Financial Report updated January 17, 2015 Income
Seminar
Banquet
Total income
$3650.00
540.00
$4190.00
Expenses
Speaker’s Fee & Travel
$ 877.00
Rooms @ Alverno (3 extending from PA) 207.00
Alverno Catering
2,519.24
Other Seminar Expenses
Committee Expenses
Total expense
BALANCE from Seminar:
107.38
95.54
$3,806.16
$383.84
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