October 12, 2007 CLERICUS 8 NEWS

CLERICUS LUNCHEONS SCHEDULED

A reminder that our regular meetings of clericus will be offered based upon two geographic regions of the deanery. I will be attending both meetings and look forward to seeing as many of you as can attend.

October 25, 2007(Thursday) Bryan Jones is our convener and will be letting folks in the Long Beach, San Pedro, Wilmington, and Downey area section of the deanery know the location for the first Clericus Lunch meeting.

Here is the meeting information for folks on the east and south side of the deanery. Bryan Jones is our convener. I will be attending both luncheons. Bishop Caranza, we invite you to come to either of these gatherings or both, if you are able.

BRYAN'S NOTE TO ME REGARDING THE CLERICUS LUNCH ON OCTOBER 25th (THURSSDAY) at NOON. Please RSVP to Bryan and send him your email address so that he can have the best contact information for each of us.

Our sub-deanery lunch will be at Khoury's Restaurant, 110 North Marina Drive, Long Beach 90803-4601.

Please could you either send me an current e-mail list and I will send this out or you could just send it and ask people to e-mail RSVP me at Bryjones@aol.com.


October 31, 2007(Wednesday) Martir Vasquez is our convener for the churches in El Segundo, Hawthorne, Gardena, Compton, Torrance, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Palos Verdes. Our lunch together will begin at 12:00 Noon at The Blue Water Grill. Please give Martir a call at 310 676-8873 to let him know if you are planning to attend.

Both gatherings are open to any members of the clericus. If you can't attend the clericus luncheon scheduled in your area, you are more than welcome to attend the lunch gathering in the other area.

DEANERY 8 ASSEMBLY SCHEDULED

Saint Francis Parish in Palos Verdes has graciously offered to host our Deanery 8 pre-convention Assembly on October 28th at 3 PM. I hope we can get a good turn out for this once a year gathering.

I will be meeting with Michael Burgeron, our Deanery 8 President to set up our agenda for this meeting on October 15th. If you have any items you want us to consider for the agenda, please drop them to me via email. Thanks. Bob
Please address any of your concerns to me at rwcornner@aol.com. If you can think of ways that we can improve our community life as a clericus, please let me know. Ideas allow us to shape the future as a community.

FULL CLERICUS MEETINGS: PLANNING TEAMS

I would like for us to consider dates, activities, and locations for our full clericus gatherings. It has been suggested to me that we meet in our smaller lunch groups by location and availability more regularly and have two really full day clericus meetings (10 AM to 2 PM)with a program and other corporate activities. The time suggested above is just a suggestion. We may even consider an evening gathering for those who are unable to attend during the day time.

I would like for us to organize these two gatherings together. Perhaps a planning team from each of the geographical areas could take responsibility for putting together our programs for these times together. ANY THOUGHTS? Please e-mail me at rwcornner@aol.com. Thanks.

I look forward to seeing you at the Assembly meeting on October 28th.