Wednesday, July 25, 2007

MCCMA: Officers Meeting

July 18, 2007
Present: Thomas A. Donahoo, Steve Wolbert, Aundrea Liddle, and Timothy McCormick

Items:

1) October MCCMA Meeting
a. Location, Time, and Speaker set
b. October 8-9th in Saginaw
c. Sharon Froom, MA, LLP on Crisis Counseling
d. Will Provide Topics to CM’s for next October (’08) MCCMA Meeting
e. Fr. Brendan to say Mass?

2) May 2008 Meeting
a. Location is St. Francis retreat center in Dewitt
b. No Lunch on Monday arrival
c. Dinner and Free time in East Lansing on Tuesday
d. Mass and Reception at St. John’s Center on Tuesday
e. $195.00 per person (early bird fee), otherwise $215.00
f. Tom needs to follow-up on speaker with Krista Bajoka
i. Rolheiser? Curtis Martin?

3) MCCMA Stationary
a. All four officers agreed that it was necessary
b. Aunnie volunteered to work on this

4) Website
a. Tim will develop a MCCMA Blog
b. Goal is to eventually have a full website

5) Future Planning and etc…
a. Tom encouraged that all four officers take on presentation role at MCCMA meetings
b. Important to promote the findings of Michael Galligan-Stierle
c. Develop a condensed CMLI to train student leaders
i. Mid-September
ii. Begin in Michigan, with goal of growing regionally
d. Emphasize retreat element of May meetings
i. Help build up CM’s spiritually
ii. Have speakers with time for processing, silence, faith sharing, and prayer
e. Create welcome packet of resources and contact for new Campus Ministers
i. Introduce newbies to MCCMA
ii. Ability to contact others in similar situations, like community colleges

1 comment:

Tom D said...

Our next gathering is May 12 - 14 at the Franciscan Center in DeWitt.

Comments from our October gathering in Saginaw include:
1. looking at using our May meeting in a retreat format
2. using the October meeting as a retreat so we can have a speaker and process the content with the more time alloted to our May meeting
3. developing a state/regional CMLI to meet our leadership training needs in a weekend format.