Seton Moms

Much work is going forward in preparation for the Marriage Seminar, titled: Growing in Love. A Day of Reflection and Exploration into the Blessed Sacrament of Marriage.  Seton Moms is joining with Balance Families Ministries to bring 3 talks, question & answer  sessions, rosary and contemplation for couples.  A special blessing for married couples will be given at the 4pm Mass following the Retreat.  We also hope to have a few vendors that could aid couples in their pursuit of holiness.

Detailed info and how to obtain tickets can be found on the yahoo board in the files section.  Simply download the file and follow directions.  Information can also be found on the blog on the Newsletter page and the Fundraiser page.  Proceeds from the conference will go to Balanced Families Ministries.  More information about Diane and Robert Scwind’s work can be found on their facebook page and you can email them at balancedfamiliesministries@gmail.com.

Dinnertime around the table…who knew it was so important!

Come learn what dinnertime can do for your family and how to make it happen more often with easy recipes for busy MOMS.

Help us kick off our SETON MOMS fundraiser with Homemade Gourmet.

One lucky attendee will win a “souper” gift next Tuesday. Won’t you join us?

Our guest will be Jessica Lackey from Homemade Gourmet. Don’t miss out on her great meal making tips plus savoring some of her very tasty treats. Following her presentation we will jump right into our bible study at chapter two. Don’t worry if you can’t read it in advance, we will have a group discussion with books to share.

Open coordinator position

Pam Fontenot was offered a part-time position and was forced to give up her co-coordinator position. The position is now open – Kirstin has discussed it with several people and hopes to find a new partner soon.

Balanced Families Ministries/Seton Moms marriage retreat

Jan 29, 2011 – Planning is going well and we have put together a small committee (Charlotte, Lili, Laura, Kirstin, possibly Raquel C) to work on the fine details once the entire retreat is approved by Father Hart. We have reserved the FM building for the entire day of the 29th and are planning to contact Nikki’s for catering at approx $5/pp. Tickets for the retreat will be $20 per couple and ticket sales are limited to 50 couples. We decided that we should limit advertisement to SEAS exclusively as we anticipate no issues getting 50 couples to attend. We are planning a 10a-4p retreat time and are planning to ask Father Hart to conduct a special blessing for retreat couples after the 4pm mass. It was suggested that we try to have confession at some point during the day, so that will be discussed once Father Hart is on board.

Christmas Project Ideas

Lili Varela suggested that we consider giving as a group to a small Mexican orphanage that she’s been working with for some time. While we initially liked the idea, we’ll need more information from Lili and approval from Father Hart to conduct such a project. Lili is going to gather more information from Sister Theodora at the orphanage and get back to us.

Garden

Sprinkler system is broken, so the new flowers are in need of regular watering. We decided that we can probably plan a M, W, F schedule at this point and Charlotte has volunteered to do Wednesdays. Kirstin put out a notice on the yahoo group and at the meeting today, so we should have some more help with that in coming days. There is a hose there, so it’s just a matter of getting the bodies over to do the watering.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Novena

Lili Varela attended the meeting to discuss the possibility of Seton Moms participating in the Novena for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Everyone decided it would be a wonderful opportunity. Lilia has us down for the 3rd night of the Novena, which is a Tuesday evening. The Novena begins after the 6:30 evening Mass. Lili also suggested involving the kids by having them place roses at Mary’s feet during or after the prayer time.

Couple’s Christmas Party

the Christmas party has been moved to December 4th at Kirstin’s house.

Mother/Daughter retreat

Kirstin suggested we prayerfully consider a Mother/Daughter retreat in April/May, should the marriage retreat go as planned. Monica Ashour has done wonderful talks for Seton Moms in the past and would conduct the entire retreat with her TOBET team. It was pointed out that this would be an exceptional opportunity for mothers with older children in the group, as we tend to gear most of our activities toward parents with younger children

Nursery

There are still more spots to fill for the nursery this season and we need to work harder on making sure people remember and attend their assigned days, as several of the same people have done many nursery days this year already.

This Sunday is Priesthood Sunday and the Seton Moms group has purchased three
beautiful plants that will be delivered to Fr. Hart, Fr. Dennis and Fr. Jim on
Friday. We have little construction paper flowers (made by Pam) that will be attached to a wooden stake with our individual intentions (ex. a rosary, decade of Hail
Mary’s, 3 Our Father’s, etc.)

**Note** Due to the death in Fr. Dennis’ family things did not go as planned, but the Priests were still given their Spiritual Bouquets. Remember to keep them all in your prayers.

One of the Spiritual Bouquets

We will have our first dive into “The Domestic Church,” by Donna
Marie Cooper O’Boyle. Even if you haven’t read the first chapter – come anyway!
The discussion is certainly going to draw you in, because it is focused on what
we all know so well…the struggles, goals, and blessings of Catholic
motherhood!

Also, please consider if/how you would like to participate in our group’s
acknowledgment of Priesthood Sunday (October 31st). We are putting together a
Spiritual Bouquet for each of our three priests. My co-coordinator, Pam
Fontenot, has crafted plenty of paper flowers for each of us. They will be
available tomorrow during the meeting, and if you can’t make it, please feel
free to create your own paper flower and leave it at the front desk of the
church offices by October 30th. Suggestions for each priest (Father Jim, Father
Dennis, and Father Hart) include a family rosary, one hour of adoration, three
Our Fathers, a decade of Hail Marys, Chaplet of Divine mercy, etc…

Thank you to Kirstin and her boys for coming out and helping Lee and her girls plant pansies in the Moms Garden. It was hard work battling the packed dirt and humidity, but the garden is better for their efforts.

The boys battle the ground.

Almost have all 120 pansies in!

The garden looks better!

Charlotte was instrumental in planning the Rosary Rally and had this to say about the event:

Thank you to everyone who came to the Rosary Rally and picnic yesterday!!!  I feel it was a great success!  To view pictures from the rally you can go to www.anf.org they should be posted by tomorrow.  You can also view all the photos from all the rallies from yesterday.  There were a total of 5958 rosaries prayed nation wide yesterday to save America from immorality and secularism!  I am so thankful to be a part of such a wonderful cause with such wonderful people.  God Bless America!!!

Thank you to Dawn and others that pitched in with food and supplies to make the Rally and Family Picnic a success.

Monica Ashour from TOBET

Once again Seton Moms welcomed Monica Ashour back to share more about Theology of the Body.

Rosary Rally

There will be a Rosary Rally and Family Picnic at Johnson Park Pavilion 2 Saturday, October 16, starting at 2 p.m.  All are invited to share in this National Prayer Day and enjoy some good food and fun with other families.

Priesthood Sunday

Priesthood Sunday is October 31st.  Seton Moms is showing support to our parish priests by creating Spiritual Bouquets for each.  Each family (or Mom) is invited to pledge some devotion for the priests.  This can be a rosary, novena or any other favorite devotion.  Collection of pledges were started today and will conclude at next meeting.  The bouquets will be presented to the Priests on Priesthood Sunday.

Thanks to Monica for another wonderful talk and we hope to have you back again soon.

The weather cooperated this year for SEAS Fall Fest giving the crowd beautiful blue skies and temps in to the mid 80s.

This year Seton Moms paired with Team PSA to share set up and costs of the fun houses this year.  Also, first this year was the option of purchasing a wrist band giving the wearer “all you could play” privileges at both sites.  From the number of bands noted on Saturday morning, it seemed the bands were a big hit with the parents.  From the bouncing kiddos it looked like the kids agreed!

Thanks to those that took the time to help man the bounce house and coordinate all the behind the scenes businees to make it all happen.

Ava & Reese enjoying a good bounce

The group welcomed new co-cordinator Pam Fontenot today.

Fall Fest

Plans were finalized for this weekend’s Fall Fest at SEAS.  We are still a couple volunteers short of having enough for each 2 hour shift.  Time slots from 2:30 onward on both days are needing some people.  A table will be set up to hold the few items we need to run the bounce house.  This year money, tickets and wrist bands will be available for customers.  Those with wristbands can jump at either bounce house the entire weekend.

Rosary/Family Picnic

Charlotte is organizing a rosary/prayer event for October 16th at Johnson Park, in Pavillion 2 at 2 p.m.  There will also be a Seton Moms Family picnic at this location to take place after the prayer.  Check the yahoo group for more info.

Nursery

Seton Moms has been blessed by a great turnout at each meeting.  However, we are short enough volunteers to help out in the nursery.  Please make sure you volunteer so that each person only has to do so once a semester.

Garden

After the garden is weeded there are plans to have a Moms planting time.  This will be scheduled to include those little ones that like to help plant.  Details coming.

Social

Fall social plans are underway, check the yahoo group for details.  The Couple’s Christmas Party is tentatively set for December 18th.

Girl’s Night Out this month will be at  Torpedos October 21st at 7p.m.  November’s will be a game night at Maureen’s on the 18th.  By popular demand, Pokeno will be making a come back.

Book Club

December’s book club will be a combination reading and ornament exchange.

Priesthood Sunday

Seton Moms will be creating spiritual bouquets for our Parish priests at the next general meeting.  Laura will be providing some of her tasty cookies to “sweeten” our prayers for our priests and their vocations.

Marriage Retreat

It appears that we left as much of an impression on Diane Schwind as she did on us.  Diane has graciously offered to help our group and our marriages by being a part of a marriage retreat.  Plans are in the mix for Seton Moms to host a Marriage retreat early next year.  Check back for details as they unfold.