Brothers and Sisters,
This past year we welcomed our first NET Missionary Discipleship Team. I look forward to welcoming our second this fall. I am happy to announce that we have three connections with NET Missionaries serving this coming year across the globe. As part of their invitation to serve each missionary is asked to raise $7,000 to help offset their training and stipend costs. I am inviting you to participate in that fundraising. This coming weekend we will have a second collection that we will split between the three missionaries. Below you will find a note from each missionary and a link if you would like to support them individually.
Fist up we have parishioner Abby Kaufman who will be serving with NET for the first time!
Greetings,
I have some very exciting news to share with you all. I decided to answer the call God has placed on my heart to serve as a missionary with NET. As many of you know, we had a NET discipleship team with us last year. I am hoping to be on a retreat team which means I will be traveling and putting on retreats as I go, but I need your support to do so. I ask you to please keep me in your prayers over the course of the next school year while I am off serving with NET. In addition, if during your prayer you feel called to give to my mission in any way, I would be extremely appreciative as I have a goal of raising $7,000 before I leave for training. Thank you so much for your time and consideration.
God Bless,
Abby Kaufman
Next up we have Alejandra Aguilar who served on our Missionary Discipleship Team this past year. She will be returning to NET as part of Mission Staff.
Hello Saint Simon!
This last school year I had the amazing opportunity to serve and love the community at Saint Simon. It was so beautiful to be able to step into this community and get to know the youth and the families in a deeper way! Although my time as a missionary here is over, I will still have a relationship with Saint Simon in a different way. This 22'-23' school year I will have the privilege of supervising the next Saint Simon NET team! Although I won't be with the team the whole time I will still visit periodically throughout the year to check up on the team. When I am not here with the team I will be in Saint Paul, Minnesota living in a womens household with other NET supervisors and working out of the offices at the NET center checking in with Father Doug and Eric Marasco to make sure the needs of the community are met. Thank you so much for the generosity you showed me this last year and for welcoming our team with open arms! Saint Simon holds a special place in my heart and in my prayers!
God Bless,
Alejandra Aguilar
Finally we have Manny Moreno who served on our Missionary Discipleship Team this past year. He will be serving in NET Ireland.
Hello!
My name is Manny Moreno, and I recently served on the NET Team that was at St. Simon. I loved my time with the youth, host families, parish staff, and overall community at St. Simon. It was really hard for me to leave, but I know the Lord has all of you in his hands. Even though this year was very fulfilling, He is not done with me yet. I am going to be a missionary with NET Ireland. At the beginning of August, I will fly to Dublin to start this amazing adventure. Please keep me, the other missionaries, and the youth we will be ministering to in your prayers as you are in mine.
Through Our Blessed Mother,
Manny Moreno