Lou opened our meeting with a prayer.

Committee Reports:

   Gospel Mass  Zelda 

Father Jean Ntawugashira and Deacon Oliver Jackson from St. Rita’s

have agreed to come to St. Tom’s for a Gospel Mass on Saturday, April

15th at 5:30 PM.  Since that is only 5 ½ weeks away, we will have to be

very efficient with the plans for this project going forward.  The decision will

be made by week’s end if we will stick to the April date, or postpone until

next fall.  If we will stay with the April 15 for the Gospel Mass, publicity,

non-presider announcements, and a meal for our guests after

Mass will be scheduled and arranged.  Bill, Eileen, Jay, Lou, Rob and

Duane Sellers will be helping with this project.

   Fresh Market Pantry  Barb 

Barb was unable to attend the meeting due to her involvement with an all-day

event for CASA volunteers.  She will report at our next meeting.

   Homily Talking Points & Prayers of the Faithful   Brian

Brian has submitted to Deacon Dan a list of 5 or 6 talking points which could

be used for the priests' homilies, but isn't sure if those have been passed along to Father yet. Brian will be submitting ideas for prayers of the faithful to Deacon Dan also.

   Future Educational Programming   Eileen

Eileen met after the general meeting was adjourned with her committee

members in attendance.  Stay tuned for some announcements she will

share next month.

  Racism as a Public Health Crisis  Leo

Leo will be going to Mississippi on a mission trip with Dee and several

Purdue students, and plans to share with them a timeline of some key dates

in African American History.  He shared and discussed with us the timeline

he had written and asked for additions, deletions or changes to the

information he had put together.  Discussion was lively and members hope

that some of the students will come to our April meeting and speak to us

about what they learned on their trip from their experience in Mississippi

and from the information Leo shared.

Announcements / Resources:

Zelda shared that the Purdue Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

will be offering an interactive workshop series this spring, Speaking Up:

How Bystanders Can Change the Conversation About Social Bias. She will

provide more detailed information and a link in a Flocknote.

Since we met Zelda has found out that this program is not open to retirees or the public.

Our next RE&J general meeting will be Tuesday, April 4 at 7 pm at St. Tom’s in room 3.

Eileen gave our closing prayer.