October Update

The last team meeting for Emmaus was held on Sunday, October 24^th. We began by sitting down for a meal while engaging in the usual small-talk that precedes all things. After the majority of our plates were empty, we began our meeting with The Litany of Humility, a devotion that the team has adopted for this upcoming year. Our prayer lead into a scripture reflection on Mark 11 where Jesus rides on a donkey into Jerusalem. In the passage Jesus says and does somethings that don't quite make sense to us; we reflected on following him even when we fail to have the clarity we would like. We then shared with each other the current events in our daily lives, the good and the bad. The final portion of our formation period was a time of affirmation. We highlighted all the good things we see in one another.

Our planning portion of the evening focused on the next couple months of Prayer Meetings we were going to have. We felt that it would be fitting to host a series focused on Canadian Saints for the month of November. Being in the wake of the canonization of St. Andre Bessette, we found this to be a great topic to explore. We also addressed a lack of communication that occurred in the team during the transition between Team Leaders. Jacquelline Lambert, who has guided the Team and Emmaus exceptionally, has decided it would be best for her to step down as Team Leader and focus on her studies. Brigitte Cormier, and her betrothed, Bill Dykstra had assumed the roles of Co-Team Leaders in late September.