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    Inside this issue:

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    LCWR Financial Report

    InterAmerican Committee Builds Solidarity

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    LCWR Exhibits at NCEA Convention in Baltimore

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    The 2007 LCWR assembly will draw participants into an exciting explorationof the uncharted territory of religious life as it moves into the future. The as-sembly is designed to educate leaders about the new frontiers that lie aheadin the world and church and engage them in conversations about what this

    unmapped wilderness may be asking of women religious today and tomorrow.

    Next Frontier:Religious Life

    at the Edge of Tomorrow

    The

    Four outstanding panelists will take part in a conversa-tion about the new frontier, bringing insights from theirunique perspectives. The panelists are John L. Allen, Jr.,senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporterand CNNs senior Vatican analyst; Simone Campbell,SSS, a lawyer and executive director of NETWORK;Fran Ferder, FSPA, psychotherapist, professor, and au-

    thor; and Lynn Levo, CSJ, a psychologist and director ofeducation at St. Luke Institute. Together these panelistswill probe the questions:

    What are the new frontiers for religious life as yousee them?What might we need to leave behind as we moveinto the next frontier?What will we find there? What maps can we use?What are we waiting for?

    LCWR Travels to Rome for AnnualVisit with Vatican Officials

    The annual LCWR visit to Rome took place this yearduring the week of April 16. As always, the tripwas a collaborative event with the delegation from

    the Conference of Major Superiors of Men. This yearthere were four LCWR members and six from CMSM.While in Rome, the delegations visit a variety of Vatican

    offices, some jointly, and some separately.

    The most important visit is always the one to the Con-gregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societ-ies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL). It is this congregation formerly known as the Congregation for Religious that recognizes LCWR as an official conference ofreligious for the United States, and it is to this Vatican

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    Fr t LCWR Pridncy

    by Beatrice Eichten, OSF LCWR Past President

    Celebrating Abundance

    Irecently celebrated the Triduum withmy parish community in Winona,Minnesota. It is made up of families

    and young single adults, people wholove to sing, are intent about theirspiritual life, and participate in manyways to make the communitys worshiprich and challenging. The celebrant, themusic, the ritual, and the full-throatedparticipation and the quiet attentive-ness all made for a deeply reverent andmoving experience of Gods abundant

    goodness and loving presence. The im-age came of all of this together forming the resonance ofa church organ rich, full, and vibrating in my bones.It made me aware of the abundance that surrounds useach day.

    The question of abundance and scarcity is explored byLynne Twist in her book The Soul of Money. She reflects

    that we function out of a mindset of scarcity, spendingour lives hearing, explaining, complaining, or worry-ing about what we dont have enough of. We dont haveenough time. We dont have enough rest. We dont haveenough exercise and on and on. We could add to thelist We dont have enough young members. We donthave enough new members. We dont have enoughprayer, or community, or The scarcity mantra is likea regular motif. We keep hitting the wrong notes andcreating dissonance rather than a harmonic melody.Twist says the not enough mentality is an expression offear, causing us to chase after what we dont have. That

    Lynne Twist, The Soul of Money, W. W. Norton & Com-pany, New York, 2003. p. 44.

    Ibid, p. 45

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    chase causes us to break away fromour wholeness and natural integrity. Weabandon our soul and grow more andmore distanced from our core valuesand highest commitments.

    Is it true that our not enoughnesskeeps us from living fully and whole-heartedly the commitments that camefrom our passion for God?

    What would it take for us to move from

    scarcity to abundance? How can welive in the awareness that there is enough and that weare enough? Such a stance doesnt change the reality oflimitation and challenge, but it gives us a different at-tentiveness and relationship to what is. When we entereach day with an attitude of sufficiency, we trust whowe are, what we have been given, and how we are chal-lenged. And we understand that this is precisely whatGod has in mind for us, and is what God needs in ourworld and church.

    Our enoughness, our sufficiency, enables us to moveinto each day with hope and trust. We place our handsconfidently on the keys of this days organ and offer our

    best selves. Together with others, we create a harmonythat moves our soul and witnesses to the abundantloveliness and blessing of God-with-us.

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    LCWR Travels to Rome for AnnualVisit with Vatican Officials

    congregation that LCWR is accountable.The LCWR delegation included Mary Dacey, SSJ, presi-dent; Bea Eichten, OSF, past-president; Mary Whited,CPPS, president-elect; and Carole Shinnick, SSND,executive director. The LCWR group visited CICLSAL

    on Tuesday, April 17 from 9:00 until noon. There theymet with the prefect of the congregation, Cardinal FrancRod, CM, the newly appointed secretary, ArchbishopGianfranco Agostino Gardin, OFM Conv., as well aswith canonist Sharon Holland, IHM and staff memberHank Lemoncelli, OMI. The delegation updated thecongregation on the programs and projects of LCWRfrom the past year, and answered questions from themembers of the congregation. Some of the topicscovered included changes in ministry settings, newexpressions of congregational charisms, and innovativevocation and formation programs.

    The LCWR delegation also met with Fr. J. AugustineDiNoia, OP from the Congregation for the Doctrineof the Faith, and with Fr. Fecile Ruffini, MI and otherstaff members at the Pontifical Council for PastoralAssistance to Healthcare Workers. The delegationenjoyed a delightful visit at the offices of UISG (Inter-national Union of Superiors General) where the generalsecretary, Victoria Gz. de Castejn, RSCJ and the staffdescribed the upcoming UISG assembly.

    The delegations of CMSM and LCWR had a very can-did conversation with the Honorable Francis Rooney,US ambassador to the Vatican and his deputy Christo-pher Sandrolini. The group discussed a wide variety of

    topics including immigration reform, free tradeagreements, the crisis in the Middle East, and

    the war in Iraq. In each case, the CMSM andLCWR delegations presented the conferencespositions and their foundations in Catholicsocial teaching. The exchange was open andcordial.

    CMSM and LCWR also visited the PontificalCouncil of the Laity, meeting with the presi-dent of the council, Archbishop StanisawRyko. There they learned about the numerouslay movements springing up throughout thechurch. They shared with the archbishop ways

    in which religious communities are developinglay associate programs and mission effective-ness programs for sponsored ministries.

    Hank Lemoncelli, OMI; Mary Whited, CPPS; Bea Eichten, OSF; Car-dinal Franc Rod, Archbishop Gianfarnco Gardin, OFM, Conv.; MaryDacey, SSJ; Sister Enrica Rosanna, FMA; Sharon Holland, IHM

    Presidency with Victoria Gz. de Castejn, RSCJ at the UISGoffices

    Archbishop Gianfarnco Gardin, OFM, Conv; Cardinal FrancRod; Enrica Rosanna, FMA

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    Jerome Kodell, OSB; and Robert Schieler, FSC, of the CMSMdelegation with Christopher Sandrolini; Ambassador FrancisRooney

    On the evening of Wednesday, April 18, CMSM and

    LCWR jointly hosted a reception for a variety of officialsand staff working in Rome. The reception was held onthe roof of the generalate of the Salvatoran Fathers, ashort distance from St. Peters. About 30 guests at-tended the reception and were treated to a spectacularsunset behind the basilicas dome.

    In addition to the positive effects of face-to-face dia-logues at the various offices, the LCWR delegationenjoyed a deepening sense of collaboration with themen of CMSM with whom they prayed, dined, andconversed. It was a full and fruitful week. At the CICLSAL offices: Bea Eichten, OSF; Mary Whited,

    CPPS; Mary Dacey, SSJ; Sharon Holland, IHM; CaroleShinnick, SSND

    The LCWR delegation attended the Popes weekly audience atSt. Peters Square

    LCWR Travels to Rome for AnnualVisit with Vatican Officials

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    May 27 is the date of the first reflectionin So Much is in Bud

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    InterAmerican Committee BuildsSolidarity Across the Continents

    The presidents and executive directors of the

    Leadership Conference of Women Religious(LCWR), the Conference of Major Superiors ofMen (CMSM), the Confederation of Latin AmericanReligious (CLAR), and the Canadian Religious Confer-ence (CRC) met from March 26 - 30 in Montreal as theInterAmerican Committee.

    The meeting days were structured so that the partici-pants could learn of significant events and concerns ofthe religious leaders in each conference, share stories,and discuss ways to keep alive the collaborative spiritamong the religious of the Americas.

    LCWR representatives, Mary Whited, CPPS, and CaroleShinnick, SSND, reported on the work and focus of theconference this past year. This included outcomes of the2006 LCWR assembly, plans for the 2007 assembly, anupdate on the museum exhibit project, efforts to assistthe women religious affected by the 2005 hurricanes inNew Orleans, ongoing collaboration with CMSM, andwork on various justice issues particularly immigra-tion and trafficking. LCWR also shared copies of its2007 reflection book with all participants.

    The committee discussed strategies for strengtheningongoing communication among the religious leadersincluding naming common areas of concern, participa-tion in one anothers assemblies, and speaking out oncommon issues.

    In addition to Mary and Carole, those attending themeeting were:

    CMSM: Dominic Izzo, OP, president; Paul Lininger,OFM Conv, executive director; Michael McNulty, SJ,associate directorCLAR: Ignacio Madera Vargas, president; MaradelSocorro Henao Velsquez, CTSJ, general secretaryCRC: Donna Geernaert, SC, president; Annette Nol,

    SP, executive director; Alain Abeault, CSV, past presi-dent.

    The committee continued building relationshipsthroughout the meeting days as they toured the areavisiting the Notre Dame Basilica, Bon Secours Chapel,and Mirabelle.

    LCWR and CMSM will host the next InterAmericanCommittee meeting from March 3 - 7, 2008.

    Mary Whited, CPPS and Donna Geernaert, SC

    Dinner at the Sugar House in Mirabelle

    Touring Notre Dame Basilica

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    NCEA Convention Hosts Pioneers, Poets & Prophets Exhibit Information Table

    LCWR provided information at the recent conven-tion of the National Catholic Educational Associa-tion on the LCWR museum exhibit, Pioneers, Poets

    & Prophets: Catholic Sisters in America. Dr. Karen Ristau,NCEA president, invited LCWR to exhibit free of chargeas a way of heightening awareness of the project andpossibly gaining financial support. The event was heldat the Baltimore Convention Center from April 9-13.

    Approximately 8000 people attended the conventionand many visited the LCWR table and took homeexhibit brochures. The LCWR table displayed a timelineshowing the parallel events occuring in the world andthe United States and how they influenced the worksof women religious in this country. Helen Garvey,

    BVM; Honora L. Precourt; and Annmarie Sanders, IHMstaffed the LCWR information table throughout theconvention.

    The historic timeline captured the attention and inter-est of many NCEA convention participants. Shownhere are Helen Garvey, BVM and Honora Precourt,as they staffed the table providing information on themuseum exhibit.

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    During the past month, LCWR has added its signa-ture to the following:

    A letter to Representative Maxine Waters urg-ing her to take leadership in addressing thecrisis of debt and global poverty by re-intro-

    ducing a 2007 Jubilee Act

    Pax Christi USAs letter to Japans Prime Min-ister Shinzo Abe urging him to retain Article 9(peace article) in Japans constitution. The letteris to be hand-delivered to the Japanese em-bassy in DC during the prime ministers visitto Washington, April 27-28. (Individual lettersmay be sent by going to www.paxchristiusa.org. Click Save Article 9, click Action Alertto Save Article 9.)

    JFI Campaign Holds National

    Gathering at a Critical Time

    The USCCB Justice for Immigrants (JFI) campaignheld a gathering of representatives from 67 dio-ceses and several JFI core members, including

    LCWR, in Washington, DC, April 17-19. More than 120participants came together to listen, learn, share experi-ences, and lobby their congressional representativeson comprehensive immigration reform. Speakers withexpertise and experience addressed a number of topicsincluding why the church is engaged with this issue,

    LCWR and CMSM Justice

    Committees Meet in San Antonio

    In keeping with the UN International Year of the

    Child, the LCWR and CMSM justice committeesfocused on the plight of children at their joint meet-ing on March 20-21. Around a table filled with photos ofloved known children and pictures of suffering childrenaround the world, committee members prayed for chil-dren in conflict. Invited guest Judge Peter Sakai, 225thDistrict Court judge for the State of Texas, describedhis personal experience in dealing with child abuse andneglect due to complex societal issues, most of whichare connected to poverty. He noted that while he doeswhat he can with both compassion and holding peopleaccountable, systemic change is needed. In particular,

    since a broken immigration system leads to dividedfamilies, the judge recommends that in the conferenceswork for justice for immigrants they highlight the im-pact on children. Judge Sakai concluded that what wehave is a legal system, not a justice system.

    During the joint meeting, committee members alsoshared respective activities and possibilities for collabo-ration, especially on the issue of climate change. Hopewas expressed that climate change might be addressedin some way during the CMSM/LCWR joint assem-

    bly in 2008. In addition to several reports, the GlobalConcerns Committee members determined roles dur-ing the LCWR assembly, topics and writers for futureResolutions to Action, identification of potential newGCC members, and possible sites for the October 2007meeting. During the assembly, the GCC will propose itsresolution, 2007 Sabbath Year: Debt Cancellation forImpoverished Countries, with an invitation to partici-pate in Jubilee USA Networks rolling fast in the fall.

    the status of immigration legislation, messaging oncomprehensive immigration reform, educating Catho-lics in the pews, mobilizing for change, and preparingfor legalization. The program included a sharing ofbest practices, reporting on challenges met by diocesan

    points of contact, and surfacing ideas for action strate-gies.

    Because immigration legislation is expected to bebrought to the Senate floor by the end of May, and theHouse proposed STRIVE Act (HR 1465) in July, visits toCapitol Hill on April 19 were a crucial part of the gath-ering. A number of congressional offices indicated thatmuch of their mail was strongly for enforcement anddeportation and not for legalization. However, recentsurveys indicate that a majority of US citizens, whilewanting secure borders, also approve a path to citizen-

    ship. The challenge this presents to all who work forcomprehensive immigration reform is to generate calls,e-mails, and faxes to all senators and representatives,calling for immigration reform now, as outlined by theUS Catholic bishops. More information can be found at:www.justiceforimmigrants.org.

    LCWRSigns On

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    Good Stewardship &

    Good Stewards

    Investments: In a conference call, Eileen OConnell,LCWRs investment advisor from the Christian Broth-ers Investment Services Inc., reviewed the investmentportfolio for the period ending March 2007. The statedpurpose of CBIS is to work in partnership with Catho-lic institutions to help them achieve their financial goals

    through the socially responsible management of theirinvestments.At the end of March, the investmentshad increased in value, and the growth is expected toincrease over the next quarter.

    Future meetings: October 2930, 2007 Silver Spring

    Upcoming LCWR Dates

    LCWR AssemblyKansas City, MissouriAugust 1 5, 2007

    LCWR Leading from Within RetreatRedemptorist Renewal Center

    Tucson, ArizonaJanuary 20 25, 2008

    LCWR New Leader WorkshopThe Retreat Center at St. Johns

    Plymouth, Michigan

    March 13 16, 2008

    LCWR-CMSM Joint AssemblyDenver, Colorado

    August 1 4, 2008

    LCWR Leading from Within RetreatFranciscan Center

    Tampa, FloridaJanuary 12 16, 2009

    LCWR New Leader WorkshopThe Retreat Center at St. JohnsPlymouth, Michigan

    March 19 22, 2009

    LCWR AssemblyNew Orleans, LouisianaAugust 11 15, 2009

    The LCWR Finance Committee met at the LCWR na-tional office in Silver Spring, Maryland, April 18-19.

    The group welcomed Geraldine Hoyler, CSC to her

    first on-site meeting as a committee member. Geraldineserves as general councilor/general treasurer of theCongregation of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, NotreDame, Indiana. Previously she spent eight years as thesenior vice president of finance and treasury for Catho-lic Health Initiatives (CHI) in Denver, Colorado, afterserving on both the original steering committee and theboard of stewardship trustees and playing an importantpart in the initial formation of CHI.

    In fall 2007 Jean Keniry, OSF will be leaving the commit-tee after serving LCWR generously with her time and

    expertise. The conference and the committee are mostgrateful for her wisdom and financial proficiency.

    Financial Position: As of March 2007, the LCWR fi-nancial position is healthy. In order to continue this intothe future, the committee is studying the changing faceof the LCWR membership as congregations merge andunite in various ways.

    Audit: The certified public accounting firm of LintonShafer Warfield and Garrett, PA met with the finance

    committee to discuss the LCWR financial statementsand accountants review report for 2006 for both theLCWR and the CMSM/LCWR accounts. In both cases,the review report was positive and encouraging. Thefinance committee acknowledged the excellent account-ing services of Bobbi Besley, the account manager forLCWR and the office building.

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    On the Road AgainFr t LCWR Exv Drer

    Carole Shinnick, SSND

    The flight from Chicago to Rome is about 10hours. Im usually able to pass the first two

    or three hours pleasantly enough. A coupleof back issues of Newsweek and a good bookare essential. Then theres the food serviceritual. First the beverage cart, and then thebig wait to see what is actually in those littlepartitioned trays and whether the dressingwill be Caesar or ranch.

    Flying to Rome on April 17, after the trayswere picked up and we were entering thefourth hour, the attendant announced that our film forthe flight would be Dream Girls. Great! I had seen thefilm already, but I wanted to see it again. And I thoughtit would help pass the next couple of hours. Sadly,after many disconcerting sputters and snaps, we wereinformed that the video system was down and thatDream Girls would not be joining us on the flight afterall. Instead for the remaining seven hours of the trip thescreen showed that cartoon-like image of a plane flyingfrom point A to point B. At any given time we couldcheck our altitude, our estimated time of arrival, thetemperature outside the plane and the local weather inRome. It was informative, but it was not Dream Girls.

    When the cartoon plane showed us flying over FranceI peeked out the window. The sun was coming up,washing the rolling hills below with new light. We wereflying over a rural area. I imagined farmers getting outof bed, pulling on their boots and heading out to thebarn. I pictured small French children rubbing sleepfrom their eyes, eating crusty bread for breakfast.Sometimes when I am flying I imagine the span ofhuman activity happening a few miles below. By thetime the plane lands I know that I have flown over birthand death, loving and hating, play and labor, joy anddespair. If the weather is clear sometimes its possible tosee whole towns from the air tiny roads weaving pasttiny schools and houses and factories tiny smoke-stacks puffing out tiny threads of white tiny cattle intiny fields. I wonder if this how God sees the world.

    The post-Easter readings are full of journeys and travel.Amazing things happen when people are in transit. Inparticular there are the road stories - the disciples onthe road to Emmaus, Philip and his encounter with the

    Ethiopian court official, and the classicconversion story of Paul on the road to

    Damascus. When a story begins with thewords, And she set off for a far distantcountry, you know you are in for anadventure. ThinkMoby Dick, The Iliad andthe Odyssey, and Siddhartha. Think theExodus, the Visitation, and the parable ofthe Prodigal Son. Think T.S. Elliots TheJourney of the Magi.

    To go on a journey to go on trek as theBritish say is to step into transformative space. On the

    road, we will encounter challenge something or some-one unfamiliar, strange or frightening. And on a cellularlevel our hearts and our bodies tell us that if we chooseto engage this experience it will change us in ways wecannot anticipate. Or, of course, we can avoid it. WhenJesus asked the disciples on the road to Emmaus, Whatare you discussing? they could have said, None of

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    your business. But they didnt. And when he seemedto be continuing on, they could have said, Good-bye.But instead they invited him to stay for supper.

    Each day you and I go on trek. We gulp our coffee, grabour keys, and head for the office or an airport or a meet-ing. Each day we, too, encounter the unfamiliar, theodd, the intriguing, or the unwelcome. Sometimes I amso preoccupied that I see these moments only as distrac-tions or annoyances. My absorption with my destina-tion or my preference for the familiar probably keepsme from engaging multiple opportunities for transfor-mation each day. The good news for me and for you,too, I suspect - is that our God is wonderfully inventiveand persistent. Endlessly creative, God will make surethat if we avoid one chance to change, another one willbe coming up around the next bend in the road. As Dr.Seuss says, Oh, the places youll go!

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    From theCenter for the Study of

    Religious Life

    Cultural Audit Workshop

    A workshop to help congregations and orders learnmore about using the cultural audit will be held August16-18, 2007 at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.Using the Cultural Audit was developed by CSRL toprovide a language for discussing features of culturesand their impact on religious communities. Presentersare Frances Cunningham, OSF and Gary Riebe-Estrella,SVD. More information at www.religious-life.org/pro-grams/index.html#CulturalAudit. Registration formsavailable at www.religious-life.org/pdfs/CTUWrksh-pRegis21507.pdf.

    NATRI Offers Seminar for Financialand Leadership Personnel

    The annual Orientation to Financial Managementof Religious Institutes, offered for financial andleadership personnel, will be held June 4-8, 2007.

    Sponsored by the National Association for Treasurers ofReligious Institutes (NATRI), the seminar will be held atThe Retreat Center at St. Johns in Plymouth, Michigan.

    The program will begin late on Monday afternoon witha presentation on stewardship roles in religious insti-tutes by Barbara Matteson, OP, NATRI interim director.Barbara has served as treasurer of her own community,prioress and also as treasurer of the Dominican Sistersin Houston. Hertha Longo, CSA will begin the dayon Tuesday with tools for planning, budgeting, andfinancial forecasting.There will be two tracks, in bothaccounting and investing, to address the varied back-grounds of participants. For anyone with questions

    about government programs and retirement issues,NATRI will have the experts, Constance Neeson, LSWand Janice Bader, CPPS of the National Religious Retire-ment Office. Dan Ward, OSB, executive director of theLegal Resource Center for Religious, will address topicsin civil and canon law of importance to treasurers andleadership.

    The full program and registration materials are postedon the NATRI website (www.natri.org). There are a fewplaces still available.

    Legal Resource Center for ReligiousFall Workshops

    Sheraton Cincinnati AirportCincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

    Hotel Rate: $99 plus tax

    WORKSHOP 1Membership Issues: Canonical, Civil & Psychological

    September 11-13, 2007

    This workshop will provide leadership with informa-tion concerning:

    Appropriate civil, canonical, and psychologicalintervention in difficult situations with membersGuidelines for best practices in dealing with

    healthcare/mental healthcare practitioners andtreatment modalitiesConfidentialityRecord keepingThe rights and responsibilities of membership inreligious institutesThe exercise and limits of the authority of leader-ship in working with members

    Presenters: Donna Markham, OP, Ph.D., Lynn Jarrell,OSU, JCD; Daniel J. Ward, OSB, JCL, JD

    WORKSHOP 2Civil & Canon Law Procedures for Administration

    September 13-14, 2007

    This workshop will provide individuals in administra-tion of a religious institute/society with:

    a hands-on experience with civil and canonicalproceduresa guide and checklistsample forms for handling such procedures as:

    establishment of an institute/society or province;reconfiguration; writing and revising documents;extent and limits of authority; chapters of electionsand decisions; finances and real property; ministe-rial works, patrimony; different types of departureand monetary assistance to the person.

    Presenters: Lynn Jarrell, OSU, JCD and Daniel J. Ward,OSB, JCL, JD

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