• Lenten Prayer Books will be available soon. The pick-up sites will be at the Motherhouse, St. Pius X, St. Agnes Academy or they will be mailed to you if that was your preference.
• Our March meeting will feature a dynamic speaker: Megan Phelps-Roper, the author of “Unfollow: a memoir of Leaving the Westboro Church” It will be a very fascinating meeting. 
  • NEXT GATHERING – Tuesday, March 2
    • 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    • Please note that we will meet on TUESDAY next month.

• We began the meeting with a prayer written by our own prayer leaders entitled 
  • “God of Life and Diversity”. 
• The poverty committee, led by Shawna, introduced our 2 speakers for the evening: 
  • Diana Tang and Elizabeth Valdez
• The speakers were from The Metropolitan Organization (TMO) which is an organization that builds sustainable power across lines of differences.
• There are 10 sister organizations within the state of Texas. Members are institutional, using existing organizations such as congregations, unions, schools and nonprofits to draw a group of people with diverse backgrounds and objectives to serve a common goal. Their current agenda of issues includes:
  • COVID-19 Response & Healthcare
  • Police Reform
  • Workforce Development
  • Education
  • Immigration
  • Harvey Recovery
• The speakers were very informative and we had a good Q&A after they spoke. If you are interested in learning more about their organization go to the website: https://www.tmohouston.org/events

Upcoming Committee Activities:

• Racial Justice Committee 
  • The next (Zoom) meeting is Tuesday, February 16, at 12:30pm.  All are welcome. Please email Calista Herbert at calista@herberts.org for the meeting link. 
• Poverty Committee
  • The next meeting is Wednesday, February 2, 7:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
    The topic of Discussion will be taken from Module 5 of the Confronting Poverty Website: https://confrontingpoverty.org/poverty-discussion-guide/
    Join Zoom Meeting (see email for link)
    
  • Poverty Committee Book Club February 24 , 7:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. : Discussion on The Leavers by Lisa Ko. 
    Join Zoom Meeting (see email for link)
    

Stewardship of the Dominican Family 

• The Dominican Family operates through the generosity of Family members as there are no dues required of our members.
• We prayerfully ask that you consider making a gift to the Dominican Family to help us continue providing quality gatherings, resources, and community partnership which include:
• Ongoing expenses to host and maintain our website and our Flocknotes subscription, 
  • Membership dues for the Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston Interfaith Council,  
  • The purchase of the Advent and Lent prayer booklets as well as the occasional speaker fees and, 
  • Hosting our annual Advent Brunch and Commitment Celebrations 
  • The Dominican Family is grateful for every gift as we recognize it is given from the heart to support our mission.