Precious Blood Companions
Goals for a New Year by Vicky Otto, Companions Co-director
January and the New Year often get a bad rap. We hear often about New Year’ s resolutions and how unsuccessful people are regarding keeping those resolutions. As I reflect upon goals and resolutions for the New Year I prefer what journalist Ellen Goodman wrote about resolutions and goals for the New Year:“ We spend January first walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives … not looking for flaws, but for potential.”
Each year the Companions Council establishes new goals for the upcoming year. The Council would concur with Goodman’ s suggestion when they look at goals. They don’ t just reflect on what hasn’ t happened. They also pray and discern where the Holy Spirit is leading the Companion Movement as they look to the future and how best to serve Companions. In order to
bring to life Gather, Send the Council has established five major goals:
• Improve communications within the Companions Movement as well as the Precious Blood community.
• Explore and determine the best ways to reach out to younger people and to those of different cultural traditions.
• Explore the best ways for Companions to share their spirituality with the world.
• Foster and strengthen relationships between Companions and the Community.
• Develop administrative policies and procedures to meet the future needs of the Companions Movement.
The Companions Council concurs with Fr. John Wolf and myself that visiting all the groups in the provinces is extremely beneficial. We look forward to seeing everyone again over the next year. Another goal for the next year will be to develop new materials for Companions to use when they want to share continued on page 12
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