Hi, Everyone!
         
         This month's Areopagus meeting will be held next week's Friday, September 12th, at seven p.m. (This will be the second Friday of the month, NOT the third).  We shall meet at the Flynn's house.  I will not post their address, but if you need it, please e-mail me so that I can get that information to you.  Please bring something delectably delicious to fuel our minds (food for philosophers) and plenty of questions, comments, and trivial matters (food for thought) for Odysseus the Box.
                Safe Traveling!
                  
                        In Christ,
                             Evelyn
          
        

Amazing August

   Greetings All,
         We had a wonderful meeting at the Tanis' this month!  The weather held out all meeting, the sky clear even unto the last person's exit.  Thank you for all your prayers concerning this matter.
          Father began the meeting with Cicero's Discourses on Old Age, then we commenced upon the questions.  These included:

• How does one meditate?
• What is justice?
• Can an individual join the Army if the boot camp does not allow for Sunday Mass?
• If someone is baptized into a Protestant religion, do they have to be re-baptized to become Catholic?
• When is a weapon classified as a Weapon of Mass Destruction by the Church?
• What are some standards for modesty in swimsuits?
• If God gives humans free will and intellect, why does He create souls that He knows will go to Hell?
• If one's confirmation sponsor leaves the Catholic religion and becomes Orthodox, does that affect them?  What is the difference between the Catholic religion and the Orthodox religion?
• At what point does memento mori (remember that you must die) cross from a healthy reminder to an unhealthy fixation?

          Next month's Areopagus meeting will be held at the Flynn's house, September 12th.  This date is the second Friday of the month, a week earlier than usual.  More information will follow in the next post.  In the meantime, the school year approaches...Have a good year everyone!  
           In Christ,
                 Evelyn

St. Isaac Jogues, pray for us!
St. Rene Goupil, pray for us!

   Hello, Everyone,
          This Friday's meeting (August 22nd) will still be held at the Tanis' house.  Mrs. Tanis suggests wearing closed-toe shoes, as the meeting will be around a fire, and a long-sleeved shirt and pants for defense against the mosquitoes.  The Tanises will have some mosquito spray available.  She also recommends parallel parking along the sides of their driveway so that cars are able to pull out in the center as needed when people are leaving.
          If you can, please also bring portable chairs to make seating arrangements more flexible.
          I will not be posting the address, so if you need it, please e-mail me for it.
          Please continue praying for good weather and bring questions for the box and a snack to pass.  I hope all of the Areopagites can make it!
               
              In Christ,
                      Evelyn    

      Hello Everyone,
            This month's Areopagus meeting will be held this Friday, August 22nd, at 7 p.m. at the Tanis residence.  I will not post their address on the Blog, but will e-mail it.  If you cannot find this e-mail or have not received it, and do not know the address, please e-mail me at tgagnon@centurytel.net so I can get that information to you.
             The location for this meeting is dependent upon the weather.  If the weather is likely to be rainy on Friday come the 20th, the meeting will be removed to my house.  I will write another post and send a second e-mail on the 20th to communicate the verdict.  However, if the weather is likely to be fine, the location will remain the same.
              Mrs. Tanis suggests wearing closed-toe shoes as the meeting will be around a fire pit and long-sleeved shirts and pants to keep away the mosquitoes.  The Tanis' will have some mosquito spray available.
               Please bring plenty of questions to the meeting and a snack to pass, and please pray for good weather.  Safe traveling!

                         In Christ,
                              Evelyn
                 
                    

     Greetings, Fellow Areopagites!
         This past July's meeting was held at the Kot residence - many thanks to them for hosting! - where Father began the meeting by resuming the discussion over Cicero's discourses on old age.  Of the questions, comments, and trivial matters contained within the box and our brains, we covered such topics as:

• What are some specific rules to be followed during a courtship?  Should the couple always be chaperoned?
• Can you ever hear your Guardian Angel talking to you?
• Can sin draw us closer to God?
• Besides the Mass, what is the most powerful prayer?
• What should guys do for chivalrous and honorable behavior toward girls in general, aside from the usual manners of opening doors, etc?  What should a girl expect?
• A trivial matter:  What is your favorite type of cheese?                                                                                                                                                                

           This month's Areopagus will be held on the fourth Friday, August 22nd.  I apologize for this late Blog notice on the date.  I sent out an e-mail concerning this and the address of the host house this past Friday.  I will be sending another on the 20th.

           In Christ,
                 Evelyn

St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us! 
   
              

   Hello, Everyone!
        The next Areopagus meeting will be held this Friday, July 18, at the Kot's residence.  The meeting shall commence at 7 p.m.  Please bring a snack to pass and plenty of questions for the box. 
         I will be e-mailing the address of the house, but not posting it on the blog.  If you need it but have not received my e-mails, please e-mail me at tgagnon@centurytel.net.
         Safe traveling!  I hope to see everyone there!
      
          In Christ,
               Evelyn             
       

Joyful June

      Greetings Areopagites!
          We had a great time at the Pilarski's last meeting with many Areopagites attending.  We are very grateful to the Pilarski family for opening their floodgates to our teen-aged tidal wave!
           Due to the present season of summer, we did not discuss Cicero this past meeting, but instead Father Ward spoke to us about summer modesty and the importance of modesty to our spiritual life.  Several of the Areopagites also gave some good standards of modesty to be followed for both girls and boys.  One of the suggestions by an Areopagus teen was that, as a guide for girls, if Our Lady wouldn't wear an outfit, then they shouldn't either. 
          We went through a lot of great questions.  Some of them were:

• Can the Bible be wrong in small, inconsequential ways?
• What is a healthy friendship?
• How should a Catholic respond to a college that hosts a "Black Mass" as an "educational" and "exploratory" event into different "religions"?  Could they attend that college?  What if they already attend that college?
• Is torture intrinsically evil?
• What is the difference between the Tridentine Low and High Masses?
• In war is it moral for non-fatal military actions against civilians?
• Where did ketchup originate? (This was a trivial matter)
• When a boy and girl who are unmarried hug, would it be more prudent for them to perform a "side" hug in order to guard against temptations to lust?
• Is there a reason we do not call characters from the Old Testament that we know to be in Heaven (such as Moses and Elijah) "saints"?
• In following the Principle of Subsidiarity, if a higher level in a hierarchy (such as the state) can perform a task more efficiently than a lower level (such as the city) could, should it interfere in the lower level's performance of that task? 

           The July 18th Areopagus will be held at the Kot Residence.  I will be sending out a reminder e-mail soon with the address.  Please make sure that I have your e-mail address so that you can stay informed.  Hope to see everyone there!
               
                 In Christ,
                      Evelyn

St. Maria Goretti, Pray for us!