President: Tony Angelico Vice-President: JoAnne Baudais Treasurer: Mary Primeau Treasurer: Marilyn Kauffmann Recording Secretary: Jeanne Woods Recording Secretary: Mary Prough Corresponding Secretary: Linda Platz

SAINT BERNADETTE SILVER AND GOLD SOCIETY

Our next regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 10, 2013, and is scheduled to start at 12:30 PM.

Place: St. Bernadette’s Church Hall.

Your early arrival and assistance is needed to help us set up tables at about 12:15. The men especially are needed for this.

Lunch: Potluck style. Please bring a main dish, salad or dessert of your choice. If possible, place an emphasis on the main dishes. This will ensure that all attendees will have an equal chance to enjoy all the courses available. Thank you for your continued generosity in preparing this food for our pleasure.

Our guest speaker will be Lila Hopkins who plans an interesting talk on ‘Growing Old Gracefully’.

Please let us know of any specific programs or topics you would like to have our society learn more about through our monthly speakers.

Don’t forget to pick up your name tag on the way into the hall and return it before you leave.

Remember the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in the Chapel every Wednesday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

See you at the meeting and please bring a friend.

John ‘Jack’ Stabile

1 Please remember to bring something for the Pantry donation basket.

DUES FOR YEAR 2013- Please remember that if dues are not paid by March 31, 2013 you will no longer receive the Silver and Gold Newsletter and will be dropped from our membership. If you are unable to attend a meeting during the first quarter of 2013 please mail your dues to: Marilyn Kauffmann 2116 Trefoil Lane Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 Checks should be made payable to St. Bernadette’s Church for the amount of $10.00 per person. Please put the note ‘Silver and Gold Dues 2013’ on the check. Marilyn Kauffmann will still be accepting the dues for 2013 at the meeting.

IMPORTANT – If there are any changes to your personal profile – name, address, phone, e-mail, etc. Please give or send them to: Marilyn Kauffmann Jeanne Woods 2116 Trefoil Lane or 2121 Fawn Meadow Way Fuquay Varina, NC 27526 Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526 [email protected] [email protected]

If you know of any member who is not receiving the Newsletter please ask that person to call or e-mail Marilyn (919-567-0545) or Jeanne (919-285-4726). If you are receiving the newsletter by regular mail and do have an e-mail address please give that e-mail address to Marilyn Kauffmann. The regular mailings are costing approximately $200.00 per year. It would be wonderful if we could cut that cost and use the monies for a better cause.

If you are receiving an e-mail containing a copy of the newsletter that you cannot open please contact Jeanne Woods.

Don’t forget the Knights of Columbus Bingo on Thursday nights at 7:00 p.m. in the Church Hall. Details are in the Sunday Bulletin. It is a fun night out.

A third motion for a dues increase to $15.00 was made at the March meeting and may be voted on at this meeting. There will be more discussion before any vote is held.

The fifty-fifty was won by Julianna Spisak and Mary Ledogar.

Please don’t forget that the Divine Mercy will be hosted by St. Bernadette’s Church on Sunday, April 7, at 3:00 p.m.

2 An excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson crossed my desk this month and I would like to share it with you in place of the usual levity of our Senior Moments.

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson

Silver and Gold Society Trip Plans

Sunday, April 14, 2 pm curtain, Temple Theatre, Smell of the Kill. Tickets will be distributed at the meeting on April 10. Anyone not at the meeting will pick up their tickets in the lobby of the theater on Sunday after 1:15 pm. Temple Theatre is at 120 Carthage Street, Sanford, NC 27330. We will provide a list of those going to the show so that carpools can be organized! Reservations have been made for dinner after the show at Applebee’s, 1325 Plaza Blvd., Sanford, NC 27330. This restaurant is off Route 1 at the Spring Lane Exit. It can also be reached off Rt. 421 & 87. Go to www.applebees.com to print coupons!

Wednesday, June 12, 2013 – Picnic Meeting, Lake Wheeler Park, Site 9. (Same as 2012)

Anita Kretchik – [email protected], 919-542-4672 Mary Ellen Goldsmith – [email protected], 919-567-0089 Sylvia deLeon - [email protected] , 919-567-1689

Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter. We hope to see you at the meeting.

Jeanne Woods St. Bernadette’s Silver and Gold Newsletter Chairperson

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