Enrichment: Tell Their Story

From the Franciscan Sisters at the Welcoming House
Here we are again...inviting YOU to an exciting evening at the Franciscan Welcoming House on Thursday, April 15 at 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Be sure you have your taxes done BEFORE you come!! The evening will include a dinner served at 6 p.m. followed by sharings from our four Franciscan Community Volunteers about their experience and reflection as volunteers. You will hear from Will, Spencer, Alicia and Caitie.

It will be fun, exciting and rewarding. Be sure to RSVP by Tuesday, April 13 so that we can be WELL prepared for your coming. Email ckorkowski@yahoo.com or call the Franciscan Welcoming House at 229-0307. We are located at 1600 11th Avenue South, St. Cloud.

If you need a ride, call us. See you on April 15.

Thursday and Friday Happenings

Big week for events:

Thursday 8pm: one of the Vatican's astronomers, Fr. Coyne, is visiting campus and
giving a public talk on Thursday, which might be of interest:

SJU PENGL Pellegrene Auditorium
THE DANCE OF THE FERTILE UNIVERSE: CHANCE AND DESTINY EMBRACE

The topic is how best to understand the complexity of the universe and
life - or astrophysics + other science meets religion.

**Also**
Thursday 6-8pm: Enrichment at the Franciscan Welcoming House

Come enjoy dinner and discussion about water- our most precious resource.
RSVP to 320-229-0307 by Wednesday March 17.

**And**

Friday 5-8:30pm at the Eastside Boys & Girls Club, plan to stop in and support our own Michael Brixius' Pay it Forward project benefitting the Boys & Girls Club as well as Children's International. $1 (suggested donation--all others deeply appreciated) gets you in the door with music, entertainment and silent auction! Plan to be there on Friday!

Enrichment Night: Water

Come to the Franciscan Welcoming House on Thursday March 18th from 6-8 p.m. for a delicious dinner and dicussion on water, one of the most essential elements in existence. Take some time to meditate on the abundance of this gift!

Please RSVP by March 16, to 320-229-0307.

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The total amount of water on the earth is about 326 million cubic miles of water.
-Of all the water on the earth, humans can used only about three tenths of a percent of this water. Such usable water is found in groundwater aquifers, rivers, and freshwater lakes.
-The United States uses about 346,000 million gallons of fresh water every day.
-The United States uses nearly 80 percent of its water for irrigation and thermoelectric power.
-The average person in the United States uses anywhere from 80-100 gallons of water per day. Flushing the toilet actually takes up the largest amount of this water.
-Approximately 85 percent of U.S. residents receive their water from public water facilities. The remaining 15 percent supply their own water from private wells or other sources.
-By the time a person feels thirsty, his or her body has lost over 1 percent of its total water amount.
-The weight a person loses directly after intense physical activity is weight from water, not fat.
-The next war fought will likely be over water rights