Ms Dawn Crutchfield Visits St. Elizabeth's Church ~ by Ronnie Archer

Dawn Crutchfield, Director of the Office of Black Catholics, reminded us that St. Elizabeth's was one of the first Catholic Churches that she visited when she became the Director of the Office. She told of how warm and welcoming our parish is.

She explained that her role in this position can be compared to a PR person, going around promoting the "best that we are as persons".

Dawn spoke of her experience being somewhere and the radio station, KISS was there, "promoting the station." They were inviting people to "register" and then they would be given an "Ambassador Card". With this card came the benefit of being an "Ambassador for the radio station". This promotion gave her the idea of having people "register" to receive an Ambassador Card for the Office of Black Catholics.

With this card, we would be representing WHO we are as Catholics... a representative of GOD in Jesus Christ; and also WHO we are as Black Catholics, by being a welcoming presence, and when necessary, bringing all who have fallen away from our faith "back to the fold". This could be youth, or anyone who has followed an attraction to a totally different denomination.

She invited all to the next Commission meeting, which will be at St. Bridget's on September 9, 2007; and to the Annual Retreat, which this year will be held in Roanoke, on November 3, 2007.

Being Black is NOT a "requirement" to being a part of this.