Catholic Singles 40+

QUICK EVENT SUMMARY (see more details below):

05-27-22, Friday @ 5:30: Happy Hour at Tapester’s Grill located at 4520 Beechnut St., Houston. Near 610 and Beechnut, inside the Loop. Probably be outside under the umbrellas in the back.

05-30-22 Memorial Day weekend: Tried to make plans for the outside but was not able. Hopefully next year. Lunch Monday at 1:00 @ restaurant “401” located at 6700 Ferris St. in Bellaire, TX

05-31-22, Tuesday: Weekly meeting in Room 208A @ 7:00. We meet every Tuesday @ 7:00. Discussion, board games, go to 7 pm Mass 4th Tuesday and gather in room after Mass. Likely book reviews, discuss Sunday readings in the future.

06-03-22-Friday: Party at the Pavilion @ 7:00. Address is 7008 S. Rice in Bellaire, Tx. Bring lawn chair. We will meet at the gazebo near the balloon. Some of us may go our afterwards. Concert is FREE.

WHO: Singles, divorced and widowed individuals ages 40+. We will likely divide into two groups ages 40-55 and 50+. Even if we have two groups there will still be interaction. Group started March, 2022. Group first appeared in bulletin 3-20-22. We need to discuss how to draw more folks age 40-50.

STRUCTURE: We are loosely structured at this time because we are very new. As we grow, structure will be defined. We do not have a mission statement yet for the same reason. I speculate the mission statement will include such statements as “goal is for members to feel like they belong, have a sense of community and we grow and play together.” As Monsignor says, “we are called to be relational with each other just as Christ wants to be relational with us”. We have been asked by the Clergy @ SVdP to include the spiritual in our journey and we intend to honor that request

ATTENDANCE: Come when you can come. If its once a week, once every two weeks, once a month, once every three months, once every six months. We know you have busy lives and for some it may take testing the waters before you come consistently. Hopefully we will have 6-8 people who come regularly which is necessary for the group to continue. There are currently about 50 people on the email list.

CARPOOL: Some of you have expressed interest in carpooling. Let me know if you want a ride to any event. We will pick you up at the Buffalo Speedway parking lot @ SVdP. We have permission to use the parking lot for carpooling purposes.

CONTACT INFO: Share contact with each other as you wish. We want to protect everyone’s privacy. For now, I am sending group texts (alpha based) of not more than eight and they are gender contained. If you don’t want to be on a group text, let me know and I will send you individual texts. We try to limit texting because people are working, because texts can be interruptive and texts can be annoying. Only respond to group texts when appropriate, otherwise, text me individually.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU: I received a few comments that we don’t know each other. The only things I know to say to that is we are new and it takes time to get to know each other. It is necessary to spend time together to get to know each other. As Augustine once said, “grace builds on nature.” Hopefully over time we will exchange contacts, arrange spontaneous get togethers, make out of town trips etc. It takes time. Showing up is so important at this juncture because we are new.

WEBPAGE: https://svdp-houston.org/Catholic-singles-40. Webpage is also listed under Parish Life on SVdP website*PLEASE RSVP 8 hours from the time of the event and sooner if possible. You can come to event if you don’t RSVP but just make sure the event is not cancelled. If we don’t get at least THREE RSVP’s, we will cancel the event. Text/email/call me 24/7 to RSVP. I will have ringers off on my phone if I am not available. Text will be sent six hours before the event to let you know the status.

PRAYER: We pray for reasonable gun laws in this country that will protect our citizens especially our children. We pray for our leaders that they can come together and bring a solution. We pray for those in our group who are suffering. We pray for Ukraine.

Rick Peters
619-246-7108 call/text
rp03030527@gmail.com