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272 THE PATRICIANS CHAPTER 38
1.15 Talk by priest (limited to 15 minutes).
1.30 Discussion resumed.
Secret bag collection.
1.55 Announcements (word of thanks to reader of paper,
date and subject of next meeting, etc.).
2.00 The Creed (recited by all in unison, standing).
Blessing of priest (to be received standing).
College and Junior Branches
In the following cases where it may be genuinely
impossible to conform to the normal system, that is in: (a)
branches inside colleges and institutions, and (b) branches
where members are all under 18 years; the following
compressed procedure (total length 1 1 /2 hours) is permitted:
0.00 Patrician Prayer, followed by lay Paper (limited to 5
minutes).
0.05 Discussion (40 minutes).
0.45 Interval (10 minutes) (tea may be omitted).
0.55 Talk by Spiritual Director (10 minutes).
Secret bag may be omitted.
1.05 Discussion resumed (20 minutes).
1.25 Announcements as above.
1.30 The Creed, etc. as above.
“The Patricians is a family affair. A family conversation about what
concerns us all, open, frank and from the heart, is one of the delights
of home life. We Christians, as Christ’s brothers, belong to God’s
family. Thinking about our faith, talking it over and discussing its
application in the spirit in which our Lord and the apostles chatted
about the day’s teachings at the end of a missionary day in Galilee —
this is the spirit of the Patricians.
To know Christ Jesus as the wonderful, lovable teacher, master and
Lord that he is, means that we have to soak our minds in his saving
truths and feel thoroughly at home in talking about religion, just as
we love to talk about our children, our home, our work. The Holy
Spirit gives us all insights into Christ’s truth. These we share at a
Patrician meeting with others and learn in turn from them. There we
are witnesses to Christ and our hearts burn within us as he speaks to
us through the mouth of our neighbour.
In and through the Patricians God comes nearer; his truths impress
us more deeply; and the Church as our field of endeavour becomes
more real to us. Minds catch light from minds, hearts glow with faith,
Christ grows within us.” (Father P. J. Brophy)