CORPUS MEMBERS,

We want to thank you for your rapid turnaround in supporting two critical elections for CORPUS these past couple of months.

The change in our constitutional charter paved the way for a restructuring of the elected board to three focused positions, president, treasurer, and secretary. This has enabled Bill Wisniewski, our new board Treasurer, Ray Grosswirth, our new board Secretary, and I to meet by phone conference bi-weekly in preparation for our first board meeting in November beyond staying in daily e-mail contact.

We are committed to having a column in each new edition of CORPUS REPORTS and at "corpus.org" under the masthead of ADSUM ("I am ready and willing") to keep you abreast of board focus, plans and activities.

We know that we stand (gently and gingerly) on the shoulders of all who have preceded us. We are grateful for the continued presence of David Gawlik, editor of CORPUS REPORTS and the daily e-mailed notes of "Mirabile Dictu" and his extended staff, Anthony Padovano's extended CORPUS presence to United States reform groups and the International Federation, and the electronic marvels presented by Joe Cece, our web master.

We are additionally grateful that Stu O'Brien has accepted the role of coordinating member services where he can continue to energize us through the CORPUS Forum and regional connectivity. Though they often work way in the background, we also are very thankful that Wanda and Pat Roach are taking care of our membership-tracking database, and that Marcia Stephens is keeping our accounting and bookkeeping ledgers in order.

Formally, Service Initiatives teams were announced in our May/June edition as a way to include more of our members actively in the work of CORPUS. Pattie Bastian, our outgoing president has offered to chair a team focused on funding development. Bob Walden, beyond transitioning his treasurer role, will be extending our connectivity to married priests in Mexico and Latin America. Kay Mullen has been actively engaged in developing support for Small Faith Communities. Marian Sulenski-Ditzel will become the first point of contact for Career Transition/Management. Martha Sorohan has consented to maintain activity in support of our Conspiracy of Silence Initiative. John O'Brien will be working with CORPUS Baltimore to extend local presence. Mary Ann Cejka will still be active with our justice outreach, particularly focused on presence at SOA. Allen Moore is actively engaging keynote speakers for our Dallas 2003 conference. And Bill Manseau continues his outreach to dioceses and religious communities on behalf of CORPUS Pension Advocacy. Each of them would welcome your active participation.

We know your time is at a premium. We know that you are already actively engaged in numerous ministries within your families, jobs, communities, and other reform movement organizations. We'd be thrilled if you had some additional time to volunteer through CORPUS specifically. At the very least, please drop us a note by e- mail or snail-mail and let us know what is happening on your home front. Let us know where you feel we might be of support to you.

Keep us in your prayers.

For the CORPUS team, again, Thank You.

Russ Ditzel, president