Prerequisite for all positions:

•  Marian Consecration

•  Active member of Ave Maria Parish

•  Promotes and participates in annual Marian Consecration, Divine Mercy Sunday and First Saturday Devotions

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Officers

All officers serve a two renewable term and are asked to train a replacement when their term is up.

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President

•  Serve a two -year term – renewable.

•  Focus on volunteer recruitment.

•  Be a mentor to all NFR volunteers.

•  Speak on behalf of the NFR ministry at other parish meetings or events.

•  Responsible for planning and holding biannual guardian meetings with the help of other officers and

• Communicate monthly with Development Coordinators to see how they are doing. Pray, plan, discuss, share, and inspire them.

• Meet annually with the pastor or pastor’s assistant to discuss updates and progress.

• Monitor and address Guardian input, questions, concerns and activities.

• Work with all Development Coordinators to collect quarterly reports.

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Secretary

• Compile and update data for participants and volunteers.

• Email newsletter and all monthly communications to all guardians.

• Work with all Development Coordinators to collect quarterly reports.

• Receives new host requests from Social Media Coordinator and Lead Ambassador and passes this information on to the appropriate Development Coordinators.

• Attend and take notes from meetings.

• Assist with biannual guardian meeting.

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Treasurer

• Manage all funds and expenses.

• Monitor condition of all kits and literature – replace as needed.

• Order / print new material when needed.

• Send biannual treasurer report to President.

• Secure donations as needed.

• Assist with biannual Guardian meeting.

• Social Media Coordinator

• Monitors and updates the website and all social media such as FaceBook, Instagram.

• Receives, photos, stories, for newsletter and social media from NFR Volunteers.

• Receives host requests from website and passes this information on to Secretary.

• Submit art, info for bulletin and Parish Website.

• Assist with biannual Guardian meetings.

 

Social Media Coordinator

• Monitors and updates the website and all social media such as FaceBook, Instagram.

• Receives, photos, stories, for newsletter and social media from NFR Volunteers.   

• Receives host requests from website and passes this information on to Secretary.

• Submit art, info for bulletin and Parish Website.

• Assist with biannual Guardian meetings.

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​N​​FR Neighborhood Guardian (NFRG)

The Neighborhood Guardian is the heart and soul of the NFR ministry. He or she ensures Our Blessed Mother continues to visit homes throughout the neighborhood enlisting more and more families as they build community by gathering neighbors together for praying and socializing.

• Receives a statue of Our Lady of Fatima and a kit of materials that accompany the statue to each host home.

• Brings the statue and kit to host homes where it will remain for a week or two at a time.

• Explains the NFR program to the host as well as the basics of what to do during their week.

• Encourages the host to invite other neighbors to pray with them.

• Encourages hosts to share their experience with others.

• Gathers neighborhood participants as often as possible to group rosaries, rosary walks, and times of fellowship.

• Reaches out to neighbors not yet participating in the program to join in the group activities.

• The daily rosary is the essential prayer element.

• Tracks and completes a quarterly report of all activity, submits to their Development Coordinator.

• Maintains an up-to-date list of all neighborhood participants.

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NFR Development Coordinator (NFRDC)

The purpose of the NFR Development Coordinator is to inspire, assist and track all NFR activities within a specific housing development. There are 11: Avalon, Bellera, Coquina, Del Webb, Emerson, Hampton Village, Maple Ridge, Reserves, Silverwood, The National, The Piazza.

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• Tracks and organizes  movement of various Guardians within their Development by securing quarterly reports from each Guardian and then reporting results quarterly to the NFR Secretary.

• Receives all new requests from NFR Secretary and distributes them to the proper Guardian, then, follows up to see that these leads have been contacted and scheduled. Their names should appear in the quarterly reports.

• Provides photos of home altars, rosary walks, home prayer nights and other activities to the Social Media Coordinator.

• Calls each Guardian quarterly and holds meetings when needed to see how they are doing. Pray, plan, discuss, share, and inspire them.

• Helps coordinate rosary walks and social gatherings with neighborhoods.

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NFR Assistant Development Coordinator (NFRADC)

In some of the larger developments such as DelWebb, Maple Ridge and The National, there are upwards of 15 to 20 Guardians. In order to assist these DCs there are several Assistant Development Coodinators to help out.

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• Appointed by the Development Coordinator as needed to assist with all D.C. responsibilities. (See D.C. responsibilities above)

• Will work with 3 to 5 Guardians within their Development.

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NFR Ambassador (NFRA)

As more and more individuals want to get involved with the NFR parish initiative, additional Ambassadors can be added as the President decides. The current goal is to have 15-20 by May 2025.

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• Works to promote interest in the NFR initiative by asking others who live in the town of Ave Maria to host Our Lady in their home and participate in the NFR activities.

• Promotes NFR whenever they are able, enlisting 10 to 12 new parish participants each year.

• Secures contact information for any interested family and passes this information to the Secretary.

• Is supplied with promotional literature and information as needed.

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NFR Lead Ambassador (NFRLA)

With other Ambassadors and NFR Volunteers, the NFRLA organizes and holds 2 tabling events per year after all Masses.

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• Encourages, supports, and gives ideas to the ambassadors.

• Promotes NFR wherever they are able, personally enlisting 10 to 12 new participants each year and new Ambassadors, striving to maintain 15-20 Ambassadors at all times.

• Secures new host information from other Ambassadors and forwards information to the Secretary.

• Is supplied with promotional literature and information as needed.

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In an effort to build a strong, unified, faith-based community, all NFR Volunteers work together to organize rosary walks and social gatherings within their neighborhoods and developments.