On the 6th we received word that Oblate Novice Bruce “Pete” Crew had died. Oblate Eleanor Lesser and Joan Pape, the youngest and last sister of Brother Luke Pape also died this month. Please remember them and their families in prayer.
Our aging fleet of cars, both with 130,000 plus miles on them, prompted us to purchase a newer vehicle. The Corolla hybrid will be our first experience with the new and supposedly more environmentally friendly technology. The owner’s manual, coming in at over 500 pages in length, can be downloaded from the Internet. Brother Pierre has been busy deciphering its mysteries.
A
benefactor who knows an iconographer in the Ukraine commissioned Icons
of the Visitation and Pentecost for Mount Saviour. They arrived within
the last month and will be venerated in the chapel during their particular
Liturgical celebrations.