December, 2016
Merry Christmas to our brothers and sisters at St. Benoit! This week we sent a gift package to our sister community in Haiti, St. Benoit. Included in this gift were school supplies, printing supplies, homemade pencil pouches from last year’s 5th grade, some soccer balls, and even some Chain of Love shirts to share with the children and community. A loving donation of a Communion set to the church was included in the gift, as noted in Fr. Ram’s letter to our friends below. Construction of the new church is developing nicely and the building will be ready soon with the scheduled dedication to take place on the feast of St. Benedict this year! Please keep our brothers and sisters in your thoughts and prayers as we move through this season and remember how our prayers and love help sustain this beautiful partnership.
-Keith Earle
Fr. Ram’s Note:
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Your friends at St. George are sending you a chalice and paten that came to us some years back. It is what is left of a United States Army Chaplain Communion set. While we do not know its history, the set was commissioned to serve those engaged in carrying out various missions.
As I reflect on this initial intent I am aware that once again these vessels will be once again used to serve those on a mission. In this case, a Kingdom of God mission to proclaim the resurrection hope and life of Jesus Christ to all people. And we both share in this most important mission of all to seek and serve Christ in all persons. May this chalice and paten be a sign between of us of our continuing friendship and support of each other’s mission and ministry to the glory of God.
May God grow our partnership and may we be blessed to share the blessing of God to us – His only Son.
Faithfully,
The Rev. Ramiro López