✝ 14th Week in Ordinary Time ✝  

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✙ Gracious God, please pour your love upon those who have asked to be     
          remembered in our prayers:
Joan – Sister of Sister Joan Gercke, for patience, strength and healing
Family of Elizabeth “Erla” Galvan – Sister-in-law of Ana Galvan, during this time of loss & grief
Will Memery – patience and God’s blessing during his recovery
Craig Maiocchi - Uncle of Patricia Potter, for a speedy recovery and return to health
Mr. Hajjar  - friend of the Murray Family
Mary Katas – May she be freed from reoccurring sickness
For the Family of Larry Hanlon – father of John of the Basile apartments during their time of grief
Trace Aughey – Son of Katie Aughey.  May he experience healing love.
Vincent Ferrone – Friend of Kim Tackert
Stanley -  Cousin of Staff member Cheryl, For strength and healing
Mike Schmidt -  Uncle of Gruenert staff member Diane, for a return to health
Josiah – For God’s guidance and protection
Lisa Beasley & Family- for comfort during this time of loss.
Rose Mwololo – during this difficult time of grief
Kirsten Yuroshek
Tavia – Great grandmother of Ashley, Director of Barnet House
Lester Esparza -  Father of Hope Eder
Christian Lavorgna – Son of CARE volunteer Ed Lavorgna
Lucy Cox – for strength
Daniel Healy 
Charlie Raab & Jim Daugherty
Jimmy Feehan - Brother of Julie Tatti
Chris Androski - husband of Barnet House volunteer Nina.
James Ondimu Ochoki – Father of Geoffrey Ondimu, Director of Basile Apartments
Anthony – for strength

For peace, justice and hope in our world.
May God bless our staff, residents, friends, volunteers and benefactors. 
May he turn his face toward you and give you peace.
  For the deceased and for their loved ones:

Family of Elizabeth “Erla” Galvan – Sister-in-law of Ana Galvan
Sandy Rybka – Friend of volunteer Anna Philhower
Larry Hanlon – father of John of the Basile apartments
Eleanor  -  Aunt of Cheryl Slate
Patricia Beasley – Mother in law of Lisa Beasley, Gruenert Center staff
Earnest Mwololo – son of DPD employee Rose. 

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✙ July 11 – Saint Benedict  (480-547) Patron Saint of speleologists (cave explorers).
Benedict was born in Nursia, Italy, about 480. His parents were wealthy, so they sent him to Rome to be educated. When he was about 17, he decided to become a hermit. He was disgusted with the wild life of the students. With the help of an old monk, Benedict found a cave on Mount Subiaco about 50 miles south of Rome. He lived there for three years. Men recognized his holiness and joined him. Sometime around 529, Benedict led a group of monks farther south, where they built Monte Cassino. He wrote his Rule based on Scripture. The monks’ first duty was liturgical prayer. The Benedictine monasteries that spread over Europe became centers of learning, agriculture, hospitality, and medicine. Benedict’s monks created illuminated manuscripts. They helped repair the damage caused by the barbarian invader. In 1964 Pope Paul VI named him Patron protector of Europe.
✙ July 14 - Saint Kateri Tekakwitha ( 1656 – April 17, 1680)
Kateri was a Mohawk Indian born in what is now Auriesville, New York. Her mother was a Christian Algonquin Indian, and her father was a pagan Mohawk chief. Her parents and a brother died of smallpox when she was only four. Kateri recovered from the disease, but it left her eyes weak and her face scarred. Orphaned at the age of four, she was raised by her uncle, the chief of the Mohawk village. When priests came to the village, Kateri was drawn by their teachings, and converted at the age of 19, heedless of the anger of her relatives. Because she refused to work on Sundays, she was denied meals that day. Finally, a missionary encouraged her to run away to Montreal, Canada, to practice her faith freely. She followed his advice, and lived a life of extreme prayer and penance, taking a vow of virginity. Kateri died when she was 24 years old. Almost immediately all the pockmarks from her disease disappeared leaving her skin smooth and unblemished. She canonized on October 21, 2012.
✙ July 15 - Saint Bonaventure - Bishop  and  Doctor  of the Church (1221 - July 15, 1274)
Bonaventure was born in Italy, not far from Naples. He was baptized John. The story is told that when he was about four years old, he was deathly ill. His mother begged Francis of Assisi to come and cure him. Francis touched the boy, and he was cured instantly. He received the name of Bonaventure in consequence of an exclamation of Saint Francis when, in foreseeing the future greatness of the little John, cried out "O Buona ventura"-O good fortune! As an adult, Bonaventure entered the Franciscan order. He went to Paris, where he met Thomas Aquinas. They both studied at the University of Paris. Bonaventure became the head of the Franciscan order. He was appointed a cardinal shortly before his death in 1274. After Bonaventure’s death, it was reported, “At the funeral there was much sorrow and tears; for the Lord had given him this grace, that all who saw him were filled with an immense love for him.”







































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