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✙ Gracious God, please pour your love upon those who have asked to be remembered in our prayers:
Mickey Williams -  Father of DPD nurse Anne Williams, for strength and health
Joan Meeks – Sister of Sister Joan , for continued healing
Family of Julia Mukami Mwangi - mother in law of staff person Elizabeth Lumbete during this time of loss.
Claire Reilly – resident of the Murray House.  May she feel loved during her illness and to find peace in the goodness of our Lord.
Family of Robert Williams – Father of Gruenert Center staff Lisa Beasley during their time of grief.  May they find God’s consolation and peace.
Kathi Nick – former DPD employee. May She be filled with God’s graces as she enters begins the discernment process for becoming a Sister of the Poor Clares.
Will Memery – patience and God’s blessing during his recovery
Josiah – For God’s guidance and protection
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:

Julia Mukami Mwangi -  mother in law of staff person Elizabeth Lumbete
Robert Williams – Father of Gruenert Center staff Lisa Beasley
Mr. Hajjar  - friend of the Murray Family
Mother of Grace Winiasrsk – Gruenert Center Staff
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✙ August 23 - St. Rose of Lima – Patron saint of: embroiderers, gardeners, florists, those who suffer ridicule for their piety, and people who suffer family problems.
Historians remember St. Rose of Lima for her piety and chastity. Born in 1586 in Lima, Peru she was exceptionally beautiful. From an early age, Rose wanted to become a nun. She often prayed and fasted in secret. She performed secret penances, some of which were painful and severe. She performed daily adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and took daily communion. As a young woman, her beauty began to attract suitors. To deter these men, St. Rose marred her face, rubbing it with pepper to make it blister. She cropped her hair short. Her parents opposed her plan to take a vow of chastity and not to marry. St. Rose kept herself cloistered in her room, spending long periods in prayer. It was said she slept only two hours per night so as to have more time for prayer. When she turned 20, she was permitted to join the Third Order of St. Dominic. St. Rose died in on August 25, 1617, at the age of 31
✙ August 24 - Feast of St. Bartholomew, Apostle - Patron Saint of: bookbinders; butchers; cobblers; leather workers; nervous diseases; neurological diseases; plasterers; shoemakers; tanners; trappers.
St. Bartholomew, a doctor in the Jewish law, was a dear friend of St. Philip the Apostle. Because Bartholomew was a man "in whom there was no guile," his mind was open to the truth. He went willingly with Philip to see Christ, and recognized the Savior immediately as the Son of God. After having received the gifts of the Holy Spirit on the first Pentecost, Bartholomew evangelized Asia Minor, northwestern India, and Greater Armenia. In the latter country, while preaching to idolaters, he was arrested and condemned to death.
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