Prayer Requests for our fraternity,

July 25 -Thank you all for your prayers & congratulations. We are so blessed! God is good.

In response to my request for prayers & announcement of Katelyn’s birth, I received several emails from new grand parents sharing the joys of grand parenting and I didn’t know any of you were new grandparents. That leads me to the point I would like to stress with this email. I fwd prayer requests frequently for the ill, suffering, those stressed with difficult family & other situations, but rarely do I get requests to fwd praise & thanksgiving messages. And so I plead with you all, please send emails sharing the joys & blessings in your life too that we may all praise & glorify God for his generosity. Because, even tho we know he is a benevolent and merciful God, sometimes in our human state of sin & weakness it builds us up to hear about the miracle of birth, the reconciliation of a family member long estranged, the healing of an illness no matter how small or great, a graduation, baptism, etc. He blesses us with miracles every day and too often we focus on the needs rather than the gifts in our lives. LETS PRAISE HIM MORE!!! Blessings, Teri

July 25 - Dear Terri, Molly Franklin one of our Franciscan sisters from the Joseph Cupertino Fraternity in Bessemer, AL is having serious sinus surgery beginning at about 7 am tomorrow morning is asking for prayers. Peace and all good, Willie

Dear Terri,Please thank everyone for praying for Joel. He is still very swollen and having pain from the surgery but came through it very well, thanks to the wonderful prayer support. We will find out the results of the biopsy on Monday when he returns to the Doctor for a check up. Peace and Blessings, Charlotte

We had some sad news yesterday. My sister Sara had a CAT scan done on Monday and they found a mass on her liver. She will be having a biopsy on Tuesday, July 15. PLEASE pray for her - I think we are going to need a miracle. She hasn't been able to eat for weeks and has lost a lot of weight. We all thought that her symptoms were related to stress over my mom's illness and death. The doctor told her not to jump to conclusions but we are all very scared. The mass is about 8 centimeters. This is all so unbelievable. Please pray and ask as many other people to pray. Thanks! Fraternally, John

Yesterday, we met with the Doctors, and support staff of the hospital. Dennis's body has declared itself and we have made the decision to allow a natural death for him. He has struggled for seven weeks since his first surgery, held on through several successive surgeries and procedures but this is not to be. God has a plan. His plan was to remind us of the power of prayer, and all our prayers have been answered. We have prayed for healing in his body and soul and he is returning to God a true and loyal servant. We have prayed for strength and comfort for our family and we have felt loved beyond measure. We have prayed for PEACE and we have His Peace--the Peace beyond all understanding. On Thursday, probably in the afternoon, we will shut the machines off and God will take him home. At this time, I am thinking that we will plan on a funeral for Tuesday, with a viewing and rosary on Monday. Once we know definite plans I'll post them. As a tribute to Dennis, anyone who knew him through Boy Scouts, if you want to honor him with your class A uniform, I think that would be lovely, or if you have a symbol of scouting -- that would be good too.

We are so very grateful to our far reaching family and dear friends, God Bless you all and keep you safe. From us all, Connie

Please put Antoinette on your prayer list too. She has been out of work with a bad back, degenerative disc. I just found out last evening. She will return to work tomorrow, pray that she will be strong & not have to do much lifting until she is better healed. Blessings, Teri

Joel's mother Jennie has been going through extensive tests at Emory, and has been diagnosed with metastatic Lymphoma, which is cancer of the lymph nodes. She is going to be starting Chemotherapy , so please pray for her.

Also our granddaughter Amanda who is almost 2 years old is having surgery on Wednesday. She has to have anesthesia, and may have a skin graft,

Please pray for Charlotte who is pregnant & on bed rest. She has membranous mephropathy, which is a disease of the kidney being attacked by her immune system.

b who is a member of our Newly Emerging Fraternity, in Conyers. She had a Heart attack. She has recently been laid off from her job, and has No Health Insurance. Thank you, Charlotte

My daughter-in-law, Neicea is asking for your prayers for her dear friends June Spears who has just been diagnosed with leukemia and Josh Shoemaker, 19 who has cancer of the lymph nodes. Please keep them in your prayers. Dennis Mallon

I have a prayer request for my sister-in-laws brother he has been bipolar for years lost his family wife and children and still refuses to get help. He lives down his basement. We want prayers for him to feel hope and the desire to want to get help. Thanks Bern

I thank you very much for your support. I have depression. I take medications as I should, but for some reason it is worse lately. Thank you so much for your spiritual efforts.
Sincerely, Darrell