AN OPEN LETTER OF GRATITUDE
Dear Friends,
Making a gratitude letter for all of you seems to be the best way we could celebrate new life with our beloved pastor upon his passing away. Together with the staff of St. John’s rectory, I want to say my heartfelt “Thank You” for all the efforts, talents and gifts that you shared with Fr. John. Since I arrived here last year, I have witnessed with increasing awareness how your love and care gave Fr. John the assurance to live longer amidst the chain of events of his struggle with leukemia and other related medical conditions. We cannot leave unheeded the nurturing environment you created for him, with him, and in him. In Fr. John’s missionary desire to serve the parish much longer with full measure of dedication, you surrounded him with a tremendous web of loving support and kindness. There was no question that all of you carried him through with your unceasing prayers to the time until he finally joined and rested in the loving embrace of our Almighty Creator.
With this open letter, we, the staff of St. John’s rectory, wish to express our profound gratitude. Thank you so much!
Father Bart
Parochial Vicar
