A WARM Thank You from Sister Joann!
The week of the Cluster Retreat in which the three parishes gathered together each day to open the doors of our hearts, to affirm our commitment at the table of the Eucharist and to be sent forth with a renewed heart for Mission was an experience of grace in abundance!  I was so inspired by:
· the priestly leadership, presence and support of each parish: Iggy and Des at Priorswood, Leo and Ned at Darndale/Belcamp and Joe at Bonnybrook,
· the warm lingering hospitality at each parish that was a continuation of the prayer,
· the Spirit’s soulful energy within our hearts and in the prayer rituals that ignited the fire of Mission as we walk into the future.
· the joyful and inspirational music of the choir and musicians, and all of you who prayed twice through your singing!
· the helping hands of the Sisters and other ministers who provided a warm welcome to all of us.
“I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.”  AMEN.
I return to Berkeley, California, deeply renewed because of you!  
Warm blessings of gratitude,
Sister Joann Heinritz, CSJ