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Dear Mrs. Patti Melvin,
I hope and pray you are just fine. I
always remember you and all our
members in my prayers and daily
Masses. We just opened the FOREX
box that arrived. I cried with joy!
The treasures inside are truly worth
more than gold. I really love them.
My staff tells me that yet another box
is received from you. The books you
sent will be placed in our parish
library, which I have built. It is a
place for research and study of the
Catholic Faith. This way, many will
have access to all the information
in these books on the Faith. God
bless your generosity! Tomorrow,
we will go around the island and
announce a Rosary Campaign. We
will explain the Living Rosary and
ask them to register. They can be
enrolled and receive their Decade
without any wait. The children in the
Cathedral are being instructed on the
Rosary prayers. I believe it is a good
thing to teach them when they are
young to love the Rosary. If you
could see and hear them praying,
you would be
very happy, as
I am as their pastor. St. Philomena is
working her miracles here among our
faithful. I am asking everyone to say the
prayer to St. Michael. Satan is using the
pandemic to prevent the Holy Mass from
being publically offered and so people
become spiritually weak. We must pray
more and do penance.
Fr. Ronaldo Manabat, Rector/
Parish Priest, Cathedral of the Immaculate, Batanes - PHILIPPINES