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Our St. Gabriel Building Project is just getting underway. Fr. William Wagner of the General Council of the Order in Rome came out in May for the meetings with the Architect, Duncan Stroik. We have a preliminary design which will still undergo some changes. Once the designs are final, we will place a rendering on our website. We ask for your continued prayers as we make these very important decisions for the future generations of the Order.

In the picture you see the first plan, with the Brothers’ monastery on the right, the Romanesque chapel in the center, the Opus Angelorum National Center on the left, and the Sisters’ convent behind, or perhaps more to the left of the OA center. On the following page you see the interior of the chapel, which will seat approximately 100 persons.

Raffle: Our Raffle sales have been very successful so far, and we have enclosed more tickets in this mailing. Please feel free to call for larger quantities to sell to your family and friends. So far our raffle sales have come to a total of $15,000 (that’s almost $4500 for the lucky winner so far!). We had announced that the drawing would be made by Bishop Athanasius Schneider, ORC, a member of the Order in Kazakhstan who had planned to come to the States in October. Unfortunately, the Holy Father transferred Bishop Schneider to another diocese and with his new duties, he will not be able to come to the States this year. We had thought now to ask the Bishop of Steubenville to do the drawing, but he also was transferred this July to the Diocese of Joliet! Since it is highly unlikely that a new Bishop will be appointed to Steubenville by October, we have simply asked the pastor of the local parish in Carrollton, Ohio, Rev. Anthony Batt, to do the drawing in October. Thank you, Fr. Batt!

Development Campaign: Several projects for the fundraising are developing, with the help of our membership. Among others, one lady in California is sponsoring angel necklaces to support the new monastery. Another lady is running a booth at the Catholic Family Conference. Many have signed up for monthly donations of $25 (or more!), but we still need more. We are grateful for all your support, and ask you to please continue and to help spread the word! May God reward you and the holy angels take you under their special protection