Some birthday celebrants and visitors

On April 29 we gathered in our house

to celebrate several birthdays:

Divine de Leon on May 9
(forth from left…not counting the baby!),
Fr. John Ledesma SDB on May 6 (in red),
and Alberto on April 29.

Fr. Ledesma is a Salesian missionary who has been very close to our community. We treasure his presence whenever he is in Macau or Beijing. He is a biblical scholar and a much-sought-after resource person for retreats and seminars of religious, priests and bishops. He is now studying Chinese so he can teach the seminarians in Chinese… Wow! Chapeaux!

Recently, through contacts with his friends he channeled a substantial donation for our Parish Library project. Many Catholics in rural areas across China will benefit from the books in their parish libraries for their Christian formation. In their name we say, “THANK YOU!”

And “WELCOME BROTHER!”