"...for my house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples." Isaiah 56:7

"O Lord,...you have been pleased to bless this house of your servant, so that it will always remain. It is you, O Lord, who blessed it, and it will be blessed forever." 1 Chr 17: 26-27

Sr. Marie De Mandat-Grancey Foundation
P.O.Box 275
Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724 USA

" I am not a priest and cannot bless them, but all that the heart of a mother can ask of God for her children, I ask of Him and will never cease to ask Him." ~ Sister Marie

“The grace of our Lord be with us forever.” ~ Sr. Marie

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Letters, Letters, and more Letters!


It’s time to begin a letter writing campaign! Making known our zeal for opening of the cause for Sr. Marie is of paramount importance at this stage. This morning I just posted my letters to the Archbishop of Izmir, the Archbishop of Dijon, the General Superior of the Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians), and the Mother General of the Daughters of Charity. Please take the time to do your part in promoting the cause for Sr. Marie de Mandat-Grancey, D.C. 1837-1915, Foundress of Mary’s House, by writing your letters too. These leaders in our Church need to know how we feel; that we desire the Cause for Sr. Marie's Beatification to be formally opened. Please write and tell them how you treasure Sr. Marie’s gift to us and her crucial, yet mostly unrecognized, role in finding Mary’s House. Sr. Marie worked and sacrificed so diligently in her efforts to first find Mary’s House and then make it what it is today, a holy place where people of all faiths meet and pray for the cause of peace and brotherhood. May Sr. Marie bless you for your efforts! Thank you.

Here are the addresses:

The Most Reverend Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M., Cap.
Archbishop of Izmir (Smirne)
Necati Bey Bulvari 2, P.K. 267
35210 Izmir
Turkey

The Most Reverend Roland Minnerath
Archbishop of Dijon
20 Rue du Petit-Potet
21000 Dijon
France

Reverend Gregory G. Gay, General Superior
Congregation of the Mission
Casa Generalizia
Via dei Capasso, 30
00164 Roma
Italy

The Reverend Mother General Evelyne Franc, D.C.
Filles de la Charite
La Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse
140, rue du Bac
75340 Paris cedex 07.
France