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Section 2 Community Donates New Zealand Trip to Priest

Ed & Leo Rivera and Fr. Emile Frische

As of you know in ME how we love and honor our Team Priests. Here is a letter from Ed & Leo Rivera, Rochester/Buffalo Area Leaders, to our Community about a recent gift to our Section ecclesial team priest, Father Emile Frische.

Love,
David & Claire Hall
Section 2 eMatrimony Contact Couple

Dear ME WNY Lovers:

Thanks for helping an ME priest's dream come true! Enough money was collected to send Father Emile home to New Zealand to be with his ailing mum for Christmas. We know for a fact that a number of ME WNY couples participated so we were extra proud when Father Emile was presented with this gift at this past weekends New York State ME Meeting. Father Emile was moved to tears. We are attaching his letter of thanks below. By the way, Father Emile will be coming to Rochester to present the Dec 9-11 weekend. Anyone that would like to send prayer letters for him are more than welcome. Send the letters to us or to Bill & Sheila Goodman (Prayer Letter Coordinators). He is a remarkable man that is a missionary & part of Chaplain Emergency Services. He was in the morgue during 9/11 comforting families and ensuring that all remains were treated with dignity. He also was responsible for coordinating the recent Eucharistic Celebration in Washington, DC. He now serves with Mike & Mary Gibbons as Section 2- New York State Leaders. We are thrilled that we can all honor him in this special way.

Leo & Ed

Kia Ora, all you wonderful Lovers,

I am so overwhelmed by the gift you gave me this morning. I was stunned with the announcement - and even before looking in the envelope at the check - just the thought that you would do this for me - you are the best. I don't know what to say. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Your love and generosity has no limits. I know now that there was a lot of activity at the Enrichment getting all this together. You certainly sprang a surprise on me this time. I will be forever grateful. Please pass on my heartfelt gratefulness to all who were part of this. I promise you all a remembrance in my prayers, and in a very special way at each Mass I will celebrate at home with my Mum - you will all be there with us as I give thanks to God for you and for the mission that we are on. I'll be talking with Mum tonight and will let her know what you have done. Thank you. Bless you all.

Aroha nui and God Bless.
Emile

Fr. Emile Frische

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