Dear Friends: as you may know, I have been granted permission by the authorities of the Brothers of Saint John to live on the grounds of the Regina Caeli Hermitage permanently, in view of discerning a call to a hermitical way of life and facilitating the Denver Priory Brothers' efforts to preach retreats at the RCH.
This new and exciting change will take place in September; the "Peace" hermitage is where I will live and is currently undergoing works. We still need to hook up the electric power, water, and sewage to the hermitage, and build a bathroom/kitchenette extension - and all this by September! If Providence blesses us with generous donors, we could even have a garage before winter to house a snowplow truck which is already pledged!
It is for this purpose that our traditional gathering in honor of Our Lady Queen of Heaven (Regina Caeli in Latin), which is scheduled for Saturday August 24th this year, will be at the same time a fundraiser event. Instead of a Potluck Picnic, we will have a Hog Roast event, with a raffle and prizes to win.