Happy to be part of the New Evangelization...especially in the Birmingham airport! 

As with every mission trip, we performed works of mercy and visited Our Lady of Joyful Hope Comunita Cenacolo, a community for men wanting healed from addictions.

Arrived at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Hanceville, AL. Went through the Holy Door and prayed before Jesus in The Most Blessed Sacrament and at Mother Angelica's tomb.

Part of the fun on this trip has been seeing the surprised looks on the faces of people as they notice our statue. John's was one of the best!

Closing Mass with Fr. Chris Alar MIC. What a powerhouse!!

Privileged to meet a champion ambassador for Christ, John Hunt, National Director, Legatus received from us, the icon that was blessed Thursday evening at the Pittsburgh Chapter Legatus meeting. Together we shared the missions of our organizations. We were all in agreement that God is doing magnificent work in the church and He has future plans to unfold.

The 2016 Marian Eucharistic Conference (May 20-22) at Ave Maria University begins with Steve Ray, dynamic Catholic convert who continues to lead over 140 pilgrimages to the Holy Land. He referred to the statue several times during his talk.

We are on our way to attend a Marian/Divine Mercy Conf. http://www.thedivinemercy.org/events/event.php?id=1009 being held at Ave Maria University May 20-22. Praise God He opened the doors for the arrangements to be made. Our Jubilee Edition of our cookbook/prayer book, icons, statues, will be sold during the Conf. and the 3 ft. statue of Mary, Ark of The New Covenant and our icon will be on the center stage. Steven Ray is very excited to have the sacred art near him as he will be speaking about Mary as Ark of The New Covenant.

On May 19, Bernadette made a presentation titled: “Meeting Mary, Ark of The New Covenant in the Year of Mercy” to the Legatus Pittsburgh Chapter at the Duquesne Club. Pat attended as Bernadette's guest.