Dear Friend,

Blessed Holy Week!

A couple weeks ago I announced that I was going on a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and want to give you an update. Sadly, but not unexpected, the day we were to depart our beloved friend, Helena Aitchison, wife of Catholic Action’s Executive Director, Jimmy Aitchison, experienced her final crisis with end-stage cancer and passed away in the early hours of Wednesday, March 13th. For that reason, the trip was postponed.

Helena’s passing was a holy death in every respect, above all because she was able to receive the full Apostolic Blessing of the Church in the gift of the Last Sacraments. She had received the sacrament of the sick numerous times in recent months but just twelve hours before she gave up her soul, we summoned a priest to her bedside and, while still conscious, she received the sacrament of Extreme Unction and the Apostolic Blessing forgiving her of all past sins.

My deputy and co-worker, Jimmy, was heroic in balancing the demands of our mission with all the many responsibilities of being the primary caregiver of his beloved wife in her long decline. 

In the near future I will reschedule the pilgrimage and keep you informed as to the details.

As we enter the holiest week of our liturgical year, I ask your prayers for the repose of the soul of Helena Aitchison, as well as Jimmy and his family, and I wish you a most blessed and fruitful Holy Week for the glory of God and the salvation of souls!

With you in the mission, I remain.

Yours in Christ and Our Lady,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action For Faith And Family
https://www.catholicaction.org/

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