Requiescant in Pace

On April 26, bass Tim Rhodes lost his mother, Dolly Rhodes (above), suddenly. We pray she joins his father among the heavenly choir. I apologize for not posting about it until now; I was on the other side of the country. There is a GoFundMe account for her started by Tim's niece, Jackie Mullen:

Our grandma, Dolly Rhodes, had a wonderful life full of love and laughter. She was on vacation to visit family and for her grandaughters wedding in Vermont when she passed away last night April 26,  2018. We want to send her home so she can be buried next to our grandpa- her last wish... Please help us make this come true. She was one of the sweetest, most loving people and we want so badly to make this happen for her.

Also, we sang an unplanned a cappella Mass today because our organist, Jennifer Cotter, lost her grandmother, Olga Wascher, on Tuesday, May 1. She is in Wisconsin for the funeral.

Please keep Tim, Jennifer, her husband Bill, and their families in your prayers. Here is a different prayer for the souls of Dolly and Olga:

Grant, we beseech Thee, O Lord our God, that the souls of Thy servants and handmaidens, the memory of whom we keep with special reverence, and for whom we are bidden and are bound to pray, and the souls of all our benefactors, relatives and connections, and all the faithful, may rest in the bosom of Thy saints; and hereafter, in the resurrection from the dead, may please Thee in the land of the living. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.