This summer we have been hard at work revising a website we have designed to be able to share some of the wonderful teachings of Father Rick Thomas. The website is: www.fatherrickthomas.com and we encourage you to have a look at it. Father Thomas was a very gifted preacher and had a marvelous ability to teach deep truths in a clear and simple way so that many could understand. We wanted to be able to share those teachings with a much wider audience, so we have been working at getting more material uploaded to the site. That way people all over the world, who have access to the internet, can listen to an audio teaching or see one of the video clips there.
As of this writing, we have had people from Canada, Mexico, China, Australia, the U.K., New Zealand, South Africa, and from all over the U.S. access this website and download the teachings. We are thrilled to be able to be able to share Fr. Rick’s wisdom with so many people throughout the world.
On another note, we wanted to update you on our priest, Fr. Jack Vessels, and his situation. Earlier this year at his annual checkup, the doctors discovered some problems with his heart, so he underwent open heart surgery in April. He has been in New Orleans since early this year, first having the surgery, and then recovering from it. He was all set to return to us in early August, but was re-hospitalized due to swelling in his leg and pain in his heel. He is out of the hospital and recovering well, and hopes to be back here soon. As he recently wrote in an article for the Jesuits, “Two years ago the Provincial assigned me to assist this community. It has been an extremely rewarding experience, being immersed in the goodness and faith of simple, poor people who draw their strength from their love of God and His for them. It is good to think that, God willing, I'll spend the rest of my priestly ministry among them.” Join us in praying for Fr. Jack. God bless you!