We are from a consortium of parishes in Ross County, Ohio, the town of Chillicothe, and we now have two cenacles in the area. We started in summer 2022, and to familiarize new members on the devotion of Divine Mercy, we watched the “Second Greatest Story Ever Told.” In January 2023 we began Cenacle Manual Number One and are really enjoying it! I am the current facilitator for group 2 now, but will soon be turning over leadership to one of the members who has been a Divine Mercy devotee since college. Our original group started in 2016 and we continue to meet twice a month. Since our origin, we sadly have lost three members who have passed away but all with beautiful stories of how the Divine Mercy worked in their lives. When we first got started, we began the process of being trained by Kathy Wabick in “Divine Mercy in the Holy Face of Jesus,” and as a result of that process, we continue to minister to the sick and dying. We are volunteers at the local Veterans Medical Center in their “No Veteran Dies Alone” program. Our members are all active in many works of mercy, St. Vincent de Paul, Third Order Franciscans, Right to Life, Knights of Columbus, RCIA, Catechists, Eucharistic Adoration, and more. The photo is of our first cenacle group, and in that photo is the late Ed Bohn (far right, standing). Pray for him as he was a faithful servant and our group misses him. 3 CENACLES UPDATE Our parish is St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Northwest Austin, Texas. Our EADM cenacle is active and although our parish has a celebration on Divine Mercy Sunday, we as a group have chosen to celebrate outside at the Shrine of Our Lady of Schoenstatt on that day. I think our favorite “thread” that we all love in our group is that God’s Mercy ENDURES FOREVER. It does not matter what sin, what season of life we are in, or what we have done to offend the Lord, He LOVES US and FORGIVES us because of His grace of Mercy. Also, that our prayers of the Chaplet can help anyone, especially those at the end of life. Members are active in numerous charitable works including taking the Eucharist to the homebound, healing prayer ministry, bereavement ministry, driving homebound to doctor’s appointments, praying the Chaplet for the sick and dying, unborn, and our country, feeding the hungry on Mobile Loaves and Fishes truck, feeding homeless, praying at an abortion center, and more. AUSTIN, Texas Sharon Reeves wrote and told us: CHILLICOTHE, Ohio Judy Harness wrote and told us: Tune into ‘Mercy Unbound’ The Internet series called “Mercy Unbound” is going strong and has posted more than 150 wonderful interviews from a plethora of guests. You can watch the video or listen to it as a podcast at DrBryanThatcher.com Click on “Watch” at the top and you will see the variety of speakers and topics. The shows are all free. Please subscribe and share as that will help the series grow and get more exposure on YouTube. Help us spread the word about the truth and beauty of our faith! Want to start a cenacle? Visit TheDivineMercy.org/cenacle for details. After reviewing, please call 1-877-380-0727 for more information and materials.
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