Everyday millions of Christians work in the
background and no one knows their name, but GOD
does. The Church recognizes
large contributors and people with
power.
For more than 50 years, I
have remained in the background until GOD placed me in
the foreground.
Though I have risked my life, it has been worth
it. As I
prepare to celebrate my former calling into the Church,
not one priest has confirmed that he will stand with
me tomorrow at my
50th Anniversary into the service of
GOD. But I
am excited for the chains have been broken. It does
not matter if the Catholic Church does not recognize my
thirty-three years of service. What matters is
that nuns and Catholic women have seen me and they know
that the time has come for them to step out on
faith.
“Many are called, but few are chosen.” (Matthew
24:14) This is true of men and women; the Church is in
turmoil because GOD did not choose many ministers and
priests.
These people have chosen to go into the
profession for the benefits.
Today a parishioner gave me $5.00 for my
50th Anniversary. I appreciated
the gift greatly because I knew it was all that she
had. In 50
years, I have received $115.00 that went back to the
Church. I
have no place of honor at the banquet table and no one
fixes my food, but this is a wonderful place to be; I
know that I will receive my reward in heaven.
Chronology
1957- 1959Union
Baptist
Missionary
Church
Savannah, Georgia
1959 – 1969 Beulah Baptist Church
– Rev. Benjamin Johnson, Rev. Matthew Brown Macon,
Georgia
1970 – 1974 Mount Olive Baptist Church Menlo Park,
California
1974- 1975
Seattle First Baptist,
Seattle,
Washington
- Rev. August Hintz
1975 First Baptist Church of Tripoli, Libya
1975 – 1976 Il Duomo, Milan,
Italy
1976 - 1982 Santa Susanna
American Catholic Church -Father Paul Maloney and St.
Paul-Within- the Walls - Rev. Woodward Rome,
Italy
1982 – 2003 St. Mary’s Catholic
Church, Fullerton, California - Father
Richard Kennedy, Father James McGuire, Father Joseph
Gallardo, Father Gerard Cosgayon, Father Timothy Fryer,
and Father James Ries
1993 – July 1, 2007 St. Juliana
Father - Jude Herlihy & Father Luke
Stano
I
was one of the first women to have my feet washed on
Maundy Thursday in Rome
by Father Paul Maloney, to sing at Santa Anna Catholic
Church inside the Vatican, to
be a dinner guest at the Franciscan Monastery. Father
Michael Delay officiated at me wedding on June 27, 1974
at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in Macon,
Georgia. I have never known of the repercussions these men
faced for their actions.
I thank all of the activity directors who have
allowed me to server at their nursing homes and I thank
my parishioners who are Catholics and Protestants. Without them I
would not have a ministry. GOD BLESS
You.
