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Christmas Greetings from the International Grail

 

 In a forest, a single branch which cracks, makes more noise

than all the trees which grow silently. (French proverb)

In the coming year, let us especially support those who are quietly

working for a more peaceful and harmonious world.

We wish you and your families a blessed Christmas and a peaceful year 2017!

Didine, Karen, Patricia and Robin

Of the Brussels Grail

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Dear Grail members, We Grail members in Tanzania we are wishing you all a merry Christmas, for we know that Christmas is a joyful celebration of God's love for us. May this Spirit of love touch your heart and fill your life with happiness,

peace and contentment. We wish you Merry Christmas and prosperous New Year.

With love and prayers

from The Kisekibaha Grail, Tanzania      

Dear Grail women, We thank you all for your generous, warm and hopeful Christmas messages! May we, this coming Christmas, silence and allow the

dimension of the invisible to become ever more present in the simplicity of Life. May we walk together and hand in hand with all that surrounds

us in joy and in the trust of a shared path.

Wishing you a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New Year! The Grail in Portugal:

Ana Oom Cristina Porfirio Elsa Coutinho Fátima Grácio Lídia Martins

   

Dear Grail friends, Thanks for the beautiful Christmas messages!

The Brazil NLT sends you Christmas greetings and the message that says "Christmas is not just a day!"

Love, Nádia

 

       

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Cincinnati Grail Members Ringing in the New Year

Grail members at Twin Towers on New Year’s Eve

   In Sympathy with our Grail Sister Thembi Ngobesi in South Africa  We wish to express our deepest condolences with Ma Thembi Ngobesi and mourn with her for the death of her beloved son. We wish her God’s strength in her time of bereavement and want her to know that we, the South African Grail, are praying for, and thinking of, her. May she find comfort in the fact that he has entered the real of God, our savior and friend. We ask that as Grail, we uphold Ma Thembi and her family through our prayers. Priscilla Erasmus Communications person for the South African Grail  

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Grail Birthdays  

January February 1    Sue  Ann  Kraus            3    Mary  Ellen  Clifford 1    Deborah  Silvestri          5    Mary  Heidkamp 2    Teagan  Blackburn          6    Rosa  Maria  Ruiz  4    Kate  Twohy            7    Florence  Marquez  5    Dottie  Cortez           13  Yvie  Renda  6    Judith  DeFour-­‐‑Howard       15  Deborah  Sullivan  7    Cherie  Holman           16  Mpanda  Kalala  7    Lynn  Louchart-­‐‑Kiefer         18  Mary  Ann  McCarthy  9    Patricia  Dolan           20  Mary  Ellen  Camele  9    Judy  Markle           20  Sonia  Jacquez  10  Elizabeth  Murphy         21  Miriam  Hill  11  Elizabeth  Rose           23  Laura  Kaplan  15  Margarita  Cabrera         25  Dorothy  Rosenberger  20  Marjorie  Toups         26  Jackie  DiSalvo  22  Terry  Marshall  23  Elizabeth  Schickel-­‐‑Robinson  28  Kathleen  Walzer  29  Laura  Hershberger  30  Ann  Steffy        

   Member Giving: January 1 to December 30, 2016 If  you  think  we’ve  made  a  mistake  here,  let  us  know  and  we  will  happily  fix  it!    Please  email  ingrid@grail-­‐‑us.org.

  #  Members   #  Donors   #  Gifts   %  Donors   Totals  Active   171   110   698   64%   $71,315.00  Emerita   63   26   98   41%   $32,467.37  Total   234   126   796   54%   $103,782.37  

Cornwall     $13,495.48  Grailville     $8,747.88  National  Operations   $66,532.44  Special  Projects   $14,806.57  

 

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