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Show MESSAGE NO. 3 from Father Liebler Brother Juniper at Helen Sturges Joan Eskell Hat Rock Valley Retreat Center P. O. Box 157 Mexican Hat, Utah 8453.1 (Messages No. 1 and No. 2 were issued ~eptember, 1966, and March, 1967.) --November, 1967 Because this Message No. , 3 is to go to some who did not see No. 1 and No.2, it seems wise to give a brief summary of their contents and so ~ring you all up to date. (Initiates may skip to Paragraph 3.) This is ·a message from Father Liebler and his three associates at Hat Rock Valley in southeastern Utah, its purpose is to maintain a contact with friends, relatives and acquaintances with most of whom it is impossible to have extensive correspondence. Fifty years ago Father Liebler founded St. Saviour's Church in Old Greenwich, Conn., afrer serving that parish for twenty-five years he moved westward into the Navajo Indian country, having theTe found a vocation to bring the Gospel to a hi therto ,unevangelised people. In this venture he was accompanied by like-minded souls with whom he founded St. Christopher's Mission to the Navajo. Of those now at Hat Rock Valley, Helen Sturges is one of the original group, she had been formerly a social worker in Connecticut and later parish worker in New York City. Brother Juniper, former friar and now Oblate of St. Francis, came six months later, Joan Eskell, after several visits to the Mission throughout the years, joined us there six years ago. Soon after Father Liebler reached official retiring' age, it became , clea!' that he could make no further contribution to the work at Saint Christopher's, so the four of us moved to this 4l-acre lot on the Navajo Reservation, some 60 miles southwest from Bluff. We took up 'our residence in trailers, a camper and a shack, and began the creatio~ of a home. Pooling our financial resources and with the help of several semi-skilled Navajo workers we have now nearly completed the building, with a few out-buildings for light-plant, storage, etc. This brings you up to date. "What are you doing there?" "Are you missionaries or just retir~d old people?" "Don't you get frightfully lonely?" "How can we help you?" • • . '. These are among the many questions often asked. , As to the first: Each of us has a field of activity. Joan works 5 days a week at Kayenta Elementary School (22 miles south of here) as secretary to the Primary School Supervisor, and in alternate weeks prepares meals at home, in addition to many, other home-making activities. Helen does the cooking in the other weeks as well as the noon meal when Joan is at school, she maintains records, is always the ready social worker and our chief contact with the People. Brother Juniper continues with building and maintenance, each of which is really a full-time job. Looks as it "everybody works but Father," but he manages to keep busy with |