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Show ThE. • Johl'\ S. Lc't;bttA - c4r~ ct \:l £.b.ra:..r ,'."'..3 ~'-4" s ft 'r:;:.r t'l'\LL S $ C\I'- ~~; 'J)!C-~i'hbft\ i 3, I it ~I . -; -. .. ... lVIessage #33 from August, lYt52 Canon H. B. Liebler, D.D. Joan E. Liebler Brother Juniper, O.S .F. Helen H. Sturges at HAT ROCK VALLEY RETREAT CENTER P. O. Box 5, Monument Valley, utah 84536 Tel. 801-727-3291 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ~essages 1 - 32 available on request • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Again, we're not apologising for being late. We just don't have the necessary staff to keep up with the work. But I do want to thank all of you who have written to us during all this time when no Messages were sent out, and extend our heartfelt gratitude to those who have continued to support us financially in maintaining our work here, in spite of lack of news of us in the Messages. As you may imagine, one of the greatest joys of my life was being present at the ordination of my grandson, John Liebler, to the priesthood. It took place at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Tequesta, Florida, Bishop Schofield of S.E.Florida officiating. I had the joy of presenting my grandson with the silver and turquoise chalice and paten made for me some years' ago by a Navajo silversmith, and ,of receiving the new Father Liebler's blessing after the service. He will administer the Sacraments and in other ways serve the people of the Church of the Good Shepherd under their fine Rector, Father Donald Krickbaum. And, as if all that weren't enough, Joan and I were lovingly welcomed by my three fine sons (do I sound prejudiced? Well, of course I am!), their beautiful wives, my 11 grandchildren -- and last, but not least, my baby greatgranddaughter, Megan Renee Hektner. Truly, my cup runneth over. And we had happy visits . with old friends, and made new ones. The ordination was on' December 12th, and we returned to Hat Rock on the 15th, to relieve Brother Juniper, who had been gallantly holding the fort while we were gone, Helen having departed, on doctor's orders, to winter in Sun City, Arizona. She couldn't resist the lure of the desert, though, as she was back with us in February. We are once again without a permanent Vicar for St. Mary of the Moonlight. Father Edmonson accepted a call to serve at San Juan Mission in Farmington, NM, to replace Father Bagby, who was forced to retire because of ill health. We wish Father and Carolyn Bagby a happy retirement in their new home in Santa Fe. Meanwhile, back at the ranch---Father Richard Southworth, Vicar of St Christopher's in. Bluff, comes to celebra te Mass on Sunday afternoons at St Mary of the Moonlight. He has been on vacation for the past three weeks, and I have been saying Mass once again in the big church. The Lay Administrator, appointed by Bishop Putnam, Mrs Bertha Parr~sh, is a great help, particularly as she is now living near us in the Vicarage. My daily "mile" walk (!) is still part of my life here. Never can I take for granted the beauty of the landscape -- basically the same, yet always different depending on the time of day or evening. After supper I like to sit on the porch and watch the reflection of the sunset on the mesa across the valley. Psalm 16, v. 6 is my song many times a day. May God bless you all abundantly. Bro~her Juniper's t~o cent~ ..... Like all the rest of the country, Spr1ng was a long tlme com1ng out here. Snow, rain, and generally bad weather delayed the building of the new fence. In April our friends, Charles and Narietta Black of Bountiful,Utah, came down with their Roto Tiller. They spent the best part of ? days working up the garden, putting in fertilizer and plantmg potatoes. We are very grateful for their help. The next week the new fencing arrived; the Daniel Chee family put it up. I say family, as both his wife and their children helped in the operation. For greater strength and stability the corner posts are braced wood, the rest are steel p~sts. Tfue fe~ce is 4 ft high and is a 2x4 mesh. The height dlscourages anlmals from reaching over it and the mesh keeps the. smaller sheep and goats from reaching through and getting therr heads and horns caught in the fence. Although the weather was unusually cool this spring we went ahead with our ~lanting. After the first seeding of sweetl \~~~()~\.~ . rv..,t • .'\p<.:r, in .. rl..el-\.l corn was up about 6 lnches we made 2 more plantings a couple of ~t In~ ~Cln u~~ ~pk\n S~ weeks apart , so that all the corn would 0t be ready for the ~ st\JJiJ'S (.It- ike ba..na.nl"_Sll,\A..{LSh , |