Letter From Fr Kelley

Fr Kelley has sent the following e-mail to members and friends of the parish:

Dear Friends & Parishioners,

Yesterday just after 9am, the LA County Sheriff turned over the keys to St Mary's to our attorneys, and they to us. We have done a video survey of the damage and dispersal of the parish assets, etc. and will continue this survey in more detail today. For instance, it appears the entire content of the Theological College Library has been sold off; the Relic of the True Cross is missing from the Sacristy; the 400th Anniversary Cross is no where to be found. . .

Nevertheless, the Mass will be offered today at Noon, at the High Altar, where Fr Jordan's ashes rest. The Sanctuary as we know it today was remodeled as his memorial in 1973, and the gold-leafing of the mandorla of Our Lady in the Tympanum arch was done also in his memory just a few years ago, the first step in completing the Tympanum to the original specifications. Already, a neighbor who had never been inside until yesterday, has come & promised to attend. A long-lost Canadian Anglican. Let us pray for the return of many "Lost Sheep", and many who had never considered themselves "Christ's Own" before.

However, today there is a shoot out [filming] at the bank, so the lot and street parking will be difficult. [Mrs] Bush set this up, got paid, and ran off with the money. But we've changed the lock already, and our Attorney contacted the studio, informing them they will need to pay US, to proceed today. Our security is there to manage this. You might think of parking today at Albertson's, or at similar distance.

Sunday Mass, LENT II, the Sunday of the Lord's Transfiguration, will be at 10:30. If you would like to bring something toward a potluck, that will be just great! If so, please give me, or Jackie Yeager a heads-up. Thanks!

God bless you for all your prayers for us. There may be "bumps" on the road ahead; but we Know that The LORD has brought us thus far, and will not leave us. The battle has made us stronger in Him.

Grace be unto you, in a glorious, vigorous, & joyous Lent!

Fr Christopher P. Kelley +
Rector,
St Mary of the Angels' Parish
in the Patrimony of the Primate

I'm told that Mrs Bush and the dissidents' nonagenarian treasurer were on site when the sheriff arrived and were taken completely by surprise.