The great Pornchai Moontri – whose depth of humanity, whose depth of faith I admire immensely — is still a prisoner in a Maximum Security Prison in New Hampshire. Much of that was spent in solitary confinement. He now knows Jesus as a great friend… Jesus, the Son of the Living God, the Son of the Immaculate Conception. You can read about Pornchai in his own words over on These Stone Walls. We’ve mentioned him many times here on Holy Souls Hermitage. Just type in “pornchai moontri” into the search box on the sidebar. Yikes!
Well, this same Pornchai Moontri is a Master Woodworker, besides being a most extraordinary mathematician. He sent me a keepsake box he made recently in prison. The workmanship is absolutely impeccable. All the joints come together exactly. The cover has no slippage. There are unending details, like the recessed bottom…
The artwork…
The lining…
And… and… the sacred oils from the Chrism Mass fit perfectly inside. You couldn’t ask for a more perfect repository for the Oil of Catechumens, the Oil of the Infirm, the Sacred Chrism. Thank you, Pornchai. Of course, that’s kind of a guarantee for prayers for you!
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Thanks go to D. F. for his contribution to Holy Souls Hermitage. He sent in a project he has been working on, pictured above, The Life of Christ Rosary. Doctor (for he’s a physician), might I share this in more detail with the readers? The good doctor also recommends I get rabies shots for the bats in the hermitage. I must report that that bat invasion was a once off event. I kind of miss them!
Thanks go to C.W., who sent in a donation, also of Mystic Monk Coffee (very delicious) and something very mysterious to me, a Mystic Monk Press. I will have to learn how to use such a contraption. It looks most complicated. Not the usual coffee grounds in a billy bucket over an open fire!
Thanks go to D.K. for her contribution to Holy Souls Hermitage. Her words of forcing the gift on me against all my protestations should satisfy any IRS invasion! And, yes, we are keeping up the prayers for N. at John Hopkins. Yikes!
Thanks go to TPF and RLF for their contribution to Holy Souls Hermitage! Very kind indeed!
Thanks go to GPE and SME for their donation to Holy Souls Hermitage. Always faithful!
Thanks go to M.L., who sent in this frightful volume about the Vatileaks. You can’t get more out of context than this, can you?
Thanks fo the Tyburns for sending in the newly published volume about Mother Adèle Garnier, foundress of the Congregation of Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Montmartre, O.S.B. Please God, I will be writing much more about Mother Garnier as time goes on. Vocations anyone!
And thanks to S.S. for sending in a back issue of Envoy Magazine, so that I might take a gander at Peter Kreeft’s take on C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters:
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Having said all that, you remember Steven, don’t you? Here and here!
UPDATE: See Steven’s most recent comment in the comments. They are having an auction on behalf of the orphanage…
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
Thank you Fr. George, and to all benefactors of HSH. You are so good and kind, and I thank God for you all. The children at Home Sweet Orphanage pray for you always. They are looking forward to any of you coming for a mission visit, and they will be able to sing and dance for you
I had to delete the link to my paypal account after learning of the numerous limitations it had. Paypal limits accounts created in Uganda, and there was not much it would help me since I would not perform some transactions on it
Your gifts/donations to us can continue to be channeled through YOUTURNS. Visit http://www.youturns.org, click on donate and do not forget to put a message that your donation is going to UYMA or Ugandan Orphanage.
Thank you again and may God bless you and keep you.
Good morning Father! Just to let you know that the second link to Steven is to “page not found”.
What a magnificent box Pornchai has made for you. (Yes my pictures have at last returned on your blog and brought it back to life again!!) Pornchai is such a gifted craftsman.
I thought that might happen. They shut down everything pretty quickly.
Father one of your pictures ended up up side down.
Many have noticed that. It’s on purpose.
The book is a horrific attack on Pope Benedict.
Saint Peter was crucified upside down.
Mocking the enemy is O.K., even as we pray for their conversion!
Good evening, Father. Please feel free to share whatever you’d like from the pamphlet on the Life of Christ Rosary. Am planning on putting together a website with this info on it, and would be happy to pass the address along to you once it’s done if you’d like.
Hello Fr. George,
Happy Sunday and greeting from Uganda. The Children at Home Sweet Orphanage call out to you for another favor. If you could take out some little time away from your retreat and make a post about us. We are in dire need of help from your readers and benefactors.
We are rising $2000 to buy new beds, mattresses, blankets and the like, and more so to start the poultry project.
An auction is going on. We have several items on our facebook page. Bidding starts on Tuesday 17th July. Visit the page, participate in the auction and support us.
http://www.facebook.com/steven.beingana#!/AuctionToSupportHomeSweetOrphanage
If you do not use facebook, you can still send us your gift through http://www.youturns.org .
Thank you, thank you so much.
Steven
Prayers for your fundraiser, Steven. I wish I could contribute, but I can’t right now. God bless your orphanage. God bless you too, Fr. George. I hope your retreat is going well.
Thank you Liz for the prayers. The auction is ending tomorrow. $115 so far raised. I would say it wasn’t successful…because we are far away from our target:-) We thank God for what we have been able to get through the kind friends.
You can visit the page and have a look at the children’s pictures.
http://www.facebook.com/AuctionToSupportHomeSweetOrphanage
We may have to extend the auction time.
Father, today being the feast of St. Declan, I wish you could offer the soul of Fr. Declan at mass. It was in memory of Fr. Declan that the Orphanage was founded. You could as well share this article with the readers
http://ugandayouthministryassociation.wordpress.com/2012/07/24/st-declan-and-home-sweet-orphanage/