I decided to do my Christmas letter in blog form again this year since the highlight of the year was my trip to Matamba in Tanzania to visit our sister school, St. Monica's. You can see the details and pictures of the trip below. It was an incredible experience and I hope to return someday in the not too distant future. There is much that remains to do in helping the school get on its feet. I am encouraged by the vision of Valentine Malilla, the lead teacher, and Fr. Mbiche, the founder and director of the school. It will be of great benefit to the children of the area, many of whom are orphans. If you are interested in learning more about the school or would like to support it in some way, please give me a call. It has been a busy year, especially in my work for the Diocese as Director of Divine Worship. After the introduction of the new translation of the Roman Missal which contains the prayers we say at Mass I thought things would slow down a bit. No such luck. We had