Red Bank Catholic students received word yesterday that one of our recent graduates, Julia DeFelice, (class of 2007) was hit and killed by a minivan while she was in a pedestrian crosswalk in Delaware. Julia was preparing to begin her senior year at Wesley College in Delaware. Although not a member of our affiliate chapter, she was always a strong supporter of our fund raisers and awareness programs for social justice.

Julia is survived by her parents and her younger sister,  Sophia, who will be a junior at RBC this September.

Gaye Hieb's grandson, Travis Chance Walson, 13 years of age, received surgery to correct a severe scoliosis, which was causing pressure on his lung. The operation, a complete spinal fusion at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC, on 7/13, included the placement of rods and bone grafts on his spine. He is still uncomfortable 2 days postop, nauseated and placed on NPO for now.  Gaye and her daughter, Chance's Mom, are rotating thier round the clock bedside presence 24/7.

Gaye says their is a pretty little garden area she goes to on the hospital campus when she needs to pray and refuel.

Please keep them in your prayers.  I know that our support means a lot to Gaye, who, of course, is hoping for an outcome that will solve Chance's physical challenges. They were both supposed to be in Bosnia and Germany during this time but the surgeon urged them not to wait longer.

Early this evening (July 8), we were informed of the death of our Sr. George Anthony Kayser. Sister had been ill will pneumonia and hospitalized in Arequipa, Peru. She died around 5:00pm, Peru time, on Thursday, July 8, 2010. Sister's 86th birthday was only a week away. She had been a Maryknoll Sister for 63 years. Please remember Sister and all the Sisters in Peru in their prayers at this time of loss.