August 16, 2012

His Eminence, Cardinal Sean O'Malley has asked me to acknowledge receipt of your letter of July 27, 2012 and to reply on his behalf. We appreciate your patience with this response and your understanding that there have been many commitments outside the Archdiocese in recent weeks.

Thank you also for sharing information concerning various Catholic websites and noting [your] promotions for evangelization and prayers for the souls in Purgatory.

Thank you also for your daily prayers for Cardinal O'Malley, the priests of the Archdiocese and the good of the Church. Your prayers for vocations are greatly appreciated, may the Lord continue to bless our Church with dedicated young men seeking to discern the call to priesthood.

With the assurance of a remembrance in the Cardinal's prayers for you and all whom you hold dear, I am

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Reverend Robert T. Kickham
Secretary to the Cardinal