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MOST REVEREND ARCH BISHOP CARDINAL JEROME LISTEKI

OTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL ST THERESA SAINT JAMES SAINT MARKS HOLY ROSARY SINGING IN THE CHIOR ALL THOSE YEARS GOOD STEWARDSHIP VOLUNTEERING PROTECTING SAFE GUARDING THE CHILDREN MOST OF ALL THE BEING PRESENT WORSHIPING-SINGING GLORIOUS HYMNS WRITING LETTERS TO YOU AND THE ARCH DIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE AFTER MASS WHEN SO MANY TEACHERS AND STAFF WERE LOSING THIER JOBS BECAUSE OF SHORTAGE DUE TO SHUT DOWNS WHAT A BLESSING WE STOOD STRONG HAND IN HAND FIGHTING FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF SAVING OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS I WILL NEVER FORGET MY FIVE YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER OUR LADY PLAYING THE VIOLIN FOR THE CARDINALS I STILL HAVE THE RED SCISSORS FROM POLAND YOU AND SHE CUT THE RIBBON FOR THE GRAND OPENING COMBINING FIVE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS INTO ONE SCHOOL ALL SAINTS WHAT A TREASURE THAT WAS I ADORE ALL THE NUNS AS WELL THEY TRULY ADORED ME AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER WE HELD HANDS DURING THE PROCESSION I HAVEN'T WROTE TO YOU IN A WHILE FATHER DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES LIFE CRISIS’S MY LIFE BEING CONTINUOUS THREATENED BY IDENTITY FRAUD TERRORISTS TRYING TO EXTORT MY AMERICAN POETRY SLANDER ME MURDER ME OVER MY GRANDFATHER SERVING IN ROME AND I FEEL BLESSED I AM NOT ALONE ABSOLUTELY BLESSED FINDING MY SOUL MATE HE SHARES THE SAME DISABILITIES AS I HE’S A WAR HERO A KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND ADORES VOLUNTEERING AS WELL TOGETHER WE FOUND GREAT PEACE MY PERSONAL PILGRIMAGE I TRULY ADORE ALL YOU'VE DONE I ALSO ADORE FATHER DOMINIC ROSCELLI AS WELL I WHY HE'S DOING GREAT THINGS WITH THE COMMUNITY THE HOLE IN THE WALL AND HIS MOMS FAMOUS SPAGHETTI SAUCE I DO MISS THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB AND HELPING OUT IN THE GARDEN WITH HIS FAMOUS DUCK DOO AMAZING HOW THE CARDINALS GATHER UPON THE FOUNTAINS SOME OF THE PARISHIONERS HAVE PASSED ON WELL AFTER MY SEVERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION IDENTITY FRAUD RESULTING IN MY ENTIRE FAMILY OF DECEASED LOVED ONES BEING UNEARTHED IN BUR OAKS CEMETERY ON CICERO IN CHICAGO APART OF AN ORGANIZED CRIME CRIMINAL GROUP SEARCHING FOR NEW IDENTITY OF DECEASED LOVED ONES TO IMPERSONATE ME WITHIN MY FAMILY FINALLY MY FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS FRACTURING MY HIP MY CHURCH FAMILY GATHERED BECAUSE I COULD NOT WALK TAKING MY GRANDDAUGHTER TO SCHOOL DRIVING ME TO DOCTORS THERAPISTS PHARMACIES UNTIL MY SON THE ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEER ARRIVED ON MY BIRTHDAY TO TAKE ME BACK HOME TO FLORIDA WITH MY FAMILY SO MANY BLESSINGS YES I'M STILL WRITING POETRY I'LL NEVER FORGET PREPPING THE SPAGHETTI DINNERS VOLUNTEERING AT FESTIVAL I DONATED MY ENTIRE COLLECTION OF BOOKS AFTER SINGING WITH THE CHOIR FATHER DONALD GIBBS CELEBRATION AT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB I ADORED HIS HOMILIES I GAVE HIM ONE OF MY POEMS BALANCE AND A COPY OF MY GRAND FATHER PHOTO CHRISTMAS MASS 1944 SERVING IN ROME SAINT SEBASTIAN CHURCH PROTECTING THE FUTURE POPE JOHN XX11 HE'D TAKEN IT TO THE ABBY WITH HIM IN WEST BEND ST BENEDICT QUITE FITTING SINCE I LIVED IN MUNICH MEETING WITH POPE BENEDICT WHEN HE WAS ARCH BISHOP RATZINGER CHAPLAINS OFFICES FRAUENKIRCHE OUR LADY OF MUNICH HOME OF MONKS MARIENPLATZ MARY TOWN SADDEN BY THE PASSING OF MOST REVEREND ARCH BISHOP CARDINAL FRANCIS GEORGE WHAT A GREAT MAN HE CONSOLED ME ON MANY OCCASIONS PRAYING FOR MY FAMILY THE LOSS AT BUR OAKS CEMETERY HE WAS A GREAT MAN I SHARED MY APPARITION OF THE VIRGIN MARY IN THE WOODS WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE LOST IN AN INFESTED ALLIGATOR ANCIENT BURIAL GROUND SHE APPEARED LEADING US OUT OF THE WOODS TO SAFETY THROUGH A TRAIL OF YELLOW FLOWERS DEEP WITHIN THE HILLSBOROUGH RIVER IN TAMPA OH FATHER GOD HAS TRULY BLESSED ME AND OF COURSE OUR LADY DID EXCELLENT IN STEM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING AND MATH AND EXCELLED IN AEROSPACE ACADEMY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA HONOR SOCIECTY DRONE PILOT HONOR ROLL SINCE KINDERGARTEN GRADUATING TOP OF HER HIGH-SCHOOL HONOR SOCIETY ALL THOSE WALKS TO AND FROM SCHOOL RIDING THE BUS VOLUNTEERING PTA ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION OVER 100 THOUSAND COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS I PUT IN WELL WORTH IT SINGING IN THE CHIOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL SAFE GUARDING THE CHILDREN CLASSES TRULY A BLESSING GIVING SERVING COMMUNITIES FOOD BANKS SPECIAL OLYMPICS MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART I FEEL SO BLESSED FATHER MY ENTIRE LIFE SPENT GIVING CARING FOR OTHERS IN COMPLETE STEWARDSHIP SETTLING IN WITH MY NEW CHURCH FAMILY ST PATRICK'S CHURCH OF TAMPA SAINT ANTHONY ST JOSEPH ARCH DIOCESE OF SAINT PETERSBURG FOR EMBRACING ME ARCH DIOCESE OF SAINT LEO ARCH DIOCESE OF VENICE ARCH DIOCESE OF ORLANDO I FEEL SO BLESSED AND I TRULY THANK YOU OTETS HOWEVER POETRY IS INDEED STILL MY PASSION ALTHOUGH I TRY NOT TO WRITE ON PAPER ANYMORE AT HOME PLACING PAGES ON MY NIGHTSTAND DUE TO REPEATEDLY BREAK INS HOME INVASIONS AND SEVERE IDENTITY FRUAD AGAINST ME FROM MY STALKERS ARRIVED TO END MY LIFE THREATS IM BLESSED I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO WRITE THIS WAY PREVENTING MORE EXTREME BREAK INS INSIDE MY HOME TO RIP PAGES SEARCHING FOR MY AMERICAN POETRY THREATENING MY LIFE OVER MY IDENTITY WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI SAVING LIVES AND MY GRANDFATHER SERVING IN ROME PROTECTING RATZINGER POPE JOHN XXlll LOLEK POPE JOHN PAUL ll MY LIFE IN CONSTANT GRAVE DANGER FOR MY CATHOLIC BELIEFS SINCE I SHARED THE PHOTO WITH AMERICAN CATHOLIC ARCH BISHOPS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MY POP BEGGED ME ON HIS DEATH BED TO MAKE SURE TO SHARE THE PHOTO WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TAKEN DURING VICTORY SAINT SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN ROME 1944 CHRISTMAS MASS IMPOSTERS CRIMINAL GROUP BEGAN THREATENING MINE AND MY GRANDDAUGHTER AND I I THANK All THE NUNS AND PRIESTS OUR CHURCH FAMILY ARCH DIOCESE OF MILWAUKEE MANY BLESSINGS FATHER MANY BLESSINGS MAY PEACE ALWAYS BE WITH YOUR SPIRIT AS ALWAYS MY PRAYERS ARE WITH ALL OUR BISHOPS AND PRIEST BLESS YOU OTETS HOLY WOMAN OF GOD FOREVER IN MY FAITH HUMBLE SERVANT YOLANDA

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Date: 5/10/2024 2:07:00 AM
I am more devoted to Mary, Help of Christians but I also wear constantly my scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Loved your memories and good deeds. God bless you.
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Buhagiar Victor
Date: 5/10/2024 5:22:00 PM
Do comment on my poetry. It usually gets more comments on love poems.
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 5/10/2024 1:30:00 PM
Thank you very much Victor many blessings.
Date: 5/9/2024 6:45:00 PM
I really love your style and flow. You are so brave and wonderful I can hardly contain myself. Thank you for sharing. Thank you so much.
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Yolanda Nicholsen
Date: 5/10/2024 1:30:00 PM
Thank you so much for your compassion many blessings.

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