Our Wish List
Our wish list is a naming of things far beyond our current resource allotments and budget. These would significantly enhance and enrich our retreat hospitality and the beautification of our grounds – its own priming of the well for deep prayer. As we look toward retirement from our professional positions outside the monastery, we hope to be able to continue to support Emmaus, in part, from the music we print and publish.

Please call us if you have items to donate so that we can avoid duplication, where necessary. As a non-profit corporation, we can provide tax receipts for merchandise as well as financial donations.

Furniture and Furnishings; Housewares

Patio tables and umbrellas (4)

Benches

Floor lamps (non-halogen) for the community library in Elizabeth (6)

Bed spreads for full beds (4) It would help greatly if one coordinated with brown, yellow and orange and the other worked well with blue or gray.

Non-wool blankets for full beds (6)

Blankets for a queen-size bed (2)

2 Full-size bed frames and mattress sets for the loft bedrooms in Bartimaeus

2 Portable electric heaters for retreatants' bedrooms

Office Needs

Stamps (in all denominations) Our card ministry alone involves more than 550 birthday, anniversary, get well, sympathy and encouragement greetings each year. We also send notes on the anniversary of the passing away of parents, spouses, and children that become part of the Emmaus Prayer Calendar.

Cards (especially thank you cards)

Printer Ink Cartridges (HP Black #56)

Retreat Materials

New Jerusalem Bibles (10)

Molding Clay

Watercolor paper

2 Portable CD players with earphones

Storage Containers

Containers for sorting a wide variety of bolts, screws, nails, and other hardware items

Shelving for storage of items in the barn, machine shed, and garage

Large Maintenance Needs

Replacement of single-paned windows in Marcella (convent) and Elizabeth for energy conservation

Screen replacements

New storm doors (2) for Elizabeth

Siding for convent and Elizabeth

Ramp for Elizabeth

Chimney repair for hermitage

Automotive Needs

Reliable used car to replace 125,000 mile car which burns 1 quart of oil every 200 miles

Reliable used pickup truck for farm chores

Music Ministry

Contributions earmarked for the purchase of studio time for making CDs of our original music compositions

With Loving Thanks
Our love and prayers go out to all of our supporters for 2008-2009:

Loving Financial Support

Other Support

Individual Donors:
Jim & Edna Albert, Belding, MI
Patricia Ashburne, Yonkers, NY
Elaine Bachman, New Albany, IN
Russell Bachman, Lanesville, IN
Joyce Baugh, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Stanley Beard, Jr., Lanham, MD
Stanley Beard, Sr., Yonkers, NY
Connie Beatty, Walker, MI
Sr. Janet Benish, Kent, WA
Jean Frantz Blackall, Williamsburg, VA
Dennis & Sharon Bledsoe, Stanton, MI
Walter Blumm, Brooklyn, MI
Rev. Kevin Brassil, Providence, RI
Dr. Steve & Cathy Breeden, Winchester, VA
Jerald & Alex Brown, Edmore, MI
Monica Buchler, Alma MI
Jane & Dick Bunge, East Lansing, MI
Tom & Mary Burris, Sheridan, MI
Pat & Dick Chapin, Sheridan, MI
Denise Copeland, Stanton, MI
Florence Corner, Vestaburg, MI
Deacon John & Bea Cremin, Alma, MI
Wayne & Nettie Custer, Vestaburg, MI
Larry & Jane Dickie, Saugatuck, MI
Shari & Steve Field, Riverdale, MI
Kit Groth, Walker, MI
Irene Hatinger, Edmore, MI
Roger Hatch, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Tess Hoffman, Grosse Isle, MI
Jack & Mary Lou Kahle, Indianapolis, IN
Leonard & Celine Kay, Council Bluffs, IA
Rita & Ray Kielholtz, Gwinn, MI
Ron & Jean Knarr, Indianapolis, IN
Ted & Fran Kondek, Edmore, MI
Donna Kozian, Stanton, MI
+Helen Kozian, Stanton, MI
Oranit Limmaneeprasert, Carmichael, CA
Rev. Anita Marshall, Gary, IN
Therese Maxwell, Indianapolis, IN
Sue & Ed Minerd, Blanchard, MI
Paul & Noreen Muellerweiss, Hemlock, MI
Michelle Muzzy, Escondido, CA
Bill & Candy Noelke, Port Sanalac, MI
Barbara Ann O'Kelly, Okemos, MI
Rev. Eugene Okoli, Lowell, MI
Nancy Parker, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Jann & Dowayne Parks, Mecosta, MI
Jerry & Mickey Pertz, Spring Lake, MI
Joan Pitts, Six Lakes, MI
Donald Race, Grosse Isle, MI
Mary Roddey, Bronx, NY
Abe & Anne Rossi, Grand Rapids, MI
Akua Saunders, Cleveland Hts., OH
Chuck & Doris Smith, Vestaburg, MI
Dennis & Ev Smith, Muskegon, MI
Imelda Smith, Vestaburg, MI
Jerry & Carol Smith, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Catherine Stinn, Panama, IA
Elaine Theisen, Indianapolis, IN
Mike & Cindy Venus, Vestaburg, MI
Diane Veresh, Gowen, MI
Marilyn Webb, Brownsburg, IN

Institutional Donors: Association of Contemplative Sisters (Central Region); Carmelite Nuns, Oldenburg, IN; St. Bernadette of Lourdes Church, Stanton; St. Margaret Mary Church, Edmore; Sisters, Servants of the Immacualte Heart of Mary, Immaculata, Pennsylvania;

Books, Furnishings, Supplies, etc.:
Jim & Edna Albert, Belding, MI
Danny & Nancy Arens, Sheridan, MI
Carmelite Nuns, Oldenburg, IN
Pat & Dick Chapin, Sheridan, MI
Denise Copeland, Stanton, MI
Robert Ellis, Grand Rapids, MI
Jeff Hansen, Edmore, MI
Melinda Hernandez, East Lansing, MI
Maureen Hicks, Stanton, MI
Mary Pat Jennings, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Fran & Ted Kondek, Edmore, MI
Donna Kozian, Stanton, MI
Vic & Jayna Malone, Woodbine, IA
Paul & Noreen Muellerweiss, Hemlock, MI
Gene & Vange Russell, Hemlock, MI
Skip & Karen Ryan, Stanton, MI
Stephanie Sines, Sheridan, MI
Visitation Monastery, Minneapolis, MN
Susan Wagner, Dearborn Hts., MI
Lennon Walcott, East Lansing, MI
Karen West, Kansas City, MO
Marc & Carolyn Wolschon, Sheridan, MI

The Work of Their Hands, Hearts, Voices:
Jim & Edna Albert, Belding, MI
Vincent Bryce, OP, St. Louis, MO
Tom & Mary Burris, Sheridan, MI
Joe Callow, Edmore, MI
John Callow, Edmore, MI
Kathy Chambers, Sheridan, MI
Barb Cole, Lakeview, MI
Dennis & Pat Defever, Remus, MI
Larry Dickie, Saugatuck, MI
Dr. Terry Donahue, Carson City, MI
Cathy Drumm, Stanton, MI
Ted & Deb Flynn, Stanton, MI
Connie & Megan Hansen, Edmore, MI
Julia Haynes, Beachwood, OH
Knights of Columbus, Holy Spirit Council
Trace & Karin Knotts, Elizabethtown, IN
Donna Kozian, Stanton, MI
Pat & Judy Lynch, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Miriam Marsolais, Berkeley, CA
Carla Miller, MSW, Grand Rapids, MI
John Mills, Vestaburg, MI
Dennis Moore, Edmore, MI
Paul & Noreen Muellerweiss, Hemlock, MI
Delphine Palkowski, Lyon, MI
Rick Perkins, Edmore, MI
Rosanne Sapp, Mecosta, MI
John & Joanne Sinclair, Stanton, MI
Barb Scott, Mercer, WI
Judy Sheaffer, Lakeview, MI
Karalyn Simon, Edmore, MI
Imelda Smith, Vestaburg, MI
Holli Trevino, Lakeview, MI
Cindy Venus, Edmore, MI
Mike Venus, Edmore, MI
Karen West, Kansas City, MO
Will Westerfield, Mt. Pleasant, MI
Kathy Wieczorek, Vestaburg, MI
Shelley Wiggers, Sheridan, MI

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