A letter to Father Lawrence Jagdfeld, O.F.M. by Joan Donnelly Former president of the CUSA Board of Directors
Dear Father Lawrence, There is a sense of sadness permeating this letter to you, which I feel. As I recall the many years you have volunteered for CUSA, I know how grateful all of us are for your devotion to the Apostolate. From spiritual advisor to magazine columnist to editor of the magazine, The CUSAN, to your most recent assignment as administrator of CUSA. These volunteer assignments (and there are more I could cite) have covered a lot of years. However, to each one you added the unique Jagdfeld touch, always mindful of Laure Brunner’s wishes and vision. As RENEW International becomes more familiar with CUSA’s membership and management, I am more and more proud of what you have done as administrator. You maintained the challenging but dwindling “snail mail” group letters, as you like to call CUSA’s original mode of communication, as well as our magazine. You have brought vibrancy to the website, providing inspiration to any reader. Not to be ignored is the growth of the e-mail groups as we agreed years ago was the next step in our evolution. In our 50th Anniversary Jubilee issue of The CUSAN (circa December 8, 1997), which was another of your volunteer projects, you included a copy of a letter written by Laure Brunner, our foundress, several years earlier. She wrote, “We must maintain
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