So much happened during the summer of 2021! During July and August, most of us go into a holiday mode. Even so, life continues, and, in the community, many things happen. Summer is a good time to plan the new pastoral year and to catch up with people.  Between the months of June-August,18 baptisms were celebrated. It was a joy to see these proud and grateful parents finally reunited with their friends and families. The lockdown produced a lot of new life! We had 4 weddings and 4 wedding anniversary celebrations. There were also the sad farewells of Sue van Dijl, Philip Salmon, Ineke Hens, Annie Wegbrans-Gijzen, Judge James Crawford, Baby Michael Higginson, Rita van Waning, and Jacqueline van der Ham- Singleton. Another very moving moment happened when the flowers from the murdered crime reporter Peter R. de Vries were placed around our monument for perished refugees in the church garden. It drew a lot of local and national attention. See the video featuring an interview with a local TV station in this newsletter. We now see 200 people back at church for the Sunday morning mass whereas the evening mass has around 100 people. It is a lot easier to come to Mass now, so we hope that we see many of you back in the new pastoral year. During the press conference of 13th August, the hope for letting go of the 1,5-meter distance on 20th September was announced. But if we go back to “normal” for large gatherings, there is also talk of proof of full vaccination or recovery from Covid being required.  During the summer, we had 12 Mill Hill missionaries celebrating their jubilees in our parish ranging from 25-60 years of ordination to the priesthood. Another happy event was seeing Andrew Hartwell do his Eagle Scout project with some of his friends. They painted all the woodwork on...