Today, July 29, Vanessa McIntosh after having received all of the sacraments and prayers for the dying, passed away surrounded by her family after her difficult battle with cancer. Today is the feast of St. Beatrice, the name John and Vanessa gave to their first child.
More details will follow regarding her Requiem Mass in California and a sung mass later in the year for her soul at ICC. The 6:45 am mass tomorrow morning, July 30, will be a low requiem mass for the day of death followed by absolution at the catafalque. Please remember her soul, and pray for grace and strength in the midst of this loss for her family.