Here is my latest original oil on canvas that I am raffling off, winner drawn on August 15th: “Serenity II,” 16x20 canvas, 22x26 framed, a $1,000 value. Tickets are $25 each or 5 for $100. To purchase your tickets:

Venmo: @Kitty-Cleveland (look for my picture!)

Cash or check (payable to Christiaria, LLC) at the event.

Last March’s proceeds went to purchase the large-screen TV monitor for the gym, which we will use next Friday! 💝

Here is important information about the flowers, live-streaming, etc., for our 5th anniversary celebration on August 15, 2025:

FLOWER DEDICATIONS: To donate roses in honor of your loved ones, please go here: https://givebutter.com/ZZWfPL

REGISTRATION: To join us in person for any part of August 14-16, please register here: https://ourladyofhopems.com/august-15th-2025-erl

LIVE-STREAMING: If you would like to watch the celebrations from the comfort of your own home and/or at your leisure, please email Ceci for the free link (she is 100% handling this). Her email is [email protected]

SIGN-UP FORM FOR VOLUNTEERS (we need the village!): https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4DA4A828A3FC1-57347800-august#/

SIGN-UP FORM FOR PRAYER MINISTRY: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20F0E4DA4A828A3FC1-57563633-prayer

ALTERNATIVE LODGING: Since the beds at OLOH are full, we have fantastic additional options. 1). Magnolia Manor in Osyka, MS—tell them you’re a Morning Glory for a 15% discount! ...

With the wonderful goings-on at our 5th anniversary celebration, I failed to mention in greater detail Sounds of Peace, my nonprofit formed to share my music free of charge with the world (you can find the music on my website: www.kittycleveland.com ), also a sponsor of our event. Imagine my joy when this beautiful email landed in my inbox today:

~Kitty, I am a new Hospice volunteer and have been assigned my first patient, who is actively dying from a traumatic brain injury. He has no family and no religious affiliation. He is immobile and can’t speak or communicate, but he can hear. When I visited him for the first time, I took my iPad and pulled up Sounds of Peace on your website, beginning with the Divine Mercy Chaplet. I remembered the promise in Saint Faustina‘s diary about reciting it in the presence of the dying. The minute you and the children started singing, I had the most unexpected reaction… Tears started flowing, and I didn’t even know it. My patient was watching me, ...