Annual President’s Gathering held
Group thanked for their commitment to the home missions

President's Friends: Following Mass in Our Lady of the Fields Chapel at Glenmary Headquarters, Father Dan Dorsey greets Marilyn and Richard Knor of Centerville, Ohio.

[Ohio] On Oct. 3 Glenmary donors from across the country traveled to Glenmary Headquarters in Cincinnati to attend the President’s Gathering.

The daylong event included a presentation by Glenmary volunteer director Joe Grosek; Mass celebrated by Glenmary president Father Dan Dorsey and lunch at the Glenmary residence.

In all, 22 of the 275 Mission Benefactors and Mission Supporters—donors who have given over $1,000 to Glenmary in the past fiscal year—attended the gathering.

Father Dan thanked those gathered for their commitment to Glenmary’s mission and for their generosity.

“Without you—without the generosity and prayers of all Glenmary donors—our work in the home missions could not happen,” he said. “On behalf of all those we serve, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”

As a special thank- you, those attending the October event received a CD of music performed by Michael Chertock, pianist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and former Glenmary Farm volunteer.

Chertock will also be one of the featured performers at a Dec. 7 holiday concert sponsored by Glenmary at St. Monica and St. George Church in Cincinnati. Any proceeds from the concert will help support Glenmary’s mission fund.

During the President’s Gathering, Joe Grosek shared with donors stories of the work he does in Eastern Kentucky as Glenmary’s volunteer director.

His primary work is done at the Glenmary Farm, site of a group volunteer program for high school and college-age youth.

“You all make it possible for me to be in Lewis County,” Joe told the donor audience.
“Although other Glenmary coworkers, missioners and I are actually living and working in these mission areas, you are there also, in spirit and in prayer, and you are remembered every day in our prayers.”