Dot Hamlin's Farewell Luncheon

Dear Family of St. Mark,

     As I leave St. Mark to retire after 40 years of service to the Archdiocese of San Antonio, I feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude:

     To my father who heard my catechism every night and furnished the meat for our spaghetti dinners at Ursuline Academy,  to my mother’s great model of  leadership of the Parent’s Club of Ursuline Academy in support of the wonderful religious women who taught me and nurtured my faith, and called me to “Serviam” which means “I will serve!”

     To my brother, the deacon and our partnership of serving the people of God, to my “Aunt” Jeanne who baptized me, to my “Aunt” Odile who taught me the rosary, to my neighbors who took me to church, to Oblate and St. Mary’s University for seeing in me something I never could have imagined, to all the beautiful people who allowed me…