In celebration of the Feast of St. John the Baptist, members of the Missouri Area joined with Knights and Dames of the Northern Lieutenancy of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre for Mass at Christ King of Peace Catholic Church. Mass was concelebrated by Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski and the Area’s chaplains.

The Holy Eucharist was followed by a dinner at the Bellerive Country Club, at which H.E. Michele Bowe, the Order of Malta’s Ambassador to the Palestinian State, presented a medal commemorating the 100,000 birth at the Holy Family Hospital, to Archbishop Rozanki in recognition of his support of the hospital’s work.

The following day, Ambassador Bowe meet a large number of people from across the St. Louis area at a reception organized by Mike Heck, who serves on the board of the Holy Family Hospital and gave an insightful update of the current situation in the Holy Land and its effect on the work of the Holy Family Hospital.