We recently received a note from Fr. Chen, the Chinese priest whom we are supporting in his doctoral studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa. Father is deeply grateful for our prayers and financial support as he works on his dissertation. He is working on the third of five chapters, finding his progress “slower than I originally envisioned.” He asks for continued prayer for this work and for the Church and governments in both the United States and China. “We are all afflicted and suffering, so it is time to pray together and participate [more deeply] in the cross of our Lord Jesus.”