Dear Fellow Saints and Friends of St. Joseph:

On behalf of the officers of the St. Joseph Alumni Association, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have so generously made your donation for the purpose of restoring the statue of Our Lady of Faith and Fortitude at the Foreign Cemetery. At the same, the same level of appreciation goes to John Komor, and his successor John Dentici, whose immeasurable dedication has led to the successful restoration of Our Lady to its immaculate form once again. We are also most grateful for the donation, which almost covered the entire restoration cost, collected by the US Chapter under the leadership of George DeCouto.

We have closed our solicitation campaign on July 18, 2010.
Thanks to your kindness, our Association has collected an aggregate of ¥384,002, of which ¥103,390 has been paid for restoration. And as agreed by the US Chapter, we will establish a "Mary Fund" as we did before in our financial records and set aside the balance of ¥280,612 for future restoration costs.
Names of all donors will be inscribed (in alphabetical order) on a plaque which will be displayed at the Foreign Cemetery.

Thank you so very much for your warm thoughts and the spirit of St. Joe's.

Our Lady of Faith and Fortitude cordially invites all of you to visit Her and our teachers who rest peacefully at the Foreign Cemetery on September 23 when we offer our Memorial Mass to all our schoolmates and friends who have passed this year. A detailed announcement will be posted on our website soon.

As always,

George Koyama ('69)
on behalf of the St. Joseph Alumni Association