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Francis and Patricia Lafferty, a couple from Pennsylvania who were married for 58 years, wanted their wedding rings to become part of an enduring sacred symbol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few months before Patricia passed away in September of 2022, she expressed this wish: \u201cThat our wedding rings be used towards a chalice and paten given to a newly ordained priest.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia also wanted her engagement ring and Francis\u2019 mother\u2019s wedding ring to be included in the chalice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy parents had a strong faith, belief in God and belief in the family,\u201d Maureen says. The couple volunteered at their parish and raised eight children educated in Catholic schools. The family attended Mass weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francis served in the army and was a firefighter. He was a catechist, and was also active in the Knights of Columbus. He died in January of 2014. Patricia was a stay-at-home mom and a typist for the sisters at St. Francis de Sales School in Philadelphia. She enjoyed crocheting and sewing and, at the age of 81, learned quilting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maureen asked friends and family, as well as her diocese and religious orders, for ideas about who could be the recipient of the special gift. \u201cMy parents wanted to give the chalice and paten to a deacon, but how do you find a deacon who needs them?\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a tiring search that produced no response, Maureen recalled that her father had corresponded with a missioner in Africa. \u201cI remember we received <em>Maryknoll<\/em> magazine,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turned out that the Laffertys supported Maryknoll missions for 38 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finding out about her parents\u2019 partnership with Maryknoll was a godsend, Maureen says. She contacted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2023\/09\/my-vocation-journey-bringing-good-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Father Rodrigo Ulloa-Chavarry<\/a>, vocation director for the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, who embraced the idea. He described to her the seminarians who were about to be ordained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maureen was especially drawn to the story of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/03\/charles-ogony-prayer-for-vocations-spring-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">seminarian Charles Ogony of Kenya<\/a>. \u201cHe was raised Catholic and had grown up in a large family. We have similar upbringings,\u201d she says. \u201cHe was a wonderful young man to receive the gift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maureen contacted the jewelers of Adrian Hamers in Larchmont, New York, where she purchased a gold chalice and paten. The four rings were placed inside the base of the chalice. On the outside, the diamond from Patricia\u2019s engagement ring was put in the center of a small cross. The words \u201cIn Loving Memory of Francis and Patricia Lafferty\u201d were engraved on the chalice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMaureen\u2019s persistence in searching opened my inner eye,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/06\/two-men-from-kenya-ordained-to-the-priesthood-as-maryknoll-missioners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Father Ogony<\/a>, who was ordained last June. \u201cIn the heart of her parents, God had already chosen who to fulfill their wish. It took a heart-searching mileage and finally landed in my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are those people who bridge the gap between cultures, an American and a Kenyan culture, through a chalice and paten,\u201d says Father Ulloa-Chavarry. \u201cWe thank the Laffertys for being part of the Maryknoll family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With her sister Merceda, Maureen attended the ordination at the Maryknoll headquarters in Ossining, New York, where they met Father Ogony. The new missionary priest was assigned to Bolivia. \u201cI want to foster the friendship, and follow him and the chalice and paten as he ministers to people in Bolivia,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maureen, who lives in Maryland, says she feels a sense of peace now that she has fulfilled her parents\u2019 wish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the States and while visiting his home country of Kenya, the missioner has already been celebrating <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ensemble_for_the_celebration_of_the_Eucharist#:~:text=These%20items%20are%20commonly%20made,the%20chalice%20holds%20the%20wine.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Eucharist with the chalice and paten<\/a>. \u201cAs I raise the chalice in memory of Maureen\u2019s beloved parents, I hold them deep in my heart in gratitude,\u201d Father Ogony says. \u201cMaureen\u2019s family has indeed inspired me with this gift.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Featured Image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryknollmagazine.org\/2024\/09\/carrying-the-flag-of-mission-a-new-era-of-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Maryknoll Father Charles Ogony<\/a> celebrates his first Mass using a chalice and paten gifted to him by the Lafferty family, fulfilling their parents\u2019 last wish. 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