RELICS FOUND AND RETURNED

January 7, 2023

RELICS FOUND AND RETURNED!: Through the swift investigation by Sheriff Jason W. Massey and the Logan County Sheriff's Office, Arkansas, both of our stolen altar reliquaries have now been found and returned to the monastery. Both of these reliquaries were sealed into the altar on March 31, 1959, when Bishop Albert L. Fletcher of the Diocese of Little Rock consecrated the altar and Church. The Sheriff reported that the man had wanted to break into the tabernacle but had looked up at the statue of Mary and decided he couldn't do that to her. Reliquary #1 contained the relics of the Martyr Saints Boniface and Tiberius, as well as St. Benedict. Reliquary #2 contained the relics of Martyr Saints Tiberius, Marcellus, and Justina. You can see the attestation letters, the reliquaries, and the relics in the photos provided, along with a photo of where they were located. The relics will be placed again in the high altar once repairs are completed. UIOGD!