Please keep my father in your prayers.  He went for testing yesterday to 
figure out the source of his bone pain and anemia.  They've now 
determined that the cause is cancer, likely multiple myeloma, which 
occurs in the bone marrow.  Friday, the doctors will take a bone marrow 
biopsy to determine absolutely if it is myeloma and how advanced it is.  
Next week he'll go for a PET scan to see how widespread the cancer is.  
Right now the doctors believe that it is moderately advanced (Type 2 out 
of 3). 

Thanks partly to the pain and the anemia, Dad's spirits are pretty low.  
Sunday he had to stop celebrating 10 minutes into the Eucharist.  It 
looks like he'll be facing chemotherapy and other procedures down the 
road.  We should know a lot more on October 9th.

If you'd like to drop him an email, it is anthony.clavier@....

Thanks for your prayers.

Warmly,

Mark+