November 11, 2000

Honored Representative of the Youth and of Greening of Detroit,

Dearest People Present,

With emotion, we heard your kind greetings and we express to you our gratitude for them.  We love the human and because of him the natural environment, in which God place him.  This natural environment rarely exists cared for correctly by man.  Therefore, we have the duty to sensitize every person to the divine commandment “to till and keep” natural paradise, in other words the natural environment.  This means that we are obliged to regenerate this as often as and for whatever reason it is injured or to create ecosystems of natural life where they are missing.  In this foresight our planting of a tree is placed in this beautiful Park, as our small symbol the transformation of the beautiful environment, which contributes to the optimism and health of our dear children and of all of our dear fellow men.

We congratulate you for your beautiful interest for the environment of man, which expresses your concern for man, and we wish for you success in your good attempts to improve this.  We crown you by our paternal prayers and patriarchal blessings and invoke upon you and your coworkers the grace and rich mercy of God.