Special Request to our Sacred Art Community
Joe Richter, our dear friend and colleague, has been diagnosed with kidney cancer. Please use the form section below to send him your healing thoughts and prayers during this challenging time.
For more than 25 years Joe Richter has been an invaluable part of Sacred Art of Living. His amazing talents have helped create so much of what our healing organization has become. Moreover, everyone who works with Joe appreciates his kind and generous spirit. His recent diagnosis of Stage 3 Kidney Cancer is a shock to our family and to all who love him. He is a candidate for immunotherapy treatments which could lead to a hopeful prognosis. In the meantime, we invite our community to send messages of prayerful support for Joe, his family and our SALC team.
Richard Groves,
Joe’s step dad, work partner and closest friend
Update - Joe’s Cancer Journey - December 10, 2025
Hi Everyone,
Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Boxing Day, and Happy Festivus! I hope this note finds you all well and in the great company of friends and family as we approach the holidays and greet the New Year.
Good news to share – my Grandson “Finn” was born in early October! He is healthy and thriving. It’s so great to see our son and daughter-in-love nurture this little miracle. Finn loves to hear my fly fishing stories, and holding him brings joy. We are so happy.
In addition, my last CT scan showed that the cancer and thrombus are smaller from the previous scan. While the shrinkage has been in small increments, and slower than I would like, I am grateful this new Immunotherapy is working for me, and for all the prayers from all of you. The power of prayer lifts me up, and it arrives just when I need it the most, like a magnet pulling me to the center of Gods healing hands.
Thank you everyone for your notes of support and prayers, it means so much to me. My prayer for you is that you receive lots of “Presence”, from your friends, family and the Divine this holiday.
From our family to yours – you are loved,
Joe
Iona’s Chapel Next to the Main Church in Iona Scotland
Votive Candles inside the Iona Chapel in Iona Scotland
UNITED KINGDOM – JUNE 08: Flames of votive candles for prayer inside Iona Abbey ancient monument on Isle of Iona in the Inner Hebrides and Western Isles, Scotland (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)
Shrine of Solanus Casey At Solanus Casey Center in Detroit MI
Saint Peregrine Patron Saint of Cancer At Shrine of Indian River
Cross in the woods Catholic Shrine of Indian River
The Grotto in Portland, Oregon
Please submit your healing thoughts and prayers for Joe using the form below. Please note: all comments will be subject to approval due to security and spam protection and will be published as soon as possible.
Hello Joe, Im happy to read that there is progress even tho less than you had hoped. I continue to keep you in my thoughts snd prayers. And Silent Unity continues to pray for you 24/7 🥰 May you enjoy a beautiful Christmas season with friends and family. Much love snd Hugs to you, Anna
Joe I am a volunteer with Hopice-Partners in Care in Bend. Are you eligible for a kidney transplant? If so I would be willing to be tested as a match for you.
HI Joe, I am checking in on behalf of Kate and myself to let you know you are in our prayers and we continue to wish you good days filled with love, laughter, and the highest outcome as you continue to work with this illness. We love you. John and Kate
Joe ~ It’s so good to read your message from August and learn that the immunotherapy treatments were & are effective. Happy that you and Kristi were able to celebrate your 37th Anniversary with carrot cake. Carrot cake is how we celebrate all birthdays and anniversaries in our family. I’m wondering if at this point your grandson has arrived? Congratulations!! The joy of a new life, and your proud Continuation. We’ll miss you next week at Eisenhower Medical Center. May you be well. ~ Michael
Joe and family, you have been and continue to be in my prayers. Cancer healing, as I know, is long and hard. Your peace and well being are my heart felt gifts to you. Blessings, Kathy
sending care and prayer your way, Joe, across the miles from Madeira, Portugal, with gratitude for all your work in supporting Richard and enabling the work of SALC
You’re in my daily prayers, a list that keeps getting longer the older I get. May God bless and keep you and your family/friends in his infinite comfort and care. May God’s will be done.
Hi Joe! Congratulations to all on the beautiful new baby! May you all be well, be happy, and live with ease! Sharon
Dear Joe, I was thinking of you today and appreciating the lovely website we use for the Anamcara Program. It is so well done. I hope that you are doing ok. and pray that you receive the grace to persevere through these challenging times. Know that you are respected and loved, Beth Frank
Hi Joe, I dont know you, but I arrived onto the Sacred Heart of living website and saw this invitation to share a prayer, and I felt clearly called to participate. I can see a deep joy in your smile and eyes in the photo of you. I feel, from my heart, deep care and compassion for the experience that you are having with the journey that you are on. I send my blessings, my love, my optimism, my hope. Let all the energies of healing be with you. Warmly, Elizabeth
Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers Joe. John and Kate McGreevey
Thank you for your words of wisdom. I see them bunnies taking care of you and love the imagery. I want to thank you for all you have done and let you know I appreciate you. You have always been so helpful at the Anamcara events and your presence quiet and sooo helpful. Prayers, love and energy continue for you and your journey. God continue to bless you and your family.