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
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.
Dear Soul Friends, we have been reading your inspiring prayers and well wishes to Joe. He is humbled and moved to emotion with the outpouring of your love and support. Prayers can move mountains, and we thank you for helping him climb this one. Though God’s plan may be hard for us to understand, we know that your prayers lift Joe up, carrying him forward in grace and healing. Thank you for sharing your love! Kristi for Joe, Zach & Genna and baby Richter due Oct ’25!
Joe, I was pained in hearing of the news that you are unwell. You have been such a steadfast part of the SALC community; a trusted, kind and loved man. May your mother Mary be by your side as you navigate your way through this time and may God hold you in the palm of his hand. You will be in my thoughts and prayers Joe. Karen
Joe, I am sending love and light for the days ahead. I pray for your healing and the medical profession to support you in the most advanced ways possible. I pray for your support community to lift you up and to comfort and carry you during this time. I pray for Divine support that can and does go beyond our human efforts. May God’s peace be with you in the days ahead. Jennifer
Joe, you are regularly in our thoughts. This morning, I took a bike ride and made it a meditative prayer for you. I won’t take you through each mile, but just know that my prayer for you is that you will find the strength and endurance to go the miles, cut through the headwind, grind up the long hard uphills, skim over the quick ups and downs, and make it back to the warmth of your home to be with your family. Much love to you.
Dear Joe, Since Richard called and let me know about the difficult journey that you are on I have been thinking of you so often and wishing there is something I can do. However, if you have need for anything let me know. In the meantime I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. Warm blessing to you my friend. Leslie M.
Dear Joe, You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers here in Victoria, B.C. I remember you and all you have offered with deep gratitude. Kind. Patient. Generous. Caring. Creative. Fun-loving. Dedicated. Compassionate…These are aspects of your presence that I’ve felt consistently over the years and settings – in person, on-line, on the phone. Thank you for your gifts. Love and blessings to you on your healing journey. Debra C.
Joe you are in my thoughts and prayers. we had some great moments when you were up in Sandusky/Stein Hospice. We talked about all the great “spiritual” things, like good beer. Be well my friend and I’ll be throwing you positive vibes. Sincerely, Steve B
Dear Joe, Seriously sending love & Prayers for your healing. Diane and Peter
Dear Joe and family, With prayer’s and hope for strength and connection, for affirmation and depth of love for all of you.
From Marilou Duarte – Joe, sending you love and prayers daily for you, your Family and your SALC Family.
So sorry all of this is happening. Prayers for Joe & Family as well as Richard and SALC.
Holding you in the light, Joe. Thank you for all you faithfully do for SALC
Dear Jo ,May you be filled with healing love and light , Many blessings Brenda Mckervey
It is with deep sadness that I read Richard’s message about your illness Joe. You have been one of my most significant teachers on my journey with SALC and I have such a deep gratitude for your gentle and strong presence in every space I have been privileged to be in, thank you. May you be blessed in knowing how deeply you are loved by the whole of the SALC Community, I pray that the Lord holds you gently and tenderly at this time, may you be blessed and may you be well x
Dear Joe, I am holding you in my heart and in my prayers. The Light, Love, and Power of God surrounds you and upholds you during this time of trial. Thank you for everything you do to help SALC bring its gifts into our troubled world.
Joe, your creative talent and dedication has certainly contributed to my participation in SALC programs and you are instrumental in making the technology work. You have been the giver. Now is the time to receive . May you benefit from the treatments. May you find healing in the love of family and friends. May you find peace.
May healing, strength and peace be yours, special Joe. Love and a Hug, Meg
For special Joe….. Prayers for Healing, Peace, Light, Strength, Love and a Hug, Meg Oechslin, St. Albert
Dear Joe, I pray for you daily as I walk in the Ohio mornings at a nearby park. Your blessed skills in all you have brought to the programs of SALC is incredible and each and everyone of us around this beautiful earth is grateful for the beauty of your gifts. May our God, Mother Mary, and the Angels surround you and your family with healing, strength, love and peace. And may God bless the medical team as they deliver the best medical care for your healing.
Dear Joe, It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, but the SALC bonds are strong as shown by all these beautiful messages. May the love you’ve poured out through your attentive work in so many SALC programs to so many participants over the years return to you a hundred fold and more in courage, peace, and healing.