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A friend in need

My brother has become good friends with one of the priests that is on the admin staff at the seminary little bro is attending. For years, he had been telling me about this wonderful priest who is intelligent, funny, and battling illness that has left him wheelchair bound for the most part. Occasionally he can stand, but then his balance is so gone that he'll just spontaneously collapse. I finally had a chance to meet him this past April when Bill was ordained a deacon, and was shocked at how young Fr is. I was thinking that he was an elderly priest, only to find out that he's slightly older than I am.

In talking to my brother yesterday, he mentioned that Fr is getting sicker, and yesterday couldn't make the 4 steps he has to get up to get into his quarters. Bill offered to carry him, but I suspect Fr isn't quite ready to get to that point. Bill's concerned that the medicines he's had to take for so long, are now making Fr a good bit sicker. He desperately needs a proper ramp, but because of the location of the steps, the building will have to be partially rebuilt. So about $5000 to make rennovations. They're hoping the local Knights of Columbus will help out, but there are no guarantees.

If you're of the praying sort, please throw an extra prayer in both for Fr, and for some source of income for the school to be able to put in the necessary handicapped accessible features.

posted by MyHusbandRules @ 11:15 AM