Posted by Robin on 9/12/2009, 12:09 pm, in reply to "So much to remember..."
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: This story touched me today
:
: - by Jenny Schroedel on Boundless Webzine
:
: Like so many of the doctors and nurses who
: rushed to Ground Zero to help, my seminary
: classmates Fr. Kevin Scherer and Fr.
: Nicholas Andruchow didn't find the survivors
: they were hoping to meet and minister to.
: Instead, they found twisted steel, melted
: fiberglass and charred body fragments.
:
: It looked at first as if there was nothing
: to do. But then, they stumbled into a small
: Catholic chapel just across the street. The
: chapel had been transformed into a
: convenience store and bedroom for the
: firefighters, police officers and rescue
: workers. The altar was littered with
: cigarette butts.
:
: Suddenly, they realized that there was
: something they could do. "We cleaned
: out the altar area and cleared off the
: cigarette butts," Fr. Kevin said. He
: continued:
:
: We were able to find all of the
: liturgical hardware that had been removed.
: We set everything up, lit candles, and
: placed some kneelers in front of the altar.
: Almost immediately, the rescue workers began
: to gather in front of the altar to pray ...
: it was obvious that many of the workers were
: craving a place to pray. It was the missing
: ingredient.
:
: Lord have mercy.
:
: gazelle
:
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