Parrish Center News Today

A month that seemed more like six finally ended by ringing a bell that said that day was at hand, a morning Id believed would never arrive.

When word got around that I had contracted squamous cell cancer in my neck, several well-meaning cancer survivors reached out and advised me to immediately head for MD Anderson in Houston, one of the nations premier cancer treatment centers.

If living teaches us anything, it should be how unpredictable and fleeting it is. This fact is never clearer than when we reach our mid-70s when seemingly half the names and faces on the obituary pages hadnt made it this far.

Calling, showing up. we have a food pantry. helping clean up the food pantry. right now in our parrish center -- nobody is allowed in the church. we cant shut the power off. theres sewage. waiting for a cleaning company to help with that. so right now my rectory has been helping with the sewage, trying to save what we can. theres a lot of damage. we dont know a number yet. >> its truly heart breaking. you know, a lot of people think of pastors and priests as being comforters and saying masses. y...