[Magdalen] Jennifer Durand honored

[Jon Egger]

That was an amazing article.  A local priest, Meg Rhoads, of Saint Ann's in
Lee's Summit, Mo, has MS.  She tuckers out half way through each service,
so the men in the parish made her a chair that she uses to pass out
communion.

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Grace & peace,
jon


On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, Judy, and it's even more amazing to see her in person! I don't
> believe I could do what she's doing.
> I was at the service with her about ten days ago and then saw the Stephen
> Hawking film the next day. They are pretty much at the same level
> physically.
>
> > On Dec 29, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > What an amazing story.
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Every December the Charlottesville paper produces a series called
> >> Distinguished Dozen about people in the community who are making or have
> >> made exceptional contributions to the community.
> >> Yesterday was the first in this year's series, and it featured the
> >> assistant rector at the Church of Our Saviour, which was my home parish.
> >> Jennifer has ALS and is still working in the parish, though the only
> >> movement she has now is of her head, with which she operates her
> >> wheelchair. A metal dot of some kind mounted on her forehead moves a
> cursor
> >> to select text on the computer which is then read in a surprisingly
> >> natural-sounding voice.  At any rate, I thought some of you might like
> to
> >> read the article:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/distinguished-dozen-als-doesn-t-stop-minister/article_55358e0a-8b0c-11e4-a5f9-abcece91bfad.html
> >>
> >> A few months ago the church staff participated in the ice bucket
> challenge
> >> with Jennifer doing the countdown from the sidelines.  They posted the
> >> video on FB.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Grace Cangialosi
> >> Ruckersville, VA
> >>
> >> It's a good thing Mary didn't have to wait for a Doctrine of the
> >> Incarnation
> >> before she said "Yes" to God.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > Western Michigan
>