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William C Beckman's avatar

I’m happy to see the action of the Diocese of Arlington. Someday, the Church may come to fulfill its social teaching in practice as well as in word.

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Daniel Quick's avatar

Really appreciated the biography of St Camillus as that was also the reason I became a nurse almost 30 years ago to live a Christ centered profession. Unfortunately with the way the health care organizations especially the nursing homes exploit the nurses and CNAs staffing to the least amount of staff to take care of the people who deserve so much better cares, but when you only have 2 nurses and 2 CNAs for 65+ people it's impossible to do the job right, and I had to go on disability for heart and lung problems after 26+ years lest I give myself a heart attack trying to do an impossible job.

The most important thing when I graduated as a Catholic nurse in 1994 was getting my palms blessed to take care of others, and unfortunately I feel like too many caring people like me are taken advantage of for the almighty dollar bill signs of turning nursing homes into geriatric prisons, so to speak as I also worked 7 years at a prison too during my career, and the inmates had better lives than the patients in the nursing homes I've worked at 18+ years. I guess my only consolation is now that I'm disabled on SSI living at home, I'm lucky enough to have my church deacon bring me weekly communion and about every 3-6 months our priest blesses my hands and head again, this time for anointing of the sick. That and my daily prayer readings 📚 including these emails are my main ways of lifting my cross of bad health now up unto the Good Lord Jesus, with the hopes of one day myself being pleasing in His everloving Presence, thanks to His love and mercy

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