a story

There was this girl. She was out on her own when she graduated high school, but was motivated enough to want to go to college. She moved from Texas to Kansas to realize her dreams, but two years later found herself broke and alone. The priest from her college Catholic Center called her up -- he had been relocated to the middle of Illinois, and wanted her to come too. It would be much cheaper. She said she would come if he found her a job.

He called back later with an apartment for her and a job to pay the rent. She came alone, and found friends and love and community.

True story.

There are still good priests and neat human beings in the world.