AT WORK - Brother Patrick Corr still works out of his compact office on the first floor of St. John of God Skilled Nursing Care Center five days a week. Photo by R. W. Dellinger
The 95-year-old Irish religious is referring to nothing less than the development of an entire ministry.
By R.W. Dellinger
Opened in 1942 as a nursing home with 12 beds for men with long-term illnesses and incurable diseases, today the seven-acre urban oasis at Adams Boulevard and Western Avenue offers continuum care to the sick and elderly via separate Mediterranean-style buildings for skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living. And in 2007, a separate residence for Alzheimer's patients and other memory impaired seniors opened largely through the fund-raising prowess of Brother Patrick, as he's known, whose grin and chuckle come about as often as cloudy days and winter rains do to his homeland.
All together, 252 men and women call St. John of God Retirement and Care Center their home today....
About being 95, the president of the Hospitaller Foundation, which he founded in 1965, says he still gets excited every morning leaving the room he shares with an elderly resident in the skilled nursing care center, thinking about how to keep improving St. John of God Retirement and Care Center. He works four to five hours every weekday, making calls and meeting with steadfast supporters and, of course, potential new donors.
"I have great energy, thanks be to God," he says. "I used to complain about having to walk four miles home from school every day. But that made me strong and healthy. And I still walk a lot. I have no trouble with my diet. I still like corn beef and cabbage, but I don't get too much of it today.
"And I'm still working harder than ever," he notes with a nod. "I think this place has been a tremendous grace when you think of it. It's unique in the city - to take care of the sick and elderly all these years. I never dreamed that it would become what it's become." [rc]
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October 31, 2009
USA: Brother Patrick Corr, 95, keeps 'plowing along'
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LOS ANGELES, California / The Tidings / October 31, 2009
"Raising money is not a pleasant job. It's much more difficult than taking care of people"
AT WORK - Brother Patrick Corr still works out of his compact office on the first floor of St. John of God Skilled Nursing Care Center five days a week. Photo by R. W. Dellinger
The 95-year-old Irish religious is referring to nothing less than the development of an entire ministry.
By R.W. Dellinger
Opened in 1942 as a nursing home with 12 beds for men with long-term illnesses and incurable diseases, today the seven-acre urban oasis at Adams Boulevard and Western Avenue offers continuum care to the sick and elderly via separate Mediterranean-style buildings for skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living. And in 2007, a separate residence for Alzheimer's patients and other memory impaired seniors opened largely through the fund-raising prowess of Brother Patrick, as he's known, whose grin and chuckle come about as often as cloudy days and winter rains do to his homeland.
All together, 252 men and women call St. John of God Retirement and Care Center their home today....
About being 95, the president of the Hospitaller Foundation, which he founded in 1965, says he still gets excited every morning leaving the room he shares with an elderly resident in the skilled nursing care center, thinking about how to keep improving St. John of God Retirement and Care Center. He works four to five hours every weekday, making calls and meeting with steadfast supporters and, of course, potential new donors.
"I have great energy, thanks be to God," he says. "I used to complain about having to walk four miles home from school every day. But that made me strong and healthy. And I still walk a lot. I have no trouble with my diet. I still like corn beef and cabbage, but I don't get too much of it today.
"And I'm still working harder than ever," he notes with a nod. "I think this place has been a tremendous grace when you think of it. It's unique in the city - to take care of the sick and elderly all these years. I never dreamed that it would become what it's become." [rc]
Extracted short version. Read full report here.
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AT WORK - Brother Patrick Corr still works out of his compact office on the first floor of St. John of God Skilled Nursing Care Center five days a week. Photo by R. W. Dellinger
The 95-year-old Irish religious is referring to nothing less than the development of an entire ministry.
By R.W. Dellinger
Opened in 1942 as a nursing home with 12 beds for men with long-term illnesses and incurable diseases, today the seven-acre urban oasis at Adams Boulevard and Western Avenue offers continuum care to the sick and elderly via separate Mediterranean-style buildings for skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living. And in 2007, a separate residence for Alzheimer's patients and other memory impaired seniors opened largely through the fund-raising prowess of Brother Patrick, as he's known, whose grin and chuckle come about as often as cloudy days and winter rains do to his homeland.
All together, 252 men and women call St. John of God Retirement and Care Center their home today....
About being 95, the president of the Hospitaller Foundation, which he founded in 1965, says he still gets excited every morning leaving the room he shares with an elderly resident in the skilled nursing care center, thinking about how to keep improving St. John of God Retirement and Care Center. He works four to five hours every weekday, making calls and meeting with steadfast supporters and, of course, potential new donors.
"I have great energy, thanks be to God," he says. "I used to complain about having to walk four miles home from school every day. But that made me strong and healthy. And I still walk a lot. I have no trouble with my diet. I still like corn beef and cabbage, but I don't get too much of it today.
"And I'm still working harder than ever," he notes with a nod. "I think this place has been a tremendous grace when you think of it. It's unique in the city - to take care of the sick and elderly all these years. I never dreamed that it would become what it's become." [rc]
Extracted short version. Read full report here.
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