What happens when you put 65 men in close quarters, living, sleeping, studying, eating together almost 24 hours a day? Well, lots of things, but the one I want to mention today is disease. When 1/4 of those men go out to health care facilities once a week for assignment and 1/2 of those men go out to parishes once a week for assignment, they bring back diseases.
Last week, almost 1/3 of my class was down with a bad cold. I dodged that bullet. I had a blocked ear, and suspected that I may be getting the cold, but my sinus medication cleared that right up. Sunday morning (yesterday), I suspected that I was fighting something and sure enough a bit after lunch, I was sure. I did not dodge round 2. It appears to be a walking cold, last week some of our guys did not get out of bed for 2 days,
Life in the seminary. We had similar rounds of diseases last year, I guess it is all part of our discernment. We need to get all these things going around to toughen up our immune systems. There will be few enough of us out there in the future that coverage for sick priests is going to be an issue.
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