Thursday, January 27, 2011

Priest blessed dying police officer

Father Fausto Bailo
Note: Father Bailo just happens to be one of my Facebook friends.
As Sergeant Ryan Russell lay dying on Toronto’s frozen streets in the early morning hours of Jan. 12, a local priest was running late for his morning mass.

Father Fausto Bailo, a chaplain at the downtown Ernescliff College student centre on the University of Toronto campus, recalls approaching the intersection of Avenue and Davenport roads — and finding an unexpected scene of chaos.

Read more: National Post Article

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4 comments:

  1. Alexandra12:48 PM

    Thanks for sharing this. What a blessing for the officer.

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  2. Ed Sousa1:28 PM

    Thanks for sharing Esther.
    Another miracle of God's Mercy.

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  3. Mary B3:47 AM

    Thank you for posting. That's where my brother serves as well. We never know who will be called to help in a situation like that.

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  4. EC Gefroh11:16 AM

    Mary, praying for your brother's safety as well.

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