Dear Diary,I absolutely love this place and not just because of the impressive season of our Football team, but our priests are pretty impressive.
This article was on the news:
Priests Peddle For Cancer Research
A new twist in the fight against Cancer as people gather for an unusual competition on the campus of Notre Dame.
Those taking part, priests, who put their pride aside to raise money for Relay For Life.
Complete with their own pace car and checkered flag at the finish line, a handful of Notre Dame priests put their peddle power to the test Monday on tricycles.
Fr. Jerry Neyrey says, "I expect to come in last."Neyrey is one of the racers raising money for Relay For Life.
Neyrey says, "I'm a cancer survivor, so I have extra interest in raising money for fighting cancer."
This creative fund raiser called "Priests on Wheels" was quite funny for those in the crowd.
Sister Ann Joggin got quite a kick watching these "holy rollers" cut across campus on three wheels.
Sister Joggin says, "Some of these were my teachers when I studied in Boston that now teach here and some are my colleagues. They're willing to make fools of themselves for a good cause and have fun doing it."
Fr. Dan Parrish, C.S.C. says, "I guess it's rather odd."Parrish, the priest with the fastest feet, says this race will help them connect with students on campus.
Fr. Parrish, C.S.C. says, "They see us around in other things, on the altar in the Basilica, see us presiding mass, and then come and see us on a tricycle, a little disconnect there but it's good. It's for a good cause."
Thomas Mueller, a Notre Dame student says, "It's great entertainment. These are all guys that we see around campus and teaching classes and everything. It's nice to see them outside the classroom."
The woman behind this friendly tricycle competition among fathers, Deb Patterson, is a throat Cancer survivor. The manager of the campus coffeehouse is happy everyone had so much fun while raising much needed money for Cancer research at the same time.
Deb Patterson says, "These priests are the greatest."Patterson says she will continue raising money for Relay For Life the next couple months. But by far, this was her most unique and talked about fund raiser.http://www.fox28.com/News/index.php?ID=5835
