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A couple of updates\/clarifications on stories we’ve followed here in the past:<\/p>\n

The Staten Island pastor who took desperate measures to combat non-Mass-attending families has a new fan – the mother of one of the affected families<\/a><\/p>\n

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When she finally spoke to Father Cichon last week, they discussed the issue but the conversation then veered off in another direction, to Mrs. Santana’s financial problems. <\/p>\n

Recently remarried, the mother of four — including an 11-week-old — was up against some intractable deadlines with overdue bills. She told Father Cichon about her troubles, and he suggested she contact Catholic Charities, which she did. <\/p>\n

The agency offered some assistance but before could pursue it further, she came home one afternoon to find a handwritten note from Father Cichon, and a check to cover her bills, tucked into a floral wreath on her door. <\/p>\n

"I was floored," she said. "So many people say the church is just about money, but I want it to be known that in my situation, the church did just the opposite. I just want it known he was there for me when I needed him. He took the burden off my shoulders." <\/p>\n

Mrs. Santana acknowledged that she had not been a regular church-goer, and said Christopher’s father has custody of the fourth-grader every other weekend and often does not bring him to church. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

An on the Bethany Christian Services thing, a clarification that the Mississippi policy was not the national policy. <\/a> I think that was mentioned in one of the articles I linked, but perhaps it got glossed over in the heat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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