Home for retired priests in Palos Park a godsend
Pulling pranks on each other and raiding the refrigerator are evidence that the priests who live at the Bishop Lyne Residence in Palos Park feel at home there.
For 10 years, the residence also has given the retired priests a place to stay where they still can feel connected to the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese of Chicago.
To Rev. James Moriarty and others, that means staying involved with the church without feeling they are imposing on local parish priests. Until the residence opened in February 2001, retired priests either stayed in residence at their parish, tried to find room at another parish with housing space or lived independently, Moriarty said.
“When you reach that big moment (of retirement), it’s your choice,” he said. “It was a great decision to move out here.”
The grounds of the Bishop Lyne Residence, 12375 McCarthy Road, are shared by the Holy Family Villa nursing home and the St. Francis of Assisi Residence, an assisted-living facility. Each of the 18 furnished apartments for the priests includes a kitchenette, living room, bedroom and bathroom. Cleaning and laundry services are provided, as are most meals and snacks.
“They go downstairs and raid the refrigerator (between meals),” said Bobbi Magurany, the administrator of the nursing home next door and the self-proclaimed “den mother” for the priests.
The facility, named after Bishop Timothy Lyne, the archdiocese’s longtime vicar for senior priests and an advocate for retired clergy, also has a small private chapel for daily Mass and prayers, and the residents can sign up to preside over the morning Mass. Many of the priests also stay involved with their previous parishes or the nearby Poor Clare Monastery.
The residents also have their hobbies to keep them busy. Rev. George McKenna, who at 92 is the oldest resident, has written four books pulled from his sermons. He also still holds the position as chaplain at Midway Airport, a position he created in 1988.
Moriarty volunteers to lead Mass and also enjoys reading and spends part of every day keeping up with the news.
“I love the news. I read all the newspapers from stem to stern (each morning) and then I go up to my room and read it all on the Internet,” he said.
Fourth Of July Jokes - News
They also know how to have a good time, holding several parties and events each year, from an annual Fourth of July picnic to seminary reunions. And like with many groups, there are good jokes among friends. Walsh, in particular, is a practical joker,
Deborah Puette's Alma is burning, set alight by a firecracker the recently graduated doctor John Buchanan (Jason Dechert, in a role made for him) casually tosses at her during Glorious Hill, Mississippi's Fourth of July celebration.
the fish counting (where a Fish & Game official regulates the fishing open and closed hours by counting the fish coming up the river) in Dillingham, where Todd salmon fishes every year in July, and where the Palin family usually spend 4th of July.
On July 4, 1999, my wife and I went to see South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut at a multiplex on the pedestrian mall in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia. After 80 minutes of shit jokes, clit jokes, sodomy jokes, and blasphemies both sacred and secular
Between the picnic tables and the grassy lawn, it's like your neighbor's Fourth of July party every time you visit. And if you're lucky, you might even get to pet Hamburger, the unofficial yard cat. The Wolf Den (1305 N. Virginia St.): Formerly known
Top Ten Fourth of July Jokes
As far as holidays go, American Independence Day is just not as funny as Halloween, Christmas or Thanksgiving. I base this bold statement on the number of holiday jokes we get from kids at www.JokesByKids.com . Halloween is the runaway winner, followed by Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Poor 4th of July barely makes a showing. But as summer approaches, and those cold weather holidays are a distant memory, we have to make due with the jokes we have at hand. So, without further ado, here are the top ten 4th of July jokes sent in by kids (and one grownup) from all over the country.
10) What’s red, white, blue, and green?
Fourth Of July Jokes - Bookshelf
Toaster's Handbook. Jokes, Stories, and Quotations
FOURTH OF JULY "You are in favor of a safe and sane Fourth of July? ... One Fourth of July night in London, the Empire Music Hall advertised special ...A quiet fourth of July
The Boys of NV w York End Men's Joke Book. Containing a great vsrietj of the latest jokes used by th« most famous end men. No amateur mimstrels is complete ...Mark Twain and metaphor
Still, we can find any number of jokes in his collected works, jokes worthy of a close ... The thunder of our two brave cannon announced the Fourth of July, ...2000 sure-fire jokes for speakers and writers, the encyclopedia of one-liner comedy
FOURTH OF JULY The July 4th week end is really a fabulous experience. ... You know the nice thing about the 4th of July nowadays? ...A Collection of Jokes and Funny Stories
Do they have a 4th of July in England? Yes/No 2. How many birthdays does the average man have? 3. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? 4. ...Day-to-day News Directory
Fourth of July
Subj: Fourth Of July Articles and Jokes. Includes the following: ... every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers. who file by the White House ...
Fourth of July Groaners - Part Two | Joke of the Day
"How was the food at the Fourth of July picnic? "The hot dogs were bad and the brats were wurst!" What did Washington say as he crossed the Delaware? ...
4th of July Jokes " Joke of the Day – Jokes of the Day
July 3, 2009 at 11:10 am (Daily Joke, Daily Jokes, Funny, Funny Humor, ... 4th of July Jokes. Funny Jokes – 4th of July Jokes How is a healthy person like the United ...
Free 4th July Jokes, July Fourth Jokes from 101Kidz.com
It's Fourth Of July! Send clean family jokes to your loved onces to celebrate Independence Day.
Funny Fourth Of July Jokes | July 4th Jokes | Independence ...
... Funny Free 4th (Fourth) of July Jokes, Riddles and Clean Humor | July 4th Jokes | Independence Day Jokes | The largest collection of free Holiday ...