Reflections from Bolivia
Fr. John Swing, former dean of the Wisconsin Rapids Deanery and pastor of
Sacred Heart in Nekoosa and St. Alexander in Port Edwards,
accompanied Bishop Jerome Listecki and others from the diocese on a pastoral visit to
Bolivia and
Peru in January
2009.
One of the destinations was Holy Cross Parish in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where Fr. John had served as a mission priest from 1975 to 1981.
Fr. John's story of how a "prayer shawl" provided
special comfort to a grateful woman named Bendigna.