Inspiration, faith found in rounds by a VA chaplain
Submitted on March 10, 2010
By Rick DelVecchio | Catholic San Francisco
Jose Luis Aguirre/Catholic San Francisco
PALO ALTO, Calif. (CNS) -- To watch Capuchin Father James Stump at work is to see a Christ-centered "ministry of presence" in action as a daily routine.
A chaplain at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, Father Stump makes his rounds with one purpose in mind: to invite sick and wounded veterans to encounter the living Christ.
Father Stump is quick in his step and quick with a joke as he goes about his work.
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