Inspiration, faith found in rounds by a VA chaplain

Submitted on March 10, 2010
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By Rick DelVecchio | Catholic San Francisco
Capuchin Father James Stump visited with patient Valentino Juanitas in early December in the acute-care ward at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. Father Stump said he makes his rounds with one purpose in mind — to invite sick and wounded veterans to encounter the living Christ.
Capuchin Father James Stump visited with patient Valentino Juanitas in early December in the acute-care ward at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Palo Alto, Calif. Father Stump said he makes his rounds with one purpose in mind — to invite sick and wounded veterans to encounter the living Christ.
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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