PRIEST MECHANIC

Last Night around the time to put on the generator Fr Thedeus headed for the garage to put on the generator so we could have some light for the evening hours. He was there quite a while and nothing happened. I decided to go check on him and found him pulling the starter cord with no result. He said he thought the petro (british for gas) was bad, as is often the case with deliveries to this rural area that is not even a town just a village. He drained the carburator bowl to get any sediment out. We tried again.No luck. He decided to change the spark plug which he said was a cheap Chinese one that Fr Priscus mistakenly had bought. He used the tools like a pro, which I have come to realize he is. He oversees and is the go to source for all mechanical problems that occur around here. Fr Priscus says His whole Klan is like that. Some other Priests in the Order from his clan have the same abilities. I find much of his day is occupied solving these practical problems. Fr Priscus is looking for a manager to start assuming this role. Fr Thedeus’s Father was a stone mason. I told him we have that in common. My Dad was a stone mason among many other things.