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07-04-05, 06:41 PM
safetyblitz wrote:
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Cool people, you got out your opinions, but still no one answered the question on exactly what is the man besides a figure head?
I see the Catholics on TV journeying to see him, I see people crying, heck I have seen people running just to get a glimpse of the man and I just want to know what he means from the eyes of a Catholic person, so I can have a basic understanding of where they are coming from. 
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Whilst the rest of the world lauds the 'work' of the late Pope...
...how about we spare a moment and remember someone who eschewed a comfortable middle-class life-style to help the disabled and disadvantaged in of all places, Khan Yunus and the Gaza Strip.
Dr Jean Calder is a 68 year old woman living and working in the Middle East. Whilst most her age are already retired, she's still helping the physically and mentally disabled of our Ummah.
No 24 hour protection for her, no palatial home, no First Class airfares, no pats on the back, no gala ceremonies.
Truly one of life's unsung heroines.
Jean lives across the road from the centre with three disabled Palestinians. She's cared for them for the last 25 years. In 1981, when Jean Calder was working in Lebanon, she heard about two abandoned Palestinian orphans.
DR JEAN CALDER: Somebody had asked me, or told me that there were a couple of children in the children's hospital, disabled children, that were not getting any stimulation. I started to work with them on a daily basis. Actually, I can remember walking through the camps that were a bit muddy with Hamoudi on my back and my little bag with toys and things and I thought, "Jean, this is you," I mean this is what I wanted to do.
Incase anyone would like to learn more about true selflessness, you can read the transcript of her interview at:
http://news.sbs.com.au/dateline/ind...ysum=2005-04-06 under the title Dr Jean Calder - Doctor of Hope.
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