austraLasia 1388
"A good word mixes well with good food" - become
virtual chaplain to a food chain!
PAKKRED (THA): 13th January 2006 -- As the Feast of
journalists, St. Francis de Sales, approaches, here is a story to
warm the heart, following hot on yesterday's story of 'Commendator
Colombo' with the world's only pizzeria-cum-printing press! The
ways of the Lord are infinite and unpredictable. Fr Charles
Velardo who has featured before in austraLasia, you may recall, for his
wonderful work running the Centre for the Blind at Pakkred in Thailand,
had a chance encounter almost a year ago with the executive chef of a
hotel belonging to a prestigious worldwide chain. During the
conversation, the chef told him that he was the president of a group of
Italian chefs scattered around the world.
The characteristic feature of this group was that it
was a virtual group using the Internet for all its communications and
contact. Would he be interested in being chaplain to this
group? "After all" said the chef, "a good word mixes well with
good food". Needless to say, Fr Velardo accepted with alacrity, thereby becoming the virtual chaplain
of more than 500 Italian chefs around the world, spanning all
continents. Eat your heart out, good reader!
Father V. pops a message into the ether from time to
time, both as a reply to personal messages and as his own contribution
to ongoing discussion by the group on the web. He has been much
heartened by the response. He knows for sure that he is read,
even by those who would keep religion out of their kitchens and far
from their lives as well.
Does the virtual chaplain taste gourmet food?
But of course - virtually! He assures austraLasia that if you are
looking for a good diet, you should try it. It is not fattening.
VOCABULARY
alacrity: fast, eagerly
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