by Sister Chronicler | Jun 8, 2020 | Chronicle
An event, once described in human words, takes on an air of permanence. Perhaps this is why I’ve hesitated for so long to make a proper chronicle of the events of May 29, 2020. This was the day on which Robert Alois Streveler, known to all and sundry as Fr. Bob,...
by Sister Chronicler | Jun 4, 2020 | Reflections
I met Fr. Bob Streveler during St. Anthony’s Volunteer Week in the summer of 2015. I have to admit that I was a little bit intimidated by him. After all, he had a powerful voice and a confident gait. And he was probably at least a foot taller than my...
by Sister Chronicler | May 30, 2020 | Chronicle
There was more beauty in the world at the beginning of this day than at its end. For at the beginning of this day, our beloved housemate, Fr. Bob, was still here with us. But by the time the day had drawn to a close, he had suffered a fall that took his soul home to...
by Sister Chronicler | May 23, 2020 | Chronicle
About five days after Just Bob was here to shut down the boilers, I brought my window unit AC out of storage in the north corridor so that it could take up residence in the center window of my room. Such is the rapid transience of heating and cooling needs in...
by Sister Chronicler | May 15, 2020 | Chronicle
Footsteps, footsteps, door opening, door closing, footsteps, footsteps, door opening, vacuum cleaner, door closing, footsteps. The sounds of everyday life go on much as they did before the pandemic entered our lives. Fr. Bob gets his exercise in the corridors of the...
