Inclusion

I served on the Parish Council with Father Sarkies for five years, and was constantly amazed at his desire to reach out to those less fortunate. He made a point of insisting that the parish be accessible to the disabled. He insisted on hearing devices. He sought more minorities. When a minority gay couple with adopted children sought a safe harbor to educate their children, he requested that accommodations be made to see that their children find an education at Holy Rosary. He often spoke of the radical power of the message of Jesus, using the original sense of the word radical, meaning root. To get to the root of the message of Jesus was his life's work.