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Father Groeschel Suffers Stroke
Posted by Daily Blog
Monday, March 30, 2009 9:35 AM
Father Groeschel speaks last October during EWTN's Family Celebration at Northern Illinois University. (CNS)Father Benedict Groeschel, whose whole life has been spent preaching the Gospel, suffered a minor stroke in mid-March, leaving him with some speech difficulties.
Father Benedict made the news public on his regular Sunday evening talk show March 29 on the Eternal Word Television Network, “Sunday Night Life with Father Benedict Groeschel.”
Appearing before a life audience, the 75-year-old Franciscan Friar of the Renewal noted that he had missed the show the previous Sunday because he had suffered a stroke overnight March 20-21. Another member of his community, Father Andrew Apostoli, also well-known to EWTN viewers, substituted for him.
Father Benedict’s speech was obviously impaired as he revealed the news, and he misspoke Father Andrew’s name as Father Augustine.
He also confused a recent story in the news when he said that the University of Notre Dame was receiving an award from President Obama.
But Father Benedict said that his speech difficulties improve as he continues to talk, and, in fact, by the time the one-hour program was over, he was speaking much more normally. He even poked fun at himself for getting Father Andrew’s name wrong: “I’ll never live that down.”
His guest on the program was author Immaculée Ilibagiza, whose book “Left to Tell” described her experience during the mid-1990s tribal conflict in Rwanda that left 800,000 people dead. Although the subject of the interview was her new book, “Our Lady of Kibeho,” and the Vatican’s approval of the apparition, Father Benedict and callers to the program also discussed Ilibagiza’s survival of the atrocities in Rwanda and the role her faith played in it.
As if to drive home the need for faith and hope during such times, Father Benedict near the end of the program repeated the news that he had suffered a stroke. He said he decided to go ahead with his program so that viewers who may be suffering in some way won’t give up.
Father Groeschel also announced that he was beginning a new series on the network.
— John Burger
Prayers for a sweet and humble Padre...
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Prayers for a swift and full recovery
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Prayers for a wonderful priest. He is an inspiration and deeply loved..
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Indeed...prayers for a wonderful priest, and one who I have been priveledged to meet!
May God be with him always...
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Prayers for Fr. Benedict.
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Prayers for the full recovery of Father Benedict
"One day all our ethnic traits ... will have disappeared. Time itself is seeing to this. And so we can not think of our communities as ethnic parishes, ... unless we wish to assure the death of our community."
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Prayers to our Blessed Lady, his guardian angel, and St. Benedict of Nursia for his full recovery.
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My heartfelt prayers for one with such a loving heart and such an excellent ministry to so many! That he recovers the use of his speech and returns to good health quickly.
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Lord of the Powers be with us, for in times of distress we have no other help but You.
Lord of the Powers, have mercy on Fr. Groeschel, the Friars, and all of those who are greiving.
Lord of the Powers be with us, for in times of distress we have no other help but You.
Lord of the Powers, have mercy on Mother Angelica.
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