Essay Archive - On The Left Side
On The Left Side
When a rich man donated some money to St. Finbar's, which is a
catholic church in Conn in Ireland, some of the money was spend on
electrical wall-heaters in the right half of the church and some of it was
spend on medical aid to the people of Burundi. A missionary, Philomena
O'Halloran, was sent to Burundi and to raise money to support her mission,
a special missionary box was mounted on the counter of the grocer's. At
Christmas after twenty years O'Halloran sent a young man to Conn as a
Christmas present. When the young man, Friday, arrived people were
surprised, for he looked like O'Hallo....
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