Included are temporary occupants Frs. Ken Schroeder and Louis Schmit as they prepare for and await new assignments. The count in the infirmary is 18 priests and 3 brothers. The remaining 22 priests and 12 brothers do not require nursing care inside the infirmary except when they need occasional health recuperation and medical attention. Some of this number remain fully active and others are in alternate degrees of retirement.
Every individual has a ministry.
At one time they were the doers for others and now they humbly wait for assistance.for living their prayerful suffering ministry. They become the helpless children for whom Jesus has a special love. There comes time when a notice appears on the bulletin board outside chapel noting that a member's health is critical. This is the alert that death appears to be near. There is a revolving number of residents at St. Charles as some are called into the next life and others are welcomed as new members.