With her medical and spiritual training and experience, Sister Schoppy's presence at Transfiguration seems providential. Bishop, who wanted someone knowledgeable about health issues and theology for the position of pastoral associate. The Health and Wellness Committee is Msgr. Bishop's brainchild and a facet of parish life beginning to take hold nationally. It came from a personal conviction that we're not a body and soul dichotomy, but total well-being extends to the whole person.
Physical health affects the spiritual and spiritual health affects the body.
The fusion of body, mind and spirit is nothing new in recent years, but where it's recognized and nurtured is. It makes so much sense to go in and coordinate an outreach to those who are ill or are shut-ins. A church community is often the first stop for people moving into the area. There is an inherent ease in assessing one's physical condition, in certain areas, at the same locale as addressing one's spiritual needs. Thankfully this rang true for parishioner Bob Cantwell.