Tampa Adult Entertainment: Franciscan friar finds need just outside doors of Most Holy Redeemer in Tampa
October 22, 2009Franciscan friar the Rev. John Aurilia has a little fun while talking with, from left, Peggy Diakow and Beverly MIkolash on Monday as they filled bags in the pantry of Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Tampa. [WILLIE J. ALLEN JR. | Times]
NORTH TAMPA — Every morning, he starts the day with prayer.
In a brown robe and sandals, he flips through his prayer book, bound in a black leather case. Here, in the small chapel at the church where he is pastor, his life makes sense.
Anywhere else, the Rev. John Aurilia stands out — for what he wears, for how he lives. “That’s the life of the gospel, you know?”
The contrast is visible on the streets of E Linebaugh and Central avenues, near Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church where he is the pastor. When he’s not visiting the homebound or parishioners in the hospital, he spends time talking to homeless people, drug addicts and prostitutes, just outside the church’s doors.
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