Do You Have Prince Albert in a Can?

Father Z. reports:

The Guard Takes an Oath to Protect the Pope

 I have a project for us all.

When I was in Rome last October with a pilgrimage group for the Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage (there is another coming up this October – see the ad on the sidebar), we had a private tour of the barracks of the Swiss Guards.  The tour that day was conducted by the fiancee of one of the Corporals of the Guard.   They are now married, by the way.  When we were in the armory, she explained how uncomfortable the breastplates are for the men, because they are not individually crafted.   Imagine.

However, she said that her fiancee, now husband, the Corporal wanted to get an individually fitted breastplate.

It would coast 6000 Euro, which was out of their reach on a guard’s salary. However, my heart melted when she said it would have St. Joseph on the front and St. Joan of Arc on the back.

So Father Z. did something. He began a campaign to raise the money to pay for a custom made breastplate. And....

 Hurray!  You did it.

Cpl. Bergamin