My co-collaborator on the blog and column, Cathy Johnston, works for Providence Centralia Hospital on the state's West side. On Ash Wednesday, someone walked away with the chapel's 2-foot ceramic Virgin Mary statue.
They tried to steal Joseph, too. And broke him while trying.
“Either they were interrupted or they didn't like the condition they created for him,” Cathy told KING5 News.
“We just want our Mary back. They can bring her to the information desk at the front and we will welcome her home.”
See Cathy interviewed here.
Use your imagination. Help solve this crime. Why would someone steal a Mary statue?
Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with Catherine Johnston, an Olympia, Wash., writer who works in hospital administration, write about issues of grief when facing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.
Ask a question: Rebecca and Catherine answer grief questions in their syndicated EndNotes column for McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Email them at endnotescolumn@gmail.com.
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