From Hidden Brain Media, I'm Shankharvedanthe. This is my unsung hero, stories where one person reached

out to help another in a time of need.

Hello, I would like to thank my unsung hero.

He invited me to come over for Christmas because we're both...

We're both...

We're my unsung heroes. I just want to say thank you.

Today's story comes from Jesuit priest, Jim Martin.

In 2000, Jim's father was diagnosed with lung cancer. One of the people he will never forget from that time was a nun named Janice Farnam.

Janice was one of Jim's professors in theology school and had become a family friend.

She'd taken a particular shine to Jim's father.

And right before he died, Janice said to me,

well, I'd like to come visit him.

Now, she lived in Boston, and, you know, she's on a Catholic sister's budget,

right? They take a vow of poverty. And Janice got on a train, took the

train down five hours to Philadelphia, took another commuter train, found her way to the hospital,

spent time with my dad, got back in the train,

and went back home.

And I thought it was one of the nicest things

that anyone has ever done for me. And I said, you know, I can't believe

you didn't. She said, of course, you know, why wouldn't I want to come down and see your dad?

So this just really gracious, generous gesture of love and the fact that a Catholic sister would come

down and visit my dad was a big deal for him. It's very moving. And I think it prepared him for, you know, his death. He died, I think a week or two later.

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