Fr del staigers biography
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Year for Priests: Love of nature inspires priest’s faith, ministry
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
By David Eck
DAYTON DEANERY — On the surface it might seem odd for a one-time farm boy to serve as pastor of an urban pastoral region but for Father P.
Del Staigers, a love of nature and the outdoors is never far away.
The office grounds of Dayton’s pastoral Region One are nicely landscaped, and there’s even a small fountain just outside the building’s back door.
Fr del staigers biography
That’s the way Father Staigers likes it.
“I grew up on a farm, so plants have always been in my blood, so to speak,” he said. “I do more landscaping these days.”
As a boy growing up on his family’s farm between Yellow Springs and Xenia, the priest developed a bond with nature.
He helped take care of the cows and sheared sheep, spending as much time as he could outside.
| Father Del Staigers with his dog, Thacker. The dog was often a subject of Father Stagiers’ homilies before Thacker died several months ago.
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