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From Canada, comes this great story about a deacon who gave up a high-paying executive position to work with the homeless as the chaplain of the Ottawa Mission.<\/p>\n

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We come upon the official chaplain, Tom Donohue, a Catholic deacon since 2003. He has an office right by the front door on Waller Street, where he keeps a row of model cars -GM muscle machines, mostly -and a picture on his computer of his baby, a 1971 Pontiac LeMans, two-door, midblue. One sweet ride.<\/p>\n

The cars are a great icebreaker, he says. Many is the conversation that has started with a story about the old \u201957 Chev sitting on the bookcase, above the Bibles. He also wears a leather Ottawa Senators jacket, an immediate talking point, and rides a motorcycle.<\/p>\n

Donohue, 57, was an executive in the telecom business, including Telus, overseeing a large staff and multimillion-dollar contracts with the federal government.<\/p>\n

After 34 years, he traded it all in a couple of years ago: his salary is now less than the taxes he paid on his sixfigure income.<\/p>\n

But no regrets.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to start feeding my soul instead of my wallet,\u201d says Donohue, a father of three grown children. \u201cThat\u2019s my line.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donohue keeps regular hours and an open-door policy. The homeless don\u2019t make appointments, he has learned. They just show up when they\u2019re ready.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not about me fixing their life,\u201d he says. \u201cOften, they have no one who will listen to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He is a remarkably upbeat character, with a loud laugh that explodes from some deep, happy well. A good thing, too, as his visitors are enduring tough times.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey may believe that God loves them and forgives them, but they can\u2019t forgive themselves,\u201d says Donohue. \u201cShame is the biggest challenge. There\u2019s tons of shame.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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