{"id":258039,"date":"2017-12-01T14:27:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleteia.org\/?post_type=post&p=258039"},"modified":"2017-12-01T14:27:11","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T19:27:11","slug":"a-farewell-to-arm-francis-xaviers-forearm-to-go-on-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2017\/12\/a-farewell-to-arm-francis-xaviers-forearm-to-go-on-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"A farewell to arm: Francis Xavier’s forearm to go on tour"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

From the CBC<\/strong><\/a> in Canada:<\/p>\n

Ang\u00e8le Regnier says travelling the country with the\u00a0465-year-old severed right forearm\u00a0of St. Francis Xavier will be \u201clike doing a road trip with a friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I know\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0bones, but connected to that is a living friendship with\u00a0St. Francis\u00a0Xavier,\u201d\u00a0Regnier, the\u00a0co-founder of Ottawa\u2019s Catholic Christian Outreach, told As It Happens <\/em>guest host Helen Mann.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sure there\u2019ll be a lot of interesting conversations as we go around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regnier\u00a0will accompany the sacred Catholic relic from Rome to Ottawa before embarking on a\u00a014-city tour of Canada from Jan. 3 to Feb. 2.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re very nervous, first of all, of exposing it to the cold of Canada. I enlisted some women to make me a coat for him you know?\u201d\u00a0Regnier\u00a0said.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, she said the church\u00a0has provided her with a duffel bag\u00a0lined with foam specifically made for transporting the relic.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the end, I don\u2019t think I need to make him a parka,\u201d she said with a laugh.<\/p>\n

The saint will, however, get its own seat on the flight.<\/p>\n

You can\u2019t just toss the arm that baptized over 100,000 people into the cargo bay and hope for the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t put it underneath. We can\u2019t even put it in the overhead bins. Like, he has to have his own seat,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re trying to explain this to Air Canada. We need to book a seat. He is a person in a way, but it\u2019s not a person, it\u2019s an arm.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regnier also had to get official paperwork from Italy and clear her plans with the airline ahead of time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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