{"id":14199,"date":"2022-08-17T11:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/?p=14199"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:54:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:54:58","slug":"donor-spotlight-helen-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/it\/donor-spotlight-helen-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Donor Spotlight &#8211; Helen White"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-image align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.franciscansusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Franciscan-Internation-Awards-Prior-Lake-MN-004.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>The friars would like to wish friend and supporter, Helen White, a Happy 100 years! Helen and her late husband, Bill, sold the land on which the Franciscan Retreat Center in Prior Lake, MN now rests to the friars in the early 1960s. When friar Urban Wagner surveyed the property and asked Bill and Helen how much they wanted for the property, they told him their price and Urban said to himself, \u201cLet\u2019s see, we can afford 30 acres then.\u201d \u201cNo father,\u201d they said in unison, \u201cYou want 60 acres.\u201d Essentially, they gave the friars the additional 30 acres.<\/p>\n<p>Helen remained an active retreatant until just a few years ago. She once told friar Bob Roddy that the friars from Chaska would sometimes come out on the farm and help Bill bail hay. \u201cIf I had a pitcher of Tom Collins\u2019 waiting for them, we never lacked for help,\u201d she grinned.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The friars would like to wish friend and supporter, Helen White, a Happy 100 years! Helen and her late husband, Bill, sold the land on which the Franciscan Retreat Center in Prior Lake, MN now rests to the friars in the early 1960s. 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