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Father Robert Bob Fessler fills in as a substitute servant
Retired priest spends one day a week at Northeast Georgia Medical Center's hospitals
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Robert “Bob” Fessler is a member of St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Oakwood. Recently named Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s Chaplain of the Year, the retired priest visits the sick in the area’s two hospitals. Fessler also acts as a ‘supply priest,’ filling in for vacationing preachers. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Father Robert “Bob” Fessler started and ended his career in the same way. “When I was ordained in Milwaukee (in May 1965), I didn’t have an assignment for about five or six weeks,” Fessler said. “Here I am, ordained and raring to go with nothing to do.”