Waukesha, WI – “Pastors always have warm spots for people they pray with,” said Rev. Pat Heppe who offered this Christmas blessing for neighbors in West Bend.”
On this Christmas Day Rev. Heppe bestowed a warm blessing upon the neighbors in West Bend, Slinger and Washington County.
During a recent sit down in Waukesha, Rev. Heppe recalled a darker day in November.
“Everyone just came together,” said Rev. Pat Heppe as he sat in his office across from St. William Catholic Church in Waukesha.
Heppe was one of more than 60 injured when a man out on bail drove his SUV into the Waukesha Christmas Parade on November 21, killing six people, including a child.
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Heppe was reassigned by the Archdiocese in 2019, moving from Holy Angels Parish to the Catholic Community of Waukesha; that area includes parishes St. John Neumann, St. William, St. Mary and St. Joseph; Catholic Memorial High School and the Waukesha Catholic School System.