A different kind of Singer – David Parkes<br/><br/>

David Parkes is an Irishman born in 1955.  When he was younger he was a professional soccer player as well as the lead singer and founder of a band called the ‘David Parkes Band’.  However God had other plans for him.  In the year 1977 when he was at the peak of his career, he was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease, and the doctors were baffled.  In the year 1990 after his tenth surgery, the doctor said to him, “We have done all we can.”  At around the same time, his first-born son had health problems.  David completely lost trust in God.<br/><br/>

Fortunately, David had a group of friends who wished for him to regain his trust in God.  So they gave David and his wife plane tickets to Medjugorje, where they spent their honeymoon.  While David was in Medjugorje, he recovered completely from his disease.<br/><br/>

Thus, David Parkes decided to spend the rest of his life proclaiming the love of God by song and praise.<br/><br/>

In 1992, he composed a song that gives praise to life – “Let Me Live”, and he performed this song in Ireland in front of Mother Teresa and 30,000 audiences.<br/><br/>

David Parkes will be visiting Toronto and will be sharing on two occasions - one on Saturday, November 26, 7:00pm at Mt. Carmel’s Church, the other at our parish on the Monday, November 28, after the 8:00pm mass.  All parishioners are welcome to attend and praise God!