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MEDIA ADVISORY President’s
Call for Reserves Touches St. Vincent de Paul Village received word early Friday, September 14, that Father Bill Metzdorf, executive director of Toussaint Youth Villages and a lieutenant colonel in the Army National Guard, has been called to active duty for 30 days in response to Tuesday’s attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
He has been assigned to notify families of those who were killed at the Pentagon, provide counseling and conduct funeral services. Metzdorf was conducting a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery when the attacks began.
Besides
his more than 15 years of service as a chaplain in the National
Guard, Metzdorf is a licensed marriage and family therapist. He
maintained a private practice for 20 years before joining his former
seminary classmate Father Joe Carroll at St. Vincent de Paul Village.
"His
decades of experience is one of the reasons he was called to active
duty," says Father Joe. "He’s committed to providing
assistance to the families who have suffered during our country’s
tragedy." In 1998, Metzdorf was recruited by Father Joe to head Toussaint Youth Villages, a program for children and teens consisting of the Toussaint Teen Center in downtown San Diego and PromiseLand Ranch, a residential facility for foster youths being developed in Campo, Calif. For more information, please call (619) 525-1608. # # # |
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