Well, whether or not the religious appreciated the special visit from a ferret, I cannot say. I too think God works in mysterious ways. From what I have been able to ascertain, Father so-and-so, the one who "got attacked by the ferret" was in his private residence. So I have no one else to ask as how the situation arose in the first place. Was it really a ferret, were there open entrances (not that an obviously open entrance has to be available for a determined ferret...LOL!), was he in a rural parish, etc., etc. It obviously happened many years ago, and we all know how stories get better with every retelling over the years. I know if I woke up with a "strange ferret" (i.e., one that does not already reside here....) I would consider it an honor. Catherine, Pato, Snowball, Hubert and Elsie "Behind the Zion Curtain" [Posted in FML issue 2559]