Papal Paper

What to get the man who pretty much has everything?

That was the quandary faced by Montecito Bank & Trust president George Leis when, as chairman of the National YMCA, he had an audience with 87-year-old Pope Francis at the Vatican earlier this month.

His Holiness was presented with a book created by Fr Joe Schwab, OFM, and Ian Craddock from the Santa Barbara Mission, with pictures and historical accounts of the Old Mission Santa Barbara both past and present.

George also presented the pontiff a copy of Father Larry Gosselin’s book I Have Been Waiting for You, along with a copy of the letter to the ubiquitous fun loving Franciscan friar from the late Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who died in 1997.

A most memorable occasion…