About Father Rick Wendell

"There’s no 'moderate’ in Rick Wendell’s approach to life.

Whether on the hockey rink, ski slopes, hunting fields training his Labrador-retriever dogs, the seat of a motorcycle or behind the wheel of a car, Wendell pushes himself to the limit.

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His full-steam ahead approach nearly sidelined him permanently the summer before college, when he crashed his motorcycle, putting him in a Minnesota emergency room, followed by an immediate trip to the operating room where he underwent eight hours of surgery. His helmet saved his life, believes Wendell, whose left wrist contains a ragged scar — a reminder of his brush with death..." (Catholic Herald 2006).