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Tim Molak’s legacy will forever be stamped on the Priory: thebuildingsandgrounds,therigorousacademic standards, the warm and supportive community, and the integrated and shining Benedictine values. As Father Maurus said in his chapel talk, “Tim, you worked hard. You deserve the credit and all of our appreciation. The future of the Priory is well-established.” With wistfulness, Tim is already anticipating missing his lovely Portola Valley community, seeing coyotes and wild turkeys outside his door and trees marching up the hillside, knowing the Robert’s Market cashiers and the gas station attendants by name. “When I start to pack to move out of my house, that’s when it’s really going to hit me,” he says. He knows he’ll be back to visit often and to see the monks. Tim also hopes to do some traveling and visit other Benedictine schools he never got to previously, but he looks forward to every day being like Saturday, where he can just take his time reading the morning paper. His new neighbors down in Campbell will surely appreciate when he tidies the yard and plants or paints something, because it’s doubtful that Tim will be able to sit still for long. He’ll be busy creating a new home and community, painting on this new canvas. Back here at his Priory home, though, we’ll be missing him. Nancy Newman leaves us with this message of appreciation: “Thank you for creating a place that makes us feel that when we are driving down the Priory driveway, we are coming home.”
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