Galveston County Daily News, Dec. 15, 2007 In his Our Faith column, Rick Cousins asked a number of local clergy to send memories of their best Christmas ever. According to the Rev. John Bok of Galveston's St. Patrick Catholic Church, "I arrived at St. Patrick in July 2000. Several months later, on Christmas Eve, a female medical student from UTMB presented me with a large stuffed bear that she had purchased. She wanted it to be given to a child in need from a poor family, but she was leaving immediately for her home in Houston. So she thought that I could easily carry out the job for her," he explained. But Bok, too new to Galveston to know any needy children, was stymied."