"This isn't about you and I, but about the parish."
It's ALL about you. That's the problem.
No, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, it's about THE LITHUANIAN NATIONAL PARISH OF ST. ANTHONY !!!!!!!
You are being too humble with your description of Father's car. Isn't it a Ford Escort or something? And a 4-door.
Do the other members of the House have cars or do they all share the one vehicle?
I remember thinking to myself when I first saw it that it wasn't much of a car for grown men to be crawling in and out of. Spanky wagon. Tomato can.