The Divine Adventures of Simon Templegate

Cast of Characters

 

Simon Templegate: sixty year old Catholic priest, main character

Sebastian: Simon’s close friend and editor of his column The Heavenly Glimmer

Polly:  Simon’s eccentric, 82 year old neighbor, housekeeper and second mother

Julian:  Simon’s eleven-year old brother who died in l947

 

The four traveling with Simon to Lake Eternity:

 

Anton: retired anthropologist/farmer who has Alzheimer’s disease

Jean: social worker who has cancer

Patrick: young Pre-med student

Nicholas:  the mysterious bus driver

 

Pivotal characters from the town Time Stands Still:

 

Juan: elderly Hispanic healer, owner of the La Fuente Motel and houseboat, El Eclipse Lunar

Daisy: his beautiful twenty-year old grand-daughter who has the mind of a child

Delle Viola:  elderly woman who owns The Wild Violet Café

Ruby Red:  Delle’s sister who owns the Cast Aside second hand store

Frank: middle aged man who works at the bank

Jeppy:  shoeshine man/spiritual master

 

Other characters:

 

Sheriff Abe: good friend of Simon, Polly and Sebastian’s

Mona Upright: the young, student chaplain at the hospital

Ernest: the owner of the Bait, Tackle and What Not shop

Dr. Hun: Simon’s physician

Sylvia (Silver) Mansfield:  old woman who once owned the retreat mansion

Sophia: Simon’s mother

Ruth: Simon’s older sister

Henry:  Simon’s father

Simon I:  Simon’s grandfather

 

Animals:

 

Marmalade: Simon’s old, lazy orange cat

Mabel:  a Palomino pony from Time Stands Still

Bixby:  Sebastian’s Beagle

Buttons:  Julian’s pet raccoon