Cocktail in hand, I walked up to a group of three of my classmates at the gathering that marked the fiftieth anniversary of our ordination as priests. As I joined these men with whom I had spent six years of my youth, one of them, Frank, asked, “Have you had heart bypass surgery?” Taken aback by the question, I answered that I had not. With a mixture of pride and resignatio (...)
The Last Word
The Reunion
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Nice article about a story that can be told all over the world. Former and active priests getting together at yearly reunions. Some will say it was one of the evils of Vatican II. In reality it is a reflection of how Vatican II made the church more authentic. Basically, human nature remains the same. These men were basically the same whether they stayed or remained. The story is in each ones life rather than dependent on staying or leaving the clergy.