Forty and Counting

Monday, March 24th, 2014 Posted in writing | Comments Off on Forty and Counting

On March 23, 1974, in the San Francisco cathedral, I was ordained by the Jesuit bishop of Fairbanks, Alaska. This year is the fortieth anniversary of that event. Fifteen years ago I wrote a reflection about what I'd learned after ...

Priest Lessons

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 Posted in photo, writing | Comments Off on Priest Lessons

Jesuit ordinations generally happen in June, and this year was no exception. I found myself thinking about my own ordination in 1974 and dug out something I’d written twenty-five years later. I doctored it up a bit and want to ...