WHY WRITE THE BOOK? Since High School, some seventy years ago, I have watched many people, especially youth, stop attending church. Listening to hundreds of sermons over the years, I have wondered why so much emphasis was placed on...
THIS IS HOW IT ALL BEGAN In 1954, I entered Sacred Heart Seminary at Oneida, just west of Green Bay, the fall after I graduated from 8th grade. I had worked that summer and the following summer at Leyse Aluminum Company in Kewaunee, mostly washing windows and sweeping...
After spending ten years in the seminary, I decided to go forward with my vows into the diocesan priesthood. I had seen four or five of my classmates suddenly drop out of this quest when the time came to receive the Subdiaconate, one year before receiving the...
In 1976, after being a Catholic priest for ten years – including being a regional chaplain for the Knights of Columbus, a six-year teacher of religion in three diocesan Catholic High Schools, a three-year member of the Green Bay Diocesan Board of Education, a...
In 1976, I married my first wife Sue on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) in Brown County Court House and adopted her daughter Lana. When the Judge suggested a six-month waiting period, I responded, “The little girl needs a father now.” He...
