Monthly Archives: January 2015

The faculty at Immaculate Conception Seminary would have been a fertile field for someone like Damon Runyon. The Rector was an austere brilliant scholar who would never be mistaken for a touchy feely type.  He was glacially distant and when … Continue reading →

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” These words of Charles Dickens could certainly have been descriptive of the 1970’s.The nation was embroiled in a war that split families apart, the cities were exploding with … Continue reading →

The first summer at Immaculate Conception Seminary was a transition into a process that was vastly different from what I had known for the first twenty two years of my life.Everything about daily life was new and bound by the … Continue reading →

The last few days before entering the Seminary seem totally different and somewhat filled with anxiety. The realization that for years I will no longer be  free to come and go as I please is somewhat disturbing. Having inherited the … Continue reading →