Posted on 05/22/2009 12:41:46 PM PDT by NYer
Renaissance man Deacon Douglas Ebert, 62, is moving on to a new vocation that has been calling him for a long time.
Deacon Douglas Ebert
Age: 62 Hometown: St. Paul Home parish: St. Mark, St. Paul Parents: Vernon and Betty Ebert, both deceased Education: Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and mathematics from Regis College, Denver, 1968 Former career: U.S. Air Force pilot, American Airlines captain, railroad car design-restoration, rock band guitarist, music writer and producer Teaching parish: Most Holy Trinity in St. Louis Park; Lumen Christi, St. Paul Pastoral internship experiences: Clinical pastoral experience at University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview Hobbies: Music, railroad cars, reading — “I’m 62 and about to devote my life to Christ and the Gospel. It’s another avocation becoming a vocation.” Favorite seminary class: Scripture Favorite bands: Flying Boxcars, Guess Who People he most admires: Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II, the Jesuits at Demontreville Retreat Center Thanksgiving Masses: • Saturday, May 30, 5 p.m., St. Mark in St. Paul • Monday, June 1, 11:30 a.m., O’Hare Airport Chapel, Chicago • Saturday, June 13, 5 p.m., Most Holy Trinity, St. Louis Park • Sunday, June 14, 8 a.m., St. Bernard, St. Paul • Sunday, June 14, 10:45 a.m., Lumen Christi, St. Paul |
Renaissance man indeed!
Wonderful story, thanks
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