[old and tired]

There was an article in last week's Philadelphia Catholic Standard and Times about three young priests who all were part of the same fraternity at Temple University. They were a few years apart and didn't know each other. It was a regular fraternity, not a religious one. Only one had begun to be drawn to his faith during his college years and he spoke of being downstairs at a party and then going upstairs to say a Rosary.

Then they gave lighthearted explanations for how being in the fraternity prepared them for their lives as priests. They're all three very comfortable participating in the Theology on Tap program, where priests go to bars frequented by young people and talk about the Catholic faith. One of the priests said that having seen what goes on in a fraternity he had the advantage of never being shocked in the confessional.

On a more serious note, the priests had one other similarity - all had been brought to answer their calling at the urging of the Blessed Mother.

[NYer]

They're all three very comfortable participating in the Theology on Tap program, where priests go to bars frequented by young people and talk about the Catholic faith.

I have heard wonderful things about this program. Fr. Francis Mary (Life on the Rock), had several TOT members on his program. What a great concept!