Above, Father John Killackey walks down Interstate 81 southbound on July 8.
Posted on 07/15/2020 4:44:48 PM PDT by ebb tide
Above, Father John Killackey walks down Interstate 81 southbound on July 8.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A lone young priest in a cassock walked in a downpour toward the scene of a horrific wreck of tractor-trailers and cars on a Pennsylvania interstate and gave the last rites to a truck driver, the lone fatality of the crash.
Unbeknownst to him, a bystander photographed the moment, which captured the imagination of social media and went viral. The priest, Father John Killackey, was identified as a member of the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter at the Mater Dei Latin Mass community in Harrisburg.
In this interview with the Register, Father Killackey discusses the fateful day of the crash, his own vocation to the priesthood and understanding of what it means to follow Jesus Christ as a Catholic priest today, and what he would like Catholics to learn from that photographed moment.
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“Walking the walk”, so to speak. Beautiful.
Wow, just wow. Incredible article and an incredibly humble young priest. God bless him.
This is a part of the priesthood we often forget about. I was at a beach once and during the homily, the priest mentioned that he had had to give last rites to a drowning victim...
I guess I usually imagine Last Rites as being beside a bed, not on the side of a road(despite having a card in my wallet for this purpose!).
Priests are called for this at any time and under any circumstances.
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