What a great post! Very good article, sympathetic, or course, but also quite well written. That's very rare lately!
I am a sophomore at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, IN, and I just returned from studying a semester in Rome. I went on and on about the wonderful young seminarians, deacons, and priests that we were able to learn from, so my dad looked up one of them and found this article. This article brought tears to my eyes. Fr. Joe is one of the best people I have met. He taught me, along with 40 other young women, so much about the love God has for us and so much more. I am so blessed to have been able to have Mass with him in St. Peter’s. I’m not sure if anyone will read this since this article is from 2005, but if you do, know that you have to meet Fr. Joe. He is a living witness to the fruits of God’s love and how fulfilling a religious vocation can be. We need to learn from priests and sisters like him since our society seems to look down on vocations for young people. Thank you Fr. Joe!!!