World's oldest priest says strict routine basis of long life

Reuters ^ | July 10, 2016

[nomorelurker]

107’me also wow.

[Gerish]

Great photos at link. God Bless him, and I mean that sincerely!

[needtopraymore]

I had Fr Kostka as a teacher at St. Joe’s in the early 80’s. He was a wonderful and kind padre, but he seemed ancient even then. It’s hard to believe he is now over a century young. My brother is a padre in his order and thinks the world of him.

[Mom MD]

Good genetics and luck (or lack of luck) Personally I don’t want to live that long unless I could do do with faculties intact Even then I would rather be home with my Lord I imagine it gets quite lonely outliving all ones contemporaries by 20 years or more

[Tax-chick]

Or, “stay active,” which is sort of like: “Play basketball. It makes you taller.”

Like when people are asked, "How have you reached your 75th wedding anniversary?" "Marry young and live a long time," is the key point.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Happy birthday to him.

BTW, doesn’t he look like Uncle Junior from the Sopranos ? ;-D

[NYer]

I had Fr Kostka as a teacher at St. Joe’s in the early 80’s. He was a wonderful and kind padre, but he seemed ancient even then. It’s hard to believe he is now over a century young. My brother is a padre in his order and thinks the world of him.

Thank you for posting and sharing your memories of Fr. Kostka! I was entering my senior year of HS, when VCII ended. The nuns were in full habit when we set off for summer vacation and in lay clothing when we returned. I was quite surprised to see how young some of them were. 25 years later, even the ones that seemed old when we graduated, were still active. :-)

[GreyFriar]

And Father Esser climbed the water tower on his birthday every year until the late 70s, when he was ordered to stop it because of his age.