A Leaven In The World… The Victims Who Vanished
By FR. KEVIN M. CUSICK A popular article published late last year by a Catholic writer in a journal of the same persuasion brought tears and sympathy for a priest no longer in parish ministry. The article claimed he “vanished” as indicated by its title. He in fact, after years of repetitious discernment both in and out of parish ministry, once again decamped in favor of religious life in another state.That he was no longer in regular contact with his parishioners in daily ministry was undoubtedly a loss to them and, I imagine, a difficult adjustment. When all the conditions are right a priest and his people develop the tight bonds of the religious family that they by means of…Continue Reading