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Currents of change were stirring in the late fifties, both in the Catholic Church and in American culture. But St. Mary's Seminary and University, Baltimore, operated in the "old way, " according to rules laid down in 1869. This humorous but candid memoir follows its clueless author through the four years of theological study, spiritual formation and pastoral training preparing him, sorta, for ordination to the Roman Catholic priesthood in l96...

In l940, the nation hovers on the brink of World War II, and a small and fearful six-year-old trembles on the brink of first grade at St. Mary's School, Elgin. He will find himself plunged into a world of mystery, guided by white-robed nuns who speak a mysterious language and live in a separate world from ordinary people. He will become steeped in the liturgy and language of the Catholic Church as it presented itself at the time, and come to f...

High hopes! And why not? The 'Sixties arrives with a young president, a Catholic Church on the brink of Vatican II, a youth culture pulsing with the energies of Rock and Roll, the civil rights movement gathering force. A young priest, newly ordained, eager to make an impact, ambitious without being aware of it, plunges into the 'cultural revolution.' He will learn that other agendas exist and other life possibilities, too. He discovers a world...