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	* The guru & The Void.		* The guru & The Void.
	* Learning to pray, however badly (!).		* Learning to pray, however badly (!).
	* Daily Mass, Burke House Mass--lots of new friends.		* Daily Mass, Burke House Mass — lots of new friends.
	* Jim's challenge: God or pleasure (sex, drugs, music).		* Jim's challenge: God or pleasure (sex, drugs, music).
	* Questioned three times in December: "Do you want to be a priest?" Peggy: "If God wants you to be a priest, He will make you happy."		* Questioned three times in December: "Do you want to be a priest?" Peggy: "If God wants you to be a priest, He will make you happy."
	==== Baptized in the Holy Spirit (Spring, 1971) ====		==== Baptized in the Holy Spirit (Spring, 1971) ====
	* The stupid book.		* The stupid book.
	* Dr. Kreeft's class. Met Peggy as we left the building. 13 hours of nonstop talking about GOD! It was a Monday--ended up at Burke House with Nick Covino and Dave Gill.		* Dr. Kreeft's class. Met Peggy as we left the building. 13 hours of nonstop talking about GOD! It was a Monday — ended up at Burke House with Nick Covino and Dave Gill.
	* Life in the Spirit Seminar at the Cenacle. Russ Kirk, Russ Surveyor, Judy Thibault, Mal Billa; Tommy Dilorenzo.		* Life in the Spirit Seminar at the Cenacle. Russ Kirk, Russ Surveyor, Judy Thibault, Mal Billa; Tommy Dilorenzo.
	* Pam helped me to find [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/2corinthians/2corinthians12.htm#v9 2 Corinthians 12:9-10]: "My grace is at its best in your weakness. ... When I am weak, then I am strong."		* Pam helped me to find [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/2corinthians/2corinthians12.htm#v9 2 Corinthians 12:9-10]: "My grace is at its best in your weakness. ... When I am weak, then I am strong."

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== Childhood (1952-1966) ==
=== Ellicottville, NY ===
* Second child of ten in a Catholic family.
* Taught by seminarians in summer school.
* Father (later Msgr.) McCarthy would come to visit Mom and Dad.
* I was given a St. Joseph's missal at my First Communion and used it regularly at Mass.
* I put poor old Greg W. to sleep one night while trying to explain the parts of the Mass to him.
=== Orchard Park, NY ===
* Entered Nativity of Our Lord grammar school half-way through sixth grade.
* Cried when asked to "diagram a sentence." In retrospect, I was very fortunate to have had a taste of the good old days of Catholic schools!
* Became an altar boy and was the first Grand Knight of the Altar when Fr. Wetter or Fr. Wopperer organized a chapter; got to wear a gold cross.
* An elderly woman whom I did not know said to me once, "I'm praying that you will become a priest." She liked the way I looked in my cassock, surplice, and gold cross, I guess.
* Sr. Margaretta tricked me into becoming interested in Canisius High School, first through the spelling-bee, then through the hope that I might win a scholarship on the entrance exam.
== Canisius High School (1966-1970) ==
* First few weeks: ''"I'm talking!"''
* Joined Berchman's Debating Society
* Sophomore year, talking with Fr. Fred Reisert, SJ: "Can I have RC airplanes if I join the Jesuits?"
* Played guitar at Mass.
* The scholastics looked happy as they returned to their residence at the end of the day.
* I fell in love with the Society: "If I was ever so crazy as to want to be a priest, I would want to be a Jesuit." Phil Pfaff, Gerry Aman, Paul Nochelski, Gerry McIntyre, Paul Naumann, Rico Raulli. I saw Naumann or Raulli take final vows.

== Boston College (1970-1973) ==
=== First year (1970-71) ===
==== Converting to Catholicism (Fall, 1970) ====
* Mary-Ellen.
* The guru & The Void.
* Learning to pray, however badly (!).
* Daily Mass, Burke House Mass--lots of new friends.
* Jim's challenge: God or pleasure (sex, drugs, music).
* Questioned three times in December: "Do you want to be a priest?" Peggy: "If God wants you to be a priest, He will make you happy."
==== Baptized in the Holy Spirit (Spring, 1971) ====
* The stupid book.
* Dr. Kreeft's class. Met Peggy as we left the building. 13 hours of nonstop talking about GOD! It was a Monday--ended up at Burke House with Nick Covino and Dave Gill.
* Life in the Spirit Seminar at the Cenacle. Russ Kirk, Russ Surveyor, Judy Thibault, Mal Billa; Tommy Dilorenzo.
* Pam helped me to find [http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/2corinthians/2corinthians12.htm#v9 2 Corinthians 12:9-10]: "My grace is at its best in your weakness. ... When I am weak, then I am strong."
==== The Lost and Found (Summer, 1971) ====
* Sunshine and the Jesus Freaks in Orchard Park.
* ''Documents of Vatican II''.
* "He is starting his own church. I could do the same thing myself!"
* Arguments with Dad: "Do you want to be a professional?"
* August 20, 1971: First letter to the provincial. "Three weeks or three years."
=== Second Year (1971-1972) ===
* Cleveland Circle Christian Community.
* Completed application process; delayed entrance until after graduation.
* Learned (slowly) how to talk about sports and weather instead of Pentecostalism.
=== Third Year (1972-1973) ===
* Marian House: Dan, Tony, Dave; our daily recitation of our covenant, morning prayer.
* October 13, 1972: I thought the end of the world was going to begin that night. My fallback date was November 13. I guess I was wrong.

== Novitiate (1973-1975) ==
=== First year (1973-1974) ===
* August 27, 1973, St. Andrew's Hall, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, N.Y.
* Fall: courses at LeMoyne and in the house. Don Hinfey: synoptic gospels (!).
* Spring: two courses at S.U. Andy Brady's course on Ignatian spirituality.
* John Fernan, soup kitchen, Catholic Workers.
* United Farm Workers all year and in the summer time.
=== Second year (1974-1975) ===
* Calvary Hospital.
* '''Long Retreat'''. Cornwall on Hudson.
* Summer: Puerto Rico with Pete McKilligan (RIP) and George Simon.

== Philosophy (1975-1976) ==
Fordham University, Bronx, N.Y.
* "Love necessity."
== Regency (1976-1978) ==
Regis High School, Manhattan, N.Y.
== Seminary Theology (1978-1982) ==
Regis College, Toronto, Ontario
== Ph.D. Studies (1982-1991) ==
The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
== LeMoyne College (1988-1990) ==
* Rejection hurts.
== Canisius College (1990-present) ==
* Mission: to preach Jesus and love my neighbor for the greater glory of God.

== Praying to persevere for my whole life ==
* ''Definitely not a given in today's society!''

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