Dear Sisters and Brothers,
After nearly 30 years of service in the Diocese of Joliet, first as director of the Peace and Social Justice Ministry and then for the integrated ministries of the Office for Human Dignity, the time has come for me to go. I feel the spirit beckoning me to explore fresh horizons and discover new opportunities. *
I’ve told this story before, so perhaps you’ve heard it. It bears repeating now. When I first came to Illinois, my intention was to stay a year, maybe two, long enough to gain some experience before returning east to ministry among the people of the hills of Pennsylvania and Maryland, from which I hail. But along the way, somehow the urban/suburban life of Chicagoland and the surrounding prairies became my home. I discovered a beauty here. Perhaps it does not rise up in front of you, like my hills, or…
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