I want to begin by mentioning the name of a priest who died on the Feast of Saint Simon and Saint Jude, Wednesday, October 31, 1981. I was in my second year of seminary at Nashotah House. Since it was a Major Feast day, the community’s weekly Solemn Mass was celebrated on Wednesday night that week. (The weekly community Solemn Mass was usually on Thursday nights. But we arranged our lives around the Church Calendar, as Saint Mary’s still does.)
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