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September 1973

God Shapes a Priest

Now he can fulfill his vocation as it was intended in the beginning

I AM A Roman Catholic priest, a pastor of souls with the title of Monsignor. I am also an alcoholic, i.e., I am afflicted with alcoholism, a threefold disease (physical, mental, spiritual) which is incurable, but which can be arrested. A few months ago, I celebrated an anniversary of ordination. A month before that, I celebrated a more important anniversary, my fourth as a member of AA.

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