Chaplain recounts horrors of Iraqi war June 19, 2003By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Vocations “Bullets are so terrible now,” said Father Erestain, a lieutenant commander and the only Catholic priest aboard the Comfort as it cruised the Persian Gulf throughout the war. “They come in and they rip the body right through,” he explained, slowly trailing a finger along the length of his abdomen to show the power of the weapons.
Emmitsburg seminary boasts record number of new students October 8, 1999By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Vocations, Western Vicariate While many seminaries around the country have struggled to attract students in recent years, Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg is bursting at the seams.