Out of the Frying Pan

Anniversary rose

Joseph's Coat

A golden day

Fifty years ago today, Passionist Father Victor Hoagland was ordained. He is dear to our family, someone we honor as a priest and cherish as a friend. The above picture was snapped on one of his too-rare visits to Colorado.

For a celebration of the fortieth anniversary of his ordination, he concluded brief remarks -- it is a hallmark of great Passionist preachers to be brief, but direct -- by singing Be Thou My Vision. There could be no more sincere testimony to his beliefs.

Years ago Fr Victor caught the idea of casting "Bread on the Waters", in a manner of speaking. He has contributed outstanding content that catechizes and encourages more people than we could have imagined when we started this experiment. Some of his writing about prayer you can see here.