Fr. Richard Hadyka to retire this month. He's only 68. As it turns out, he was located at my own home parish, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, from the time I was six until I was nine, during the time I received the sacraments of Penance and Holy Communion. (He was not, however, pastor there.)
We don't know the details of Fr. Hadyka's situation. But it bears repeating that for a diocese supposedly short on priests, it seems an awful lot of them who are willing to continue on in their posts are being retired and relocated lately. We at Save St. Mary's aren't the only ones who have made this observation. But hey, we're in the process of making big, big, happy "parish families" and "Catholic communities" aren't we? Whatever it takes. I feel all warm and fuzzy.
We don't know the details of Fr. Hadyka's situation. But it bears repeating that for a diocese supposedly short on priests, it seems an awful lot of them who are willing to continue on in their posts are being retired and relocated lately. We at Save St. Mary's aren't the only ones who have made this observation. But hey, we're in the process of making big, big, happy "parish families" and "Catholic communities" aren't we? Whatever it takes. I feel all warm and fuzzy.