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Seminarian William Cassese Reflects on His Time at St. Patrick's
07-23-2017Seminarian William CasseseFor the past ten weeks, Seminarian William Cassese has been helping out in our parish as a part of his seminary training. Today, in place of Fr. Walden’s column, William reflects on his time at St. Patrick’s.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
It is with a heavy heart that I must say farewell to St. Patrick’s again. I can’t believe ten weeks have already passed! This year’s pastoral summer seems to have gone much faster than last year’s. However, I have learned a lot over these past ten weeks, and I have come to an even greater appreciation of the community that we have here at St. Patrick’s. So, as I did at the end of my internship last year, please allow me to share some little reflections of my time here over these past ten weeks.
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