Father Simion

We were blessed with the present of visiting priest at noon mass recently. Father Simion was visiting from Africa and while he had a heavy accent, his manner was charming and engaging. He and Monsignor could not have been more different – a traditional Irish priest with a black shirt compared to a short, very dark skinned man with tribal scarring on his face wearing a purple clerical shirt yet they moved together at the altar as if they had con-celebrated together every day. One of the most powerful aspects of our faith is that men from different continents could be as one in the celebration of the Eucharist. It is gives me a better understanding of what it means to be Catholic.