Special Mass For Ex-CdA Priest

The Rev. Andy Schumacher’s journey to the priesthood began more than a half-century ago on a train bound for Oregon. “I used to stammer and stutter,” he recalled. “I left Lewiston on the train and the car transferred at Riperia. I was sitting there in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of the night. It was the first time I’d left home.” There in the cold rail car, Schumacher said a prayer. “Lord, if you want me to be a priest, please don’t let anyone at Mt. Angel Seminary ever know I stammer. I stopped overnight. By the grace of God, no one ever knew.” At college, he took a speech course and even won a speech contest with a soliloquy from “MacBeth,” “much to the surprise of my family”/ Kerri Sandaine , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

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