My old high school HOLY REDEEMER HIGH of Detroit (Class of 1965) was in the news
recently or more accurately, a Holy Redeemer alumnus made some news.
His name is Archbishop Joseph Tobin (60) and he was just
named the Archbishop of Indianapolis.
Tobin grew up in the Holy Redeemer southwest Detroit neighborhood
(Vernor & Junction), attended school there and became the pastor there
through the 1980s.
I remember that the priests there were called REDEMPTORISTS
and the nuns that taught there belonged to the order of Servants of the
Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM).
It must have been interesting for him to have attended Holy
redeemer schools and parish as a kid and eventually to become pastor there.
One thing that stood out in the report about him, at least
to me, was that he is considered a MODERATE and has been critical of the
Vatican’s treatment of American nuns…I can only say the man has balls!
I wish him the best of luck and hope that more men of his
stature and conviction are called on to occupy high positions in the church
because by God, Catholics need more priests like him that are in communion with
the real world or at least, it seems he is.
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