Edited by author 09-29-2009 01:37 PM
Help,FR. TIM, I had dinner last night with a Sydney Diocean priest and was delighted as my trip is headed to Krakow and I knew at least one other traveller was inquiring about mass times. Now I am in trouble for telling a group of travellers that "Stephen is a Priest". I am over 50 and he said that he had asked me not to tell anyone on the trip that he is a priest.

After telling me that he was a retired priest I referred to him as "Father". He never told me or helped to remind me that he had asked that I not tell anyone.

Since I have a few priest as friends I guess I may not have given it a second thought and spoke that he was a priest. I was not trying to violate his privacy. He has been a Priest for 43 years and one would think he ought to be secure in his own skin at this point. Besides, he is the one that asked to join my table I did not ask to join his table.

Please pray for Stephen and me too because it has become a difficult situation as I am stuck with him on my secular trip for the duration.
Give me a Break! I know he needs prayer but 43 years??????

A lot of people don't like my line of work. He is really lucky that he caught me off guard when he gave me a scolding or else I may have made the situation worse with my retort.

I hope he does not have poor skills with coping with lonliness. I asked if he was saying his daily prayers and he said he brought the book.