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After QPS I went on to Niles College and to St. Mary of the Lake. I was sent to the North American College in Rome and was ordained in December of 1967. When I returned home I was assigned to Immaculate Heart of Mary on Spaulding Ave, and then in 1971 to Holy Name Cathedral as an associate. I was laicized in 1977.

Having earned a Master’s in Clinical Psychology, I began work as an alcoholism counselor At Ingalls Hospital in Harvey. I married in 1978 and was blessed with two children. In 1984 I moved to Janesville, WI where I still reside. I was the director of Parkside Lodge of WI, an alcohol/drug rehab hospital until 1994. After that I worked for Mercy Hospital in Janesville to start a shelter for homeless families, the House of Mercy. I retired in 2010.

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