Keeper of the Flame
Rev. Peter Rocca, C.S.C., grew up so Catholic he claims he didn’t know a single public school student, so Catholic that piano-teaching nuns taught him to “play” the organ as if it were a piano, so Catholic that he entered the seminary at age 14.
“I just was very much attracted to, I think, priesthood and ministry initially because of the liturgy – and the music,” he says.
Years later, when he was asked if he would like to take over as rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart in 1997, Father Rocca thought about it for “a millionth of a second.”
“I said I think that would be really nice; I think I would love that,” Father Rocca said. “It seemed to be a match for my gifts and talents.”
Read more here.
February 19, 2019
More Like This
Related PostsLet your curiosity roam! If you enjoyed the insights here, we think you might enjoy discovering the following publications.
A Commitment to the Poor in Practice
God in Things and People: Commodity Fetishism and the Eucharist
Fruit of the Earth and Work of Human Hands: Eucharist as Integral Ecology
A Theology of Migration: The Bodies of Refugees and the Body Of Christ
The Eucharistic Sacrifice and the Mission to the Poor
Eucharistic Abundance and Social Regeneration
The Eucharist and Human Dignity
Oak Flat Under Threat: the urgency of protecting this Indigenous sacred site
The Eucharist Commits Us to the Poor
