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Why can’t women be priests? Do you want the long answer or the short answer? The long answer is a 1000 page doctoral thesis. The short answer is that Jesus did not appoint women to be apostles or priests, and we continue that tradition to this day. But remember who the first disciple is, of whom all of us are called to model our lives after… Mary.
Ketterer: I started to get a sense at the end of High school, and then through discernment in my time in college, I felt more certain about God’s calling.
Why can’t priests get married? Some priests can get married. In the Latin Rite Catholic Church, priests are celibate. In the Byzantine church, the priests can get married. And the recent Anglican-Lutheran-Methodist pastors who converted to Catholicism in the last few years can retain their marriage. Even over half of priests who could get married choose to remain celibate as a way of giving themselves completely to God.
Ketterer: St. Francis of Assisi – he lived a radical life for God, and wore really odd clothes.
What would you be doing if you weren’t a priest? Wakulich: Still in the military and designing airplanes. Ketterer: Be a mechanical engineer like I was studying to be at TU...and wishing I were a priest. When did you know you wanted to be a priest? Wakulich: The first time, the second time or the third time? All three of them, I ran away from when I knew God was calling me to be a priest. I knew without a doubt my 4th year in seminary.
Who is your favorite saint? Wakulich: St. John the Baptist – he has no problem telling people to follow Jesus and he wears really odd clothes.
Are your clothes uncomfortable? Wakulich: No. Ketterer: Only when it’s 100 degrees outside. Where do you purchase priest clothing? Wakulich: 3 options: Priest Mart, online priest catalog, have my Mom make them. Ketterer: 3 options: Priest Mart, online priest catalog, have Wakulich’s Mom make them. What has been your most fulfilling moment as a priest so far? Wakulich: On several occasions, seeing the joyful conversion of a person years after having a conversation with them. Ketterer: Being with the dying and giving them the sacraments… sort of escorting their souls into Heaven.
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Star Wars fanatic Fr. Ketterer gives his opinion of Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens BY ANNA HANISCH
Tell me your overall opinion of the new Star Wars movie. I thought it was good enough to see five times. It was very faithful to the original three. Something that I liked about this one is that JJ Abrams didn’t rely on CGI as much. With this new one he went with the old style, which was film as much as possible and use CGI when necessary. It was very clear from the first couple minutes that this was Star Wars but it’s not George Lucas. Did you have any criticisms of the movie? I was a little disappointed in Kylo Ren’s character. I think he’s kind of a weak character, but I think it left the possibility open for some progression of his character in future films. We didn’t get to know a lot about him, and we didn’t see his whole progression of good and evil. How did your opinion change each time you saw it? The first time I saw it, I thought that there was a lot of extra humor not traditional to Star Wars. A couple of them weren’t as funny, but really a lot of the moments were actually funny several times through. BB8 had some hilarious moments. I think he had one of the biggest personalities, and all he is is like a sphere with a bowl on his head. Had you heard any spoilers beforehand? Nope. I didn’t want any spoilers, I just wanted to go in a totally blank slate. Who’s your favorite new character? I really liked Rey’s character. I thought it played really well into the feel of Star Wars, seeing her development and first steps in the force. You see Luke when he is first taking his first steps in the force, he’s just not feeling the force right away, but she’s just like suddenly “Oh wow I’m super powerful in the force,” so I felt like that was a little rushed. I hear you weren’t allowed to wear your Darth Vader mask when you saw the movie. It was sad, especially because my only costume was basically my priest clothes and my Darth Vader mask, which was amazing, but when I couldn’t wear my Darth Vader mask, I basically had no costume. Who is your all time favorite hero and favorite villain in Star Wars? Luke probably has to be the hero because he just is the hero, and Darth Vader has to be one of the greatest villains, not just because he’s super powerful and awesome, but really the character development you see in him, just the battle between the good in him and him being this really powerful evil character. If you had a light saber, what color would it be? I’m kind of fond of the blue light saber. I think they did a great job of improving the light sabers. I love the way the glow shines on the storm trooper’s face. What is your favorite Star Wars quote? Probably one of my favorites is “You’ll be dead” from the original when they’re in the cantina, and Luke is an aspiring Jedi ,and a guy is wanted on twelve systems, and a fight breaks out, and Obi Wan cuts off his arm. Any last comments? I would recommend this movie. May the force be with you, always.
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