It\u2019s been almost 60 years since the Andrea Doria sank 200 miles off Nantucket Island, but retired Auxiliary Bishop Raymond Goedert hasn\u2019t forgotten that day or his journey on that ship. And if Mundelein seminarian Kyle Lee has his way, neither will anyone else.<\/p>\n
Lee spent five months compiling the recollections of Bishop Goedert, Father Richard Wojcik and Msgr. John Dulciamore of the night July 29, 1956, when the luxury liner collided with the passenger ship Stockholm 200 miles off Nantucket Island in foggy weather. The now-retired Chicago auxiliary bishop and three other Chicago priests were among the ship\u2019s 1,600 U.S. bound passengers.<\/p>\n
Goedert, Wojcik and Dulciamore were coming home from Rome, where they had been taking graduate courses at the Pontifical Gregorian University, said Lee, who estimates he has six hours of taped interviews from the three.<\/p>\n
Lee, who moved to the city from Columbus, Ohio, to attend the University of Chicago, said he\u2019s always been interested in lost ships starting with the Titanic and described himself as having a \u201cscientific turn of mind.\u201d He was planning to attend medical school and was working in a research lab at Northwestern University when he decided to enter Mundelein Seminary where he is a first-year theology student.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was ready to apply (for medical school) at the end of the year, but the whole sense of being drawn to the priesthood was just impossible to ignore,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
So it was only natural for him to want to merge his interest in \u201cpriests doing priestly things\u201d with the Andrea Doria disaster, Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt became very apparent these priests were not alone, that there was something happening I can only characterize as grace,\u201d he said. \u201cI felt I had an imperative to do this [tell their story].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the interviews progressed, it got very obvious that the Holy Spirit or some influence was operating because this got less about the historical details and more about the spiritual implications of what happened. And it really became very beautiful,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n
Asked what it was like the night of July 29, 1956, Bishop Goedert cautioned that \u201ceveryone\u2019s stories depend on where they were at the time. There were other priests ministering to the passengers. We said the rosary, gave general absolution,\u201d and tried to calm people down.<\/p>\n
Of course he was scared, Bishop Goedert said. \u201cI certainly thought the end had come. When I said the Hail Mary, the words \u2018now and at the hour of our death\u2019 sounded pretty immediate. I started making so many promises to God I don\u2019t remember them all. They were genuine. I was reacting partially from faith and partially from fear,\u201d Bishop Goedert said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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