Anyway, Fr. Jerome sent along this letter to all his friends, and I thought it amusing to share it with you since it\u2019s obviously intended for public consumption.<\/p>\n
I guess the saying is true, \u201cAll good things must come to an end.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0In January my provincial (aka boss) called me and asked me (ok ordered me) to move to a new ministry.\u00a0\u00a0On July 1st<\/sup>, after six years of being the pastor of St. Dominic Church in Benicia, I became the new pastor of St. Raymond\u2019s Church in Menlo Park, CA.<\/p>\nSt. Raymond\u2019s is located 30 miles south of San Francisco.\u00a0\u00a0It is one of the cities that makes up the Silicon Valley.\u00a0\u00a0The church is five miles from Facebook\u2019s headquarters and two miles from Stanford University.\u00a0\u00a0Once again, I feel like I am a religious version of Forrest Gump, because I have no idea how I end up in the places I do.\u00a0\u00a0Good thing God is in charge.<\/p>\n
With this assignment, I will now claim the title prophet.\u00a0\u00a0My prophecy was given 19 years ago at a Dominican retreat center in McKenzie Bridge, Oregon.\u00a0\u00a0That retreat marked the end of my novitiate, the first year of my religious life.\u00a0\u00a0At this retreat, one day we were talking to one of the older student brothers had just come back from a missionary trip to a very poor third world country.\u00a0\u00a0He was excited about the trip and was telling us all about it.\u00a0\u00a0Looking back now, I can see he was an early adopter of the guilt \/ privilege movement.\u00a0\u00a0All of a sudden, every problem in the world was because of rich, first world, white people.\u00a0\u00a0After his diatribe, he started to ask the younger brothers in formation what they wanted to do after they were ordained.\u00a0\u00a0One brother, wanting to butter him up, proudly said he wanted to be a missionary.\u00a0\u00a0The rest said pastors, campus ministers, professors, etc.\u00a0\u00a0When it got to me I thought I would have a little fun.\u00a0\u00a0I said, with as much compassion and love I could possibly muster in my voice, \u201cI want to minister to (long, dramatic pause\u2026.<\/em>) rich, white people!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0I did everything I could not to laugh.\u00a0\u00a0I noticed his face started to turn beet red.\u00a0\u00a0Then I innocently said, \u201cThey have souls too, right?!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Needless to say, I was lectured for a half hour about how horrible I was.\u00a0\u00a0Now that I am ministering in Silicon Valley, I believe my prophecy from 19 years ago has been fulfilled.\u00a0\u00a0So, from now on, if you could please refer to me as The Prophet Jerome I would appreciate it.<\/p>\nWhile the shortest distance between two points is a line, I am more into curves these days.\u00a0\u00a0The driving distance between Benicia and Menlo Park, CA is 65 miles.\u00a0\u00a0I thought I\u2019d take a little bit of a different route from my old to my new new ministry. So, I embarked on a coast (CA) to coast (Portland, ME) to coast (CA).\u00a0\u00a0It took me 32 days through 31 states over 9,351 miles, and it cost me under $3,000, not including wear and tear on the car.\u00a0\u00a0During my drive, I was ALL BY MYSELF!\u00a0\u00a0It was incredible!<\/p>\n
OK, I was not totally by myself.\u00a0\u00a0During the day I would drive while listening to the Bible on audio books.\u00a0\u00a0You want to know how long it takes to listen to the Bible?\u00a0\u00a0I finished it on the 30th<\/sup>\u00a0day of my trip.\u00a0\u00a0The Bible is long.\u00a0\u00a0I spent all but 5 nights with family and friends scattered across the country.\u00a0\u00a0The trip turned out to be a life review because of all the people I visited along the way.\u00a0\u00a0Read on, if you would like to take the trip with me.<\/p>\nNow, if I mention a city that you live in and you did not see me when I was in town, please know I knocked on your door, but you did not answer.\u00a0\u00a0I can\u2019t believe how inhospitable you are!\u00a0\u00a0The first leg was from Benicia to Los Angeles.\u00a0\u00a0I ministered in Los Angeles for 3 \u00bd years before I moved to Benicia.\u00a0\u00a0In LA, I offered and preached the Saturday Vigil Mass.\u00a0\u00a0At the crack of dawn on Sunday, I started my journey east,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0arriving in Tucson, AZ late in the afternoon.\u00a0\u00a0I said the Sunday evening Mass at the Newman Center at the University of Arizona, my first priestly assignment.<\/p>\n
Next step was Phoenix, AZ.\u00a0\u00a0I lived in Phoenix for four years, met the Dominicans there, and left there 20 years ago to start religious life.\u00a0\u00a0Because I was on a tight schedule, I invited everyone I know there to a restaurant to say hello.\u00a0\u00a0At this gathering there were people I prayed with from the ASU Newman Center in Tempe, and students from the U of A Newman Center in Tucson who have graduated and now live in the Phoenix area.\u00a0\u00a0There were also people I worked with, and met during my time in Phoenix.\u00a0\u00a0One of my college friends from my days at Pace University, New York City campus now lives in Phoenix, and I got to meet her family.\u00a0\u00a0It was a great night!<\/p>\n
The next stop was Albuquerque, NM.\u00a0\u00a0The family of the bride of the first wedding I ever witnessed said at the wedding reception to look them up if I am ever in Albuquerque.\u00a0\u00a0Well, eleven years later, I finally called telling them I was coming to town.\u00a0\u00a0About ten of us went out for an evening of fun and killer New Mexican food.\u00a0\u00a0The next stop was Oklahoma City, OK.\u00a0\u00a0Pull up a map and look at the route.\u00a0\u00a0It is 544 miles that takes about 7 \u00bd hours on Route 40.\u00a0\u00a0Interstate 40 is almost chalk-line straight all the way from Albuquerque to Oklahoma City.\u00a0At that point of my adventure I was listening to the 2 Chronicles of the Bible.\u00a0\u00a0After a few hours of listening to list after list of names, I was just begging for a war, a murder, adultery, or something!\u00a0\u00a0In Oklahoma City, the friend I wanted to visit was called to work at the last minute, so, I grabbed a pizza, checked into a hotel and watched a basketball game.<\/p>\n
The next day I arrived into Little Rock, AK, and then it was off to pay homage to the king in Memphis, TN (my earthly one, not the heavenly one).\u00a0\u00a0I went to a rib house for dinner and asked for the \u00bd portion of ribs.\u00a0\u00a0The \u00bd portion was the size of my leg.\u00a0\u00a0The next day I drove through Mississippi before arriving in New Orleans.\u00a0\u00a0Five parishioners from Benicia met me there and we spent a day and half touring.<\/p>\n
While touring the French Quarter a person asked me if I was a Catholic priest.\u00a0\u00a0When I said yes, the person asked if I could hear his\/her confession.\u00a0\u00a0We walked away from the crowd and God\u2019s graces were administered.\u00a0\u00a0At the end of a tour of a plantation house, the tour guide pulled me aside and asked if I could say some prayers in the house.\u00a0\u00a0Apparently, lots of people who work there are seeing and hearing paranormal activity.\u00a0\u00a0Who you gonna call [when you have ghost problems]?\u00a0\u00a0The Prophet Jerome who is also a certified Ghost Buster.<\/p>\n
Having hit my most southern point, it was now time to go north young\u00a0[uh ok!] middle -aged man.\u00a0\u00a0This day I drove through Mobile, Montgomery, and ended up in the greater Birmingham, AL area.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0sister Servants of the Eternal Word\u00a0allowed me to stay in their retreat house.\u00a0\u00a0I was the only one in the entire retreat house.\u00a0\u00a0The hallways were huge and creepy!\u00a0\u00a0As I thought about it more, my imagination started going wild as I found myself just waiting for Jack Nicholas to smash down my door with an axe while saying, \u201cHoney, I\u2019m home.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0In the morning I had the honor of concelebrating the Mass that EWTN broadcasts on its TV channel.\u00a0\u00a0That afternoon I had lunch with Johnny Cash\u2026 Ok.\u00a0\u00a0Just the memory of him in Nashville, TN.\u00a0\u00a0I ended up staying the night with the Dominican Sisters of Saint Cecilia and visiting with one of my Dominican brothers who was giving their retreat.<\/p>\n
From there it was on to the land of WKRP in Cincinnati, OH.\u00a0\u00a0A couple that moved from St. Dominic\u2019s in Benicia to Cincinnati fed me dinner and gave me a place to crash.\u00a0\u00a0Ohio will forever be known to me as the roadkill state.\u00a0\u00a0I never saw more deer dead on the side of the road.\u00a0\u00a0Not just fresh kills but ones that looked mummified.\u00a0\u00a0Come on Ohio\u2026you are better than that!\u00a0\u00a0The final and longest stretch of my eastward journey was from Cincinnati to New Milford, NJ.\u00a0\u00a0That took 10 hours.\u00a0\u00a0When I got home, I received hugs and kisses from my mother and father. I truly came to appreciate the saying, \u201cThere is no place like home\u201d.<\/p>\n
After spending the weekend with my family, it was off to the last of the 50 states of the United States of America that I had yet to set foot in: Maine.\u00a0\u00a0Starting in New Jersey, I drove through New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and, eight hours later, I crossed into Maine!\u00a0\u00a0With Maine crossed off the list, I can now say I have been in all 50 states.\u00a0\u00a0While driving through Boston I did stop at Fenway Park where the evil Red Sox play to offer prayers of exorcism.\u00a0\u00a0How can an all-loving God allow the Red Sox to exist?\u00a0\u00a0On my judgment day, God will have some explaining to do.\u00a0\u00a0In Maine, I had the privilege with meeting up with a high school friend who gave me the 3-hour driving tour of Portland, a lovely lobster dinner, and a place to crash for the night.<\/p>\n
Having reached my most eastern destination, it was California here I come, right back where I started from!\u00a0\u00a0From Maine I went back to New Jersey for a few more days with my family.\u00a0\u00a0Then it was on to the greater Cleveland, OH area for an evening with a family I met at St. Dominic\u2019s in Benicia, who moved east a few years earlier.\u00a0\u00a0Then it was off to see our Blessed Mother, a visit to Notre Dame University in South Bend, IN.\u00a0\u00a0I also visited with a Dominican brother who ended up leaving before solemn vows, marrying, and now works for Notre Dame.\u00a0\u00a0The next day I ended up in Lincoln, NE for an evening with a former student from the University of Arizona\u2019s Newman Center in Tucson.\u00a0\u00a0I also had the privilege of witnessing her wedding a few years ago, and I finally got to meet her 2 year old son.<\/p>\n
Never one to sit still, so the next day I was off to the greater Sioux Falls, SD area.\u00a0\u00a0Another couple I know from Benicia moved there a few months earlier, and I promised to bless their new house and boat.\u00a0\u00a0I am now the proud godfather of a boat appropriately named the Saint Jerome.\u00a0\u00a0[Are you seeing a pattern with people LEAVING California?]\u00a0\u00a0A day later, I arrived in Casper \u201cThe Friendly Ghost\u201d, WY.\u00a0\u00a0After legally driving 80 mph the entire day, I cannot say how very disappointed I was in Casper because I had to drive a mind numbing 25 mph down the main street.\u00a0\u00a0I felt like I was going backwards!<\/p>\n
The next day I arrived in Salt Lake City, and spent the evening with my Dominican brothers at the Newman Center at the University of Utah.\u00a0\u00a0From Salt Lake to the Nevada border there is nothing but really beautiful landscape views, the salt flats and a few retirement communities.\u00a0\u00a0However, as soon as you cross into Nevada you are met with casinos, hotels and other forms of \u201centertainment\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0Something tells me a few prodigal Mormon sons have taken that drive to the Nevada border from Salt Lake City to see how the other half lives.<\/p>\n
From there the next seven hours westward has some of the most beautiful vistas in the entire country.\u00a0\u00a0I can say that now \u2013 having been in all 50 states.\u00a0\u00a0So many mountains! So little time for climbing them all!\u00a0\u00a0By the end of that day I arrived on the Nevada side of the great Lake Tahoe.\u00a0\u00a0I spent a day with a friend from New Jersey who now lives there with his wife and three kids.\u00a0\u00a0The next day was the final stretch of the journey and I was back in Benicia, right back where I started from.\u00a0\u00a0I am proud to say I didn\u2019t get any speeding tickets!\u00a0\u00a0I am either very blessed or just getting old and driving much slower, or both.<\/p>\n
If you have never driven cross country, you MUST put it on your bucket list!\u00a0\u00a0I have now done it five times.\u00a0\u00a0The first time was from New Jersey to AZ (Ok not quite coast to coast); then DC to San Francisco; then Seattle to New Jersey; and now this last coast to coast to coast trip.\u00a0\u00a0I love what our country has to offer from the mountains, to the prairies,\u00a0to the oceans, white with foam.\u00a0\u00a0God bless America!\u00a0\u00a0My home sweet home!<\/p>\n
If someday you want to take an epic trip, here is what I recommend.\u00a0\u00a0Take route 80 East from Teaneck, NJ to San Francisco.\u00a0\u00a0Then take Route 1 South (The Pacific Coast Highway) down to Los Angeles.\u00a0\u00a0In LA take I-10 East to Phoenix and then I-17 North to Flagstaff.\u00a0\u00a0In Flagstaff take I-40 East to where it ends in North Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0From there take I-95 North, which will take you to New York City.\u00a0\u00a0You will see just about everything the continental United States has to offer.\u00a0\u00a0If you need a chaplain or guide, just say the word.<\/p>\n
God bless you,<\/p>\n
The Prophet Jerome<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Don\u2019t try to derive some general understanding of all Dominicans from this.\u00a0 When you\u2019ve met one Dominican, you\u2019ve met one Dominican.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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