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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Retired priest of the Igreja Lusitana |
| Location | Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto, Portugal |
| Introduction | I am a medically retired Anglo-Catholic priest and Canon; a Priest Associate of the Holy House of Our Lady of Walsingham; member of the Society of Mary & the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. My BA's in International Studies, M.Div. in theology, and D.Min. in chaplaincy, & I've been certified as a Thanatologist and a Traumatic Stress Specialist. I am very happily married, with 3 grandchildren. Before ordination, I was a journalist in 3 countries, & a EMT-P in 2, the US and Peace Corps/Korea. I've served parishes and volunteered as a police, fire or EMS chaplain in 5 US states, and was a Navy/USMC Chaplain until medically retired-- spine problems. I was then a hospital, then P/T hospice, chaplain until no longer able. I'm now a priest of the Igreja Lusitana, the under-staffed Anglican Church of Portugal, where for 4 years I've volunteered to celebrate the Mass and preach (in Portuguese) each Sunday. Thus I remained useful -- important, as I had to retire before 50. But... this past year my health worsened, and in December I retire yet again (#5) and leave Portugal for the diaspora-- Seattle, and a good Pain Clinic. What happens next is in the hands of God! |
| Interests | Liturgy, theology, Mariology/hagiography, ethnic cuisines, health care systems, early/medieval Church history, Ecumenism, European history, military history, Thanatology, cross-cultural studies, crisis ministry, chaplaincy, emergency services ... |
| Favorite music | Fado (esp. Amalia), Classical, Rutter, Grateful Dead, Mozart, Deolinda, Anonymous 4, Caetano Veloso, Big Band, Madredeus, the Grateful Dead, Palestrina, most 60s Brazilian samba and Bossa Nova, It's a Beautiful Day, Jefferson Airplane, Hank Stevens, Gregorian and earlier medieval chant, Beatles--I'm just a bit eclectic. |
| Favorite books | SS Luke or John, well-written fantasy and science fiction, church and/or military history, Anglo-Catholic liturgics, and much else- but not Jose Saramago! |