FATHER CHARLIE
A friend told me I should meet him
A sailor/priest
The port chaplain at Stella Maris Chapel in Port Newark
So I went to hear his noonday Mass.
As soon as I walked into that little chapel
And Father approached me with his warmth and glowing love
I knew that all the good I heard about him was true.
I knew it by what I saw in his face:
Peace, joy, child-like faith, and Light.
Father Charlie McTague
Ex-merchant marine
Who was eighteen when he decided his lifeÕs mission:
Become a priest and travel to Russia to convert Stalin.
Father Charlie McTague
Who has a theory about the eighteen missing years of Christ:
That He too was a sailor, a shipÕs carpenter.
Father Charlie
Who sailed on The Peace Ship
And served as chaplain, rabbi, imman, doctor, and cook.
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