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Hello to all
This is my first blog post. 
 
I am a Catholic Priest in Ministry in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. I was Ordained in 1981 by Timothy Cardinal Manning. I've been assigned to parishes all over the Archdiocese, taught Catholic Church History and Doctrine, been a Jail Chaplain (Part time), Chaplain for Law Enforcement and am currently Chaplain for the Downey Firefighters. I have been at this Parish as Pastor since 2003. I just retired as Pastor and have begun a new phase of ministry in which I can minister, but don't have to do administration. 

I speak fairly good English, for a guy who was born in Indiana and raised in California. I also speak fairly good German and Spanish. 

So far I've filled in for a Pastor who was on vacation, gone to Scotland where I am the official "Padre in Residence" in a Castle owned by a family in Texas, done German Mass in Los Angeles and Anaheim on a few occasions and minister to the people where I live in their Sacramental needs, a Men's Prayer Group and making sure that our new Pastor knows what a great job he is doing (He really is. AND he's full of energy and just a wee bit old fashioned in that his style of liturgy is nearly perfect in my tiny opinion). 

Please feel free to ask questions about the Catholic Faith, Doctrine or Moral questions, questions about me and the things I write about. 

I begin this Blog on October 4th, which is a special day for me as I finally had a deep conversation with God in 1987 about some ideas that a certain Bill W. and Doctor Bob had written down. 

If you need prayer please let me know!

My website isn't ready quite yet, but it's askfatherjohn.com
My email address is frjohn90242@gmail.com
My YouTube Channel is 
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEG7b5Rnmk8POy0dJtplwU-me6hdKKvR9

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