Every year the Louisville priests have a Fall Convocation. This year I was able to attend and to reconnect with so many of the guys I haven't seen for a long time. There were two tracks to choose from: Aging Gracefully and Technology in Ministry.

Fr. Joe Hayden is the other Louisville priest, besides me, serving in mission overseas. Joe has served in Peru for more than twenty years.

Archbishop Kurtz, whose face is familiar now to many American Catholics because of his role as president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, gave a rundown on several issues the diocese is now addressing.

In the evening I met with three of the Dittmeier sisters. Mary (L) and Jane (R) and I met at Ann's house to take care of some paperwork for her.

Then all of us, with Jane's daughter Emily, went to dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant.