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FATHER MATHEW C. GEORGE
MY LIFE AS A PRIEST

1. Fr. Mathew receives his first parish assignment and wants to change the world.
2. With the help of many others, he opens a Children for Unity home for children in need.
3. Sharing the lives of the Children for Unity
4. The root of Fr. Mathew's love for children and the expansion of the Children for Unity program
5. Vocational and professional training for children: final reflections on the Children for Unity program
6. Fr. Mathew becomes gravely ill and is nursed back to health by his mother and the sisters of the Clergy House.
7. He is shocked to learn that he will be assigned to a parish in the United States.
8. Getting a visa to come to the United States
9. Lessons on letting go, and the trip to the U.S. on Kuwait Airlines
10. Struggling to adjust, feeling rejected and isolated
11. The challenges of learning a new culture, language and the Latin rite, and finally getting an assignment
12. Fr. Mathew's early days at St. Mary's in Port Huron, including the time he locked himself out of his own house
13. Failures at grass cutting, debates about the ethnicity of God and learning the American "bad words"
14. Moving into the "Tajmahal" and running up the phone bill
15. Benefiting from the mentoring of Professor Suzanne Moore and accidentally winding up at Hooters
16. Fr. Mathew connives his way into a pilgrimage to Rome and enjoys the voyage there.
17. The great thrill of meeting Pope John Paul II and how Fr. Mathew troubled the Swiss Guard.
18. Fr. Mathew tours the treasured sites in Vatican City and in Rome.
19. Continuing his graduate education and struggling with his mentor
20. How Fr. Mathew's notorious driving led to an intersection in Port Huron being named after him
21. Filling in temporarily as pastor and the funny answers that children gave to Fr. Mathew's questions
22. Fr. Mathew gets in trouble with the Canadian border guards
23. Fr. Mathew takes on Oedipus Rex
24. Fr. Mathew describes how he ended up at St. Thomas a'Becket, including his first meeting with Fr. Pat
25. Fr. Mathew's first impressions of St. Thomas a'Becket
26. Waxing a bit philosophically about leaving St. Thomas a'Becket
27. Fr. Mathew reflects on his relationships with Fr. Pat, Fr. Murphy, Deacon Jim (and even Winston!)
28. Fr. Mathew thanks a'Becket staff members individually and remembers their impact on his life

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