From my journals.....The end of a year and the first decade of this third millennium brings me to look back at these historic 10 years with some highlights that dominated my life and the world...the death of my father on January 4, 2002...my leaving New York and coming to Oregon in March 2003...my Spencer experience with the Trappist monks...being assigned as Pastor of a magnificent Cathedral in Baker City, for which I led a renovation to prepare for its centennial...my digital camera provided me with opportunities to take over 20,000 photos of nature’s beauty, both in Oregon as well as in Malta in 2006 and 2008...writing my Journals every day since I arrived in Oregon (which I am reproducing in this auto-biography)....creating two great information-packed parish directories for John Day and Baker City....starting a new hobby of water coloring....continuing my flute playing and various calligraphy projects....driving long distances around the Oregon coast, into Washington, Montana and northern California...besides experiencing the pain on September 11, 2001... ...writing and commenting on a Malta radio about the aftermath besides monthly articles in Maltese....writing and editing more articles for the Bulletins, newsletters, monthly articles in Maltese for ‘Leħen is-Sewwa,’ etc...saying goodbye to my Honda CRV and hello to my new Chevy Equinox...burning music CDs and discovering plenty of new music...creating a DVD library with favorite movies...seeing my nephews become handsome teenagers...and most importantly focusing on my work as a dedicated Pastor and creating a spirit of community wherever I served, from Pleasant Valley, to John Day to Baker City and Bend.
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