But to many students, he knew, those paradigms formed a tightening web that strangled ardor. Father Foster continued the class, speakeasy-style, in a series of off-campus locations. “LATIN IS SIMPLY THE GREATEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED!” Father Foster said, according to the book, which devotes a chapter to him. If things had gone according to expectation, Father Foster would have been a plumber. A shy, bookish, ceaselessly curious child, he knew very early, he later said, that he wanted to be a priest.

Source: New York Times December 27, 2020 17:11 UTC