Why I Came to America

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I have not much chance to think about why I came to America or why I became a priest, but today when-- while I was talking with Peter1 about something-- my personal history-- I had to think about, you know, why I came to America. And right now, I am thinking about why I became a priest [laughs]. My father2 was a priest, and his temple3 was quite-- not small, but very poor temple. We haven't not-- we had very difficult time, even though he-- my father wanted to ... Read Transcript (this version is updated and corrected at times. Any other transcripts below are not).


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