Father Charlie: Reflecting the Master

FATHER CHARLIE A friend told me I should meet him A sailor/priest The port chaplain at Stella Maris Chapel in Port Newark So I went to hear his noonday Mass. As soon as I walked into that little chapel And Father approached me with his warmth and glowing love I knew that all the good I heard about him was true. I knew it by what I saw in his face: Peace, joy, child-like faith, and Light. Father Charlie McTague Ex-merchant marine Who was eighteen when he decided his life’s mission: Become a priest and travel to Russia to convert Stalin. Father Charlie McTague Who has a theory about the eighteen missing years of Christ: That He too was a sailor, a ship’s carpenter. Father Charlie Who sailed on The Peace Ship And served as chaplain, rabbi, imman, doctor, and cook. ....