Religion: High Priest

St. Christopher, patron of travelers, is generally portrayed as a tall, strapping fellow. In New York last week arrived a traveling priest who, in height at least, seemed a match for his venerated patron. He was Rev. Franciszek Skalski, 6 ft. 7 in., of Luck, Poland. Educated at the Grand Seminary of Luck (St. Stanislaus) and the Universities of Warsaw and Paris, Father Skalski is now professor of Modern Theology, Church History and Sociology at the Grand Seminary. He is in the U. S. to preach in Polish at Polish churches in the...

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