[verga]

When I was in the Seminary one of my closest friends there had 2 children and 3-4 grandkids. He had entered the seminary at age 20 but took some time off and ended up married. His wife passed away and it was his children that encouraged him to look into the seminary again.

[utahagen]

I think a priest who is a widower sets a very different example for married people in the pews than does a priest who is divorced (see my other post).