Rick Wendell ready for 'something special'

Maryangela Layman Roman gives the last of five reports in our Catholic Herald on our Archdiocese's newly ordained priests.

A Catholic family, college, ski instructor, construction contractor, almost married, a near-death experience, a novena, and

Instead of booking a honeymoon trip, Wendell found himself planning a trip to Europe and to Medjugorje for himself and his 62-year-old mother.

...On a subsequent trip to Medjugorje, he met a man he described as "a great, big behemoth of a man. He had big tattoos on his arm and I remember thinking to myself, what’s this guy doing here?" The man was Michael Lightner, now associate pastor at St. Francis Borgia Parish, Cedarburg.

...The friendship between the two men grew and in 2003 they decided together to return to their home state -- Fr. Lightner is from Green Bay -- to pursue priesthood for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Just an aside, what's with seminarians and french cuffs?