john: thomas merton in some way touched bud in a transformative way.artly out of his childhood set of beliefs, crossing into the man he became. narrator: inspired by bishop fulton sheen's preaching, thomas merton's thoughtfulness, and general george patton's drive to conquer the next hill, bud kieser joined the paulist fathers in 1950 after graduating from la salle university in philadelphia. eric: in the catholic church there are many religious communities of men and women. for instance, the franciscans work a lot with the poor, the jesuits are focused on education, and the paulist fathers really wanna make sure that the word of god gets out to as many people as possible, especially people who aren't in the church. male: you know, sometimes i think you fellas are more interested in us non-catholics than you are the catholics. male: well, some priests spend most of their time serving those inside the church. i'm a paulist. i spend most of my time serving those outside. narrator: bud's superiors commented during his theological training that, while he w

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