A priest goes to war
By Luis Carlos Montalvan
Jesuit priest the Rev. Timothy Meier does not exactly fit the typical profile of a soldier serving in a war zone. And yet Meier, director of the Honors Program in Biology at Stanford University, was mobilized to go to Iraq on June 30. 'I never dreamed of being a soldier,' said Meier, 52. 'I never, ever dreamt it. I was a kid during Vietnam and felt it a mistake for us to be there. I saw people mutilated from the war. My cousin, George, was severely wounded, his right arm damaged along with other wounds, and still walks with a perpetual limp.' Meier never thought he would become a Jesuit priest, either. 'Who wants to not be married and vow to a life of poverty?' Meier said with a chuckle. Born in Detroit and raised in Farmington Hills, Meier worked seven days a week at his local parish and at a raquet club doing administrative work to help pay his tuition to University of Detroit High School, where he graduated as class valedictorian.
Jesuit priest the Rev. Timothy Meier does not exactly fit the typical profile of a soldier serving in a war zone. And yet Meier, director of the Honors Program in Biology at Stanford University, was mobilized to go to Iraq on June 30. 'I never dreamed of being a soldier,' said Meier, 52. 'I never, ever dreamt it. I was a kid during Vietnam and felt it a mistake for us to be there. I saw people mutilated from the war. My cousin, George, was severely wounded, his right arm damaged along with other wounds, and still walks with a perpetual limp.' Meier never thought he would become a Jesuit priest, either. 'Who wants to not be married and vow to a life of poverty?' Meier said with a chuckle. Born in Detroit and raised in Farmington Hills, Meier worked seven days a week at his local parish and at a raquet club doing administrative work to help pay his tuition to University of Detroit High School, where he graduated as class valedictorian.
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