tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post974309572976682686..comments2024-01-16T19:31:28.762-05:00Comments on Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: Father Jake: The Underwater JesuitJoseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-90346859940687951382014-02-07T11:48:27.102-05:002014-02-07T11:48:27.102-05:00My name is Stephen D. Wilson, and I was trained as...My name is Stephen D. Wilson, and I was trained as an altar boy by Father Laboon while living in Kodiak, AK as a Navy dependent. When I heard of a ship with his last name, I always wondered if it was named for him. Finally looked it up today on a whim and was floored! What a gentle giant he was! Will never forget serving midnight mass, Easter 1966;we had a beautiful Pascal candle, the likes of which I've haven't seen since! Father Laboon picked me to serve for the Archbishop of Alaska when he visited Kodiak-something I'll always be proud of and honored by! Had no idea I was serving mass with a war hero! Thank you and God bless you Father!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-38638469941203552652013-02-25T20:40:28.058-05:002013-02-25T20:40:28.058-05:00Father Laboon always had s smile. My family and I...Father Laboon always had s smile. My family and I were "members of his flock" while stationed the Naval Station and headquarters of the Commander, Alaskan Sea Frontier, in Kodiak, Alaska in the mid-60s. In fact, we were on the airplane together while he and I were transferring out of Kodiak in 1966. Truly loved by everyone stationed on Kodiak during his tour there whether Catholic, Protestant, Jew, or other. He was "special."CTOCM, USN (Retired) Charles (Chuck) Maackhttp://www.theprostateadvocate.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-88078477258313691992012-09-13T15:36:28.476-04:002012-09-13T15:36:28.476-04:00A tough but fair man, Fr. Laboon married my wife a...A tough but fair man, Fr. Laboon married my wife and I 42 years ago at NAS Saufley Field in Pensacola. He was our base chaplain and allowed my non Catholic wife's minister to assist in the ceremony. Something that was unheard of at that time. It must have stuck because we are still married today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-72160405678103169852012-08-14T17:00:02.293-04:002012-08-14T17:00:02.293-04:00In the mid '50's, Father Laboon served as ...In the mid '50's, Father Laboon served as the camp chaplain at Camp St. Martin's in Stevensville, Md.<br />He remains to this day, the nicest "tough guy" I've ever met. Everybody in the camp looked up to him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-53660363327651379582012-05-27T14:48:54.639-04:002012-05-27T14:48:54.639-04:00Father Jake kicked my butt up around my ears back ...Father Jake kicked my butt up around my ears back when I was a High School reprobate probably headed for jail. Read me the riot act and folks let me tell you, one listened when Father Jake got that look in his eye and tone in his voice! I've known Marine Sgts Major who could learn a thing from listening to his 'technique'.<br /><br />I can only imagine the number of sailors, Marines, and their families whose course he altered for the better.<br /><br />He is very dearly missed by my family and I.<br /><br />He knows who I am.<br />LtCol, USMC (Ret)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-42903561870365397982012-02-09T09:49:03.511-05:002012-02-09T09:49:03.511-05:00Fr Laboon was an inspiration to me from my first e...Fr Laboon was an inspiration to me from my first encounter with him at a Communion Breakfast at St Joseph's Prep (Philadelphia) to my short visits with him at Manresa while I was a student at the Naval Academy! Truly an incredible man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com