Happily the seminary's annual Lives of Commitment breakfast Monday morning at the Waldorf went off seamlessly. It was a grand event and one of the honorees, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, was delicious. She is funny, spontaneous, charming and deep. I particularly loved her digs at Catholics and Catholicism. She poked great fun at her mother, who just last week uttered a prayer of thanks to Saint Anthony after procuring an excellent parking space just in front of Neiman Marcus. It was almost surreal to hear her speak of "Uncle Jack" and her father and Jackie. She came off as the sort of person I woud love to have at an informal dinner party. Chili and margaritas. She has written a book, "Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches are Mixing God with Politics and Losing their Way". I'm going to pick up a copy.
It was an early morning, up at 4am, pick up boss at 5:15am, walk in the Waldorf 5:30am, etc. but such a worthy event and I am proud to be a part.
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