Yesterday, I was riding the "F" train back to Brooklyn. Around 32nd. St., I noticed on the other end of the train another guy in a clergy collar. "Hum," I thought, "I wonder who he is."
Through the next couple of stops and as the congestion lightened a bit on the train, the other guy came closer. Finally, we introduced ourselves. He had on an "Anglican style" collar, so I figured him to be an Episcopalian or perhaps a Lutheran.
He asked, "Roman or Episcopalian?"
He is a Roman Catholic priest, pastor of a parish, and was just returning from the meeting with the Archbishop of this archdiocese of all clergy concerning the anonymous letter of no confidence. He said it was not a nice meeting and the archbishop made a number of enemies that day.
I don't think I have ever seen another clergy person in a collar on the subway, other than other clerics I am with at the time. It is strange, and I was surprised to feel like, "Oh, another one of me!"
