Perhaps in growing old, we shall be frightened by the emptiness, by the poverty of
our sacerdotal life: a life which will seem to us a blank and a failure.
In particular, I have tried to understand how this great scientist who became a close friend of Albert Einstein was also a priest, faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church and deeply rooted in his spiritual and
sacerdotal life.
This fraternity was part of a special project of Cardinal Mercier who wanted to gather his priests in small groups aimed at sustaining their spiritual and
sacerdotal lives.