High Priest

St. Christopher, patron of travelers, is generally portrayed as a tall, strapping fellow. In New York last week arrived a traveling priest who, in height at least, seemed a match for his venerated patron. He was Rev. Franciszek Skalski, 6 ft. 7 in., of Luck, Poland. Educated at the Grand Seminary of Luck (St. Stanislaus) and the Universities of Warsaw and Paris, Father Skalski is now professor of Modern Theology, Church History and Sociology at the Grand Seminary. He is in the U. S. to preach in Polish at Polish churches in the East. When he arrived, tall Father Skalski was photographed with average-sized Owen Murphy, a deck steward who was his altar-boy for masses on board 5. 5. Berengaria. Father Skalski speaks English with a booming voice, a French accent and many an interjected "Pardon?" When newshawks told him he must surely be the tallest priest in the world, he laughed thunderously, said he did not know.

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