Someone said, cynically, that Peggy did all the organizing and Jack got all the credit. It really wasn't that way. Each had a very important and different role to play. Together, they made it work. It's called symbiosis.
All good things come to an end.
Chicago finally had a wonderful new cardinal, Joseph Bernardin, so it was time for Jack to return to his home city and archdiocese, and to help the new cardinal with his urban and ecumenical challenges. Jack is doing superbly during this third part of his life, still in progress. In a day when many stories about priests are not all that illuminating and edifying, here is a story of a diocesan priest who started with fairly ordinary talents and by the work of the Holy Spirit built them into an extraordinary priestly life. Jack is very close to thousands of souls he has served unstintingly. He has been support and inspiration to many, especially other priests, always far beyond the call of duty, answering the higher call of love, justice, and social concern.