Paul Hilsdale

Paul Hilsdale, who died around the turn of the century, was a great guy.
Educated as a sociologist, he taught at Loyola University of Los Angeles
(now Loyola Marymount University) in the 60's and was the faculty
sponsor of Amigos Anonymous. He was a great influence on all of us, both in
Amigos and in the theology courses he then taught. In 1964 he had his
book Prayers From Saint Paul published by Sheed & Ward. He was one of
the most moral people on the planet as well as being totally dedicated
to the truth. This eventually brought him into conflict with the Church.

Paul was quite well known in the Los Angeles area and was interviewed
three times for Time Magazine stories, the third after he left the
prieshood.

Nov. 11, 1966

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,843032,00.html

May 19, 1967

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840899-1,00.html

Feb. 23, 1970

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876637,00.html

He married Karin, an anthropologist, and had two children Eric and Cecily. Paul became a psychotherapist, and also did deep tissue message body work. Extremely iconoclastic, and sometimes very funny, Paul enjoyed playing the New Age thing. Once, at a dinner party, there were about a dozen or so people standing with drinks in their hands in the living room, and someone came up to Paul, saying something like, "Hi, Paul, how great to see you. How have you been feeling lately?" Paul responded with a straight face, "Oh, I'm all right, but my aura is a bit peaked."

A mutual friend notes, "He was quite unconventional, creative,
brilliant, interesting, bursting with energy and humor, and just about impossible to be with
for very long stretches of time." Amen.