Gerry Faust interrupted my reunion Mass

The Class of 1994 had its class Mass at the Grotto on Friday evening.

During the sign of peace, as one of the concelebrants was making his way over to shake hands with those of us toward the front row, an older man wandered past the priest toward the candles.

The priest looked up, startled, as the man stage-whispered to him, "I'm Gerry Faust." Faust proceeded to go light a couple dozen candles and then puttered around under the Grotto for about six or seven minutes. Then he wandered off through the crowd to who knows where.

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A genuinely good man - Sjdomer 2019-06-09 19:16:44
The guy is 84 and by all accounts unWeisian. I’d cut him - Tonybullets 2019-06-07 12:58:25
better that - mike-nd 2019-06-07 10:13:16
Can anyone find the Chicago Sun Times article from Dec '83? - domer4 2019-06-06 08:43:02
- We were 26-20 combined in Faust and Davie's final two - Carlos Huerta 2019-06-07 15:24:28
  - Both of them should have been gone after three seasons. - omaharic 2019-06-07 22:32:54
    - The infuriating thing is that it was painfully obvious in - Carlos Huerta 2019-06-08 13:34:37
- I believe that was the "do we have a bomb play?" article * - rick 2019-06-06 08:52:42
Be sure to alert us to your next colonscopy - MukIrish 2019-06-05 20:54:41
- I have one scheduled in about 2 weeks and I expect that - sendavolley 2019-06-06 13:35:11
- Well, if a former ND coach unexpectedly interrupts it... * - milhouse 2019-06-05 21:59:20
A Faust documentary is in the planning stages - LADomer 2019-06-05 17:48:55
He was the speaker at our class dinner * - Dillon301 2019-06-05 13:41:35
- Ours too, in 2011 — he was our Senior Fellow (‘86) * - ShermanOaksND 2019-06-07 21:26:52
- I'm too young to remember Faust's time at ND - irisharab 2019-06-05 14:29:19
  - Faust worked his way back in after he left Akron. - rick 2019-06-05 16:36:11
  - He wasn't a classless jerk like Lou's successors - ndtnguy 2019-06-05 14:40:43
    - Not exactly true that he refused to resign - tf86 2019-06-13 18:10:13
    - when he was asked to resign after year 3 - 84david 2019-06-05 17:42:10
    - similar to Weis in a sense - jt 2019-06-05 16:33:40
    - Faust was a good man who lived his faith - HolyCrossHog 2019-06-05 16:15:36
      - I was a student at Marian then - ndtuba 2019-06-05 20:40:39
        Totally agree - Camarillo Brillo 2019-06-06 14:48:46
        They got arrogant - tf86 2019-06-13 18:13:12
    - More importantly, he has a sincere love for ND based in - jrdjr84 2019-06-05 15:01:49
      - Hence my handle - sayahailmary 2019-06-05 18:35:29
    - You are correct in your assessment of Gerry. I sat and - Irish72 2019-06-05 14:59:41
    - I didn't think he was "fired". i thought he finished his - Rosecrea 2019-06-05 14:56:52
      - Per Catholics vs Convicts 30 for 30 Episode... - subalumt 2019-06-05 15:24:36
        Semantics - ShermanOaksND 2019-06-07 21:34:00
      - That is correct - Vairish84 2019-06-05 15:24:06
        Gracias * - Rosecrea 2019-06-07 16:22:16
      - That might well be correct. * - ndtnguy 2019-06-05 15:10:37
Guy had CYO written all over him* - RJD 2019-06-05 13:21:35
he was daily visitor while coach and attended early morning - discNDav 2019-06-05 07:54:28
- ...the "Crypt"..... * - harv79pangborn 2019-06-07 10:51:37
He interrupted my life for five years. * - CJC 2019-06-04 21:46:24
- Mine too. We should form a Support Group - DAngelotti 2019-06-05 08:39:40
  - I'm in - I also was 0-4 vs. Air Force in my undergrad years - domer86 2019-06-05 11:00:11
    - At least you had a great graduation speaker...oh wait - 2020 2019-06-07 00:11:37
      - We had Bishop James Malone from Youngstown, Ohio - ShermanOaksND 2019-06-07 21:35:45
        Yep - tf86 2019-06-13 18:16:45
    - At least you got to replace the 10-17 with 23-6 - domer4 2019-06-05 14:10:50
      - Class of 2001 checking in. - OITLinebacker 2019-06-05 15:29:59
        Since you brought it up (sorta) - tf86 2019-06-13 21:51:58
        Only NC for the class of 1986 was fencing - ShermanOaksND 2019-06-07 21:41:14
        My brother's roommate wore his fencing title ring with pride - btd 2019-06-10 13:51:49
        Seriously, 01 wins this pity party every time. * - DBCooper 2019-06-05 22:04:26
        Class of 1986 closed out four years of pathetic football - domer86 2019-06-09 08:55:15
        How special that we can debate which class sucked most - btd 2019-06-10 14:03:27