Friends, LA priests remember late Bishop Sartoris
Friends, LA priests remember late Bishop Sartoris: ‘He found joy in ministry’
On a Saturday morning in October 1978, Mike Molina was working in the rectory office at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church in Lomita when the doorbell rang. He answered it to find a tall, smiling priest with an outstretched hand.
“Hi,” said Father Joe Sartoris. “I’m your new pastor.”
For Molina, that encounter was the start of a working relationship with Sartoris that evolved into a close friendship lasting nearly 50 years.