In the Garden: Paulist Fr. Ted Vierra
by Jennifer Szweda Jordan
July 17, 2019

Paulist Fr. Ted Vierra, age 89, has been a priest for 59 years. He lives at the Paulist rectory next to St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Community in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. Filmmaker Emanuele Sesta caught up with Fr. Ted in the rectory’s beautiful garden.



An expanded audio version of this conversation with Fr. Ted is available on StoryCorps and SoundCloud.

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