As a seminarian in the order, I heard whispers of the conservative titan among the ranks of Midwestern Jesuits. Everyone I trusted told me I needed to meet him. While in Chicago, I met an unassuming priest who introduced himself simply as "Paul." We spoke briefly and parted ways. I was told later that I’d met the Father Paul Mankowski, S.J., about whom I’d heard so much. That was in 2013. The following year would find me leaving the order, and our paths never crossed again. In 2020, that priest