his decision to become a priest. After graduating from high school in 1947, Fox entered St John's University. Fox recalled that "In those days St. John's taught the traditional Catholic faith", and incoming student's were required to take a religious placement exam." Despite having no formal religious education, he scored 17th out of 350 incoming college freshman, which he attributed to his frequent reading of the National Catholic Register. In 1950, after two terms at Saint John's, Fox transferred to St Paul Seminary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. When not in class, he would watch Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen's television program Life Is Worth Living on the Seminary's television set. Fox graduated from St. Paul in 1955. Priesthood Fox was ordained into the priesthood on April 24, 1955, at the Cathedral of St Joseph for Diocese of Sioux Falls by Bishop William Brady. After his ordination, Fox's first assignment was as an assistant priest in Milbank, South Dakota. In January 1959, he was transferred to St. Anthony's Parish in Hoven, South Dakota; and in August 1959 to Sacred Heart Parish in Yankton, South Dakota. In 1961, Bishop Lambert Hoch assigned Fox as pastor of St. Anthony's Parish in Bristol. South Dakota. Fox wrote letters and articles for Catholic publications and he soon became a weekly columnist for the National Catholic Register. After the Second Vatican Council's promulgation of the 1964 Decree on Ecumenism, Bishop Hoch authorized Fox to hold an ecumenical Advent prayer service with three Protestant denominations. Over six hundred people attended and the event was covered by the national media, with Fox being called a "new breed" of priest. In 1965 Fox was sent to St. Joseph's Parish in Mobridge, South Dakota; and in 1969 returned to St. Lawrence in Milbank. Responding to the Vatican Council's call for a greater commitment to Catholic catechesis, Fox became concerned that some people's responses were diluting Catholic doctrine. In response to this, he wrote Religious Education; Its Effects, Its Challenges Today. Reception was mixed. In Milbank, he attempted to implement his ideas from his book into a Catholic school. He was opposed by both the school board and principal, but received encouragement from Cardinal John Wright, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, who requested six copies of Fox's book. Youth for Fatima Pilgrimages In 1971 Fox was assigned to St. Bernard Parish in Redfield, South Dakota, where he built a shrine in