He just told stories of his youth, the Navy, the movie, life at Joliet central Catholic HS. Very informal. Kept our attention. Lots of humor. That was our experience. Unfortunately, a few years later, the school did in fact close. Our Pastor didn't want to be bothered with things like a school or the traditional parish carnival which was a huge money maker. That ended too. You have 4 people talking about Rudy and mostly likely get 7 different opinions.