When there is a turnover in pastoral leadership, it's not an easy or quick task to get to know the parishes, the families, the students, the clubs, the hangouts, the homeless. Much of it only comes with time. Pope Francis emphasized, in a quippy way, that pastors should "smell like their sheep." So, like being a husband or father, the role of a priest in relation to the parish isn't only one of fulfilling certain duties or jobs, but of being there, getting to know his kids as they grow, and ensuring they all become adults, particularly in a spiritual sense.