Thank you, Tim, for this inspiring article.
My Ordination Class (1966) has convened every year thereafter. 
Things have changed over those years: most, like me, left the active ministry in the first five years or so after ordination. Two are no longer believers, at least one has struggled with issues surrounding gender identity, and others have struggled through marital challenges, but as we gather we are still bound by a common desire to serve, and to make the world a better place. 
I think we all meet Pope Frank's criterion of "smelling like the sheep," and I don't think one of us regrets our time in the seminary and the priesthood.