One of the nuns at the first church Father Goebel was assigned to in Texas asked if he was the same Father Goebel who had been written about in Hoffman's book. He said he was, and she gave him a copy. Goebel had not read the book before, but now, after reading it, having it translated into English became a passion he would pursue for many decades as he worked as a pastor in several small Texas parishes.
In the 1970s, Father Goebel was assigned pastor at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Panna Maria. In an incredible turn of fortune, Father Goebel would finally find the person who would translate the book into English, someone literally in his own backyard, who spoke fluent Czech. He was Bishop John L. Morkovsky, of the Galveston-Houston Roman Catholic Diocese, and the brother of one of Goebel's Panna Maria parishioners.