Excerpt from The American Priest N offering this little volume to the Priests I of America, I have been guided by two great motives: the first is my love for that great Church in Which I am a priest forever, the holy Roman Catholic Church; the second is my love for the land of my birth, the glorious United States of America. Loving both, I cannot desire anything more than that both should continue to thrive, and that my country, sanctified by the teachings of the Church, may. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"It is fast-moving and often downright funny."—New York Times "He has recaptured childish innocence and presented it with adult enlightenment—plus a touch of cynicism—yet never with irreverence." —Book-of-the-Month Club News First confession and its terrors. Eighty-four first graders in a classroom ruled by just one nun. The agony and the ecstasy of Lent. The dubious honor of being declared the worst altar server ever. Dinah Shore and the Blessed Virgin haunting your dreams. This is Eddie Ryan's world as he grows up in the intensely Catholic world of South-Side Chicago's St. Bastion's parish in the 1950s. In this classic coming-of-age novel, John Powers draws readers into Eddie Ryan's world with deep affection and bittersweet humor.

Excerpt from The Catholic Priest Others shake their heads with an air Of majesty, as if they would say: how can we get over the Pope - over the hierarchy of the Catholic Church? Like a divine stigma, the world's hatred is impressed on the brow Of the Pope, Of the bishops and priests of the Church. The spirit Of the world - the Spirit of falsehood and Of negation hates the Pope the Vicar of Christ; it hates all our Lord's true miii isters - the Catholic bishops and priests -with demoniacal hatred. Why? Be cause they are the palladium Of truth, and of public and private morality; the root and bond Of charity and of faith. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Priest One wet evening in the late spring of the year 1905, a well-hung, one-horsed brougham was drawn up outside a church in the neighbourhood of Pimlico. Inside this buff-lined and deep-padded carriage, with her hand holding the window strap, and her gaze fixed upon the lighted interior of the church - which, striped by the rain, could be seen through the open door, with its red curtains swinging in the draught - was a handsome woman of fashion approaching her fortieth year. Her hair was of a dark brown; the small eyes - dusk-lidded, and close under clean-pencilled brows, which did not curve but were straight and almost met together - were reddish-brown and darkly lashed; her nose, which was neither thin nor finely chiselled, sloped to a slight upward tiAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Altar and Priest The Lord hath done great things for them, The Lord hath done great things for us; We are become joyful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The American Catholic Who's Who Publisher of the Pittsburg Post; b. January, 1851, in Pittsburg; ed. In the common schools of Pittsburg and at Western University; President and Gen eral Manager of the Post Publishing Co. Residence: Bidwell St; Office, care of The Post, Pittsburg, Pa. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.