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Confessions of a Parish Priest

Author: Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671644772
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
Those who are not Catholic as well as those who are will be fascinated by this inside story of contemporary Catholicism in crisis.

Confessions of a Parish Priest

Author: Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671644772
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 580

Book Description
Those who are not Catholic as well as those who are will be fascinated by this inside story of contemporary Catholicism in crisis.

Confessions of a Gay Priest

Author: Tom Rastrelli
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609387090
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
Tom Rastrelli is a survivor of clergy-perpetrated sexual abuse who then became a priest in the early days of the Catholic Church’s ongoing scandals. Confessions of a Gay Priest divulges the clandestine inner workings of the seminary, providing an intimate and unapologetic look into the psychosexual and spiritual dynamics of celibacy and lays bare the “formation” system that perpetuates the cycle of abuse and cover-up that continues today. Under the guidance of a charismatic college campus minister, Rastrelli sought to reconcile his homosexuality and childhood sexual abuse. When he felt called to the priesthood, Rastrelli began the process of “priestly discernment.” Priests welcomed him into a confusing clerical culture where public displays of piety, celibacy, and homophobia masked a closeted underworld in which elder priests preyed upon young recruits. From there he ventured deeper into the seminary system seeking healing, hoping to help others, and striving not to live a double life. Trained to treat sexuality like an addiction, he and his brother seminarians lived in a world of cliques, competition, self-loathing, alcohol, hidden crushes, and closeted sex. Ultimately, the “formation” intended to make Rastrelli a compliant priest helped to liberate him.

Confessions of a Mega Church Pastor

Author: Allen Rhea Hunt
Publisher: Beacon Publishing (OH)
ISBN: 9780984131839
Category : Catholic converts
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
Tens of thousands of American adults join the Catholic Church every year. Why? What is it that attracts them to Catholicism? In Confessions of a Mega-Church Pastor, Allen Hunt unveils the treasures of Catholicism that many life-long Catholics are simply unaware of. At the same time he demonstrates the genius of Catholicism and encourages us to move beyond taking our faith for granted. With a personal touch that is profound and disarming, Hunt takes his readers on a journey that is sure to change the way we experience our faith. At a time when so many are disillusioned about where the Catholic Church is and where it is going, Allen Hunt brilliantly reminds us that personal holiness is the key to the bigger future God wants to leads us to both as individuals and together as a Church.

Confessions of a French Catholic Priest

Author: Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description

The Priest, the Woman, and the Confessional

Author: Charles CHINIQUY
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confession
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description

Hearing Confessions

Author: Kenneth N. Ross
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1625649258
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130

Book Description
A restatement of the principles and practice of hearing confessions is long overdue. The enlarged role of psychiatry and pastoral counseling, the questioning of the special role of the priesthood, the diminished sense of individual responsibility, and the influence of situation ethics are all factors to be reckoned with, no less than the practical questions of administering the sacrament. This practical guide for confessors was prepared for publication following the author's death by Reginald Cant, Canon of York Minster, and includes a memoir of the author by Gordon Hopkins.

Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned

Author: Maggie Renaldi
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1469790262
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 608

Book Description
It is not only young boys that Roman Catholic priests abuse; these dysfunctional, deceitful predators, who use God as an excuse for their behavior, emotionally damage many unsuspecting adult women. Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned: Confessions of a Priest’s Mistress is the story of one woman’s involvement with a Roman Catholic priest and how it changed her life. Just as the male victims are coming forward to tell their stories, there can be no closure for Maggie Renaldi until this story is told. During a vulnerable period in her life, Maggie meets Father Brendan O'Reilly and embarks upon a clandestine affair. Father O'Reilly's fear of commitment and his "I love you, go away" behavior threaten to destroy their friendship and their love, until Maggie intervenes and O'Reilly seeks therapy to save himself. Unfortunately, he chooses a priest-psychotherapist who adds more guilt and shame. From seminaries that require young men to beat themselves bloody to bring the flesh into subjection to bishops who play politics, from power-hungry nuns to superiors who profess "the party line," Bless Me, Father, For I Have Sinned is also a graphic picture of church politics and hypocrisy. Maggie Renaldi is not her real name. All the names as well as the places have been changed to protect the innocent (as well as the guilty).