[PDF] Maverick Priest eBook

Author : Harry J. Bury
Publisher : Robert Reed Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,10 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781944297329

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"Priest, professor, political activist, servant for peace. This is the story of one man's unique journey around the world, in the name of human connection, peace, and active nonviolence. Father Harry J. Bury, Ph. D. is a Catholic priest unlike any you have ever met. His travels through Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, India, Costa Rica, Philippines, Africa, Palestine, and Israel span over 60 years. [...] His determination to help his fellow human beings put him in sometimes compromising and often dangerous situations with American law enforcement, foreign governments, and the church alike. He was: arrested at the Pentagon in 1969, chained to the gates of the American Embassy in Saigon in 1971,served at the side of Mother Teresa in Calcutta in 1971, arrested by Swiss Guards for saying Mass on the steps of the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome in 1971, participated in the release of American POWs in Vietnam in 1972, con-celebrated Mass with Pope John Paul II at Mother Teresa's Beautification Mass in 2004, kidnapped at gunpoint in Gaza in 2005, and awarded the key to Ho Chi Minh City in gratitude for his efforts to end the war in 2014"--Publisher's description

Author : Ames K. Swartsfager
Publisher : AMES SWARTSFAGER
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781441555823

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Ames wants to escape from intercity gang life in the Mission District of San Francisco, which challenges his physical, emotional and spiritual life. Attempting to break out of the gang related activities in which he is involved; he has to rely on his inner strength. His journey takes him through dangers in gang fights, into the back streets of Hong Kong, to the city room of a newspaper where a deranged reporter wants to kill him, to missionary in Central America, to prison chaplain and to storms at sea. Shadowing his life is the feeling he will slip back to being as evil as he was in the street gang. In the church, he has a reputation as a "maverick." His path to escape his problems is the sea and sailing to far distant lands. Myasthenia Gravis, a neuromuscular disease, debilitates Ames. Suddenly he looses his ability to preach, to sail, to sing. Now what does God have in store for him? Those who are interested in real life adventures, in mission work, prison ministry, or sailing will find this book entertaining and exciting. Many will find hope in this book for making their own escape from the ghettos of their lives. They also, like the author, can escape.

Author : Ames K. Swartsfager, BA, M. DIV
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 50,15 MB
Release : 2009-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1462811264

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Ames wants to escape from intercity gang life in the Mission District of San Francisco, which challenges his physical, emotional and spiritual life. Attempting to break out of the gang related activities in which he is involved; he has to rely on his inner strength. His journey takes him through dangers in gang fights, into the back streets of Hong Kong, to the city room of a newspaper where a deranged reporter wants to kill him, to missionary in Central America, to prison chaplain and to storms at sea. Shadowing his life is the feeling he will slip back to being as evil as he was in the street gang. In the church, he has a reputation as a “maverick.” His path to escape his problems is the sea and sailing to far distant lands. Myasthenia Gravis, a neuromuscular disease, debilitates Ames. Suddenly he looses his ability to preach, to sail, to sing. Now what does God have in store for him? Those who are interested in real life adventures, in mission work, prison ministry, or sailing will find this book entertaining and exciting. Many will find hope in this book for making their own escape from the ghettos of their lives. They also, like the author, can escape.

Author : Warren Farrell
Publisher : Merrion Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 37,12 MB
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 178537513X

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‘Remember now as you go by, as you are now so once was I ...’ From unmarked plots to striking monuments, Glasnevin Cemetery has become home to a microcosm of Irish society since it opened its gates in 1832. Every grave has a story to tell, but with more than a million souls resting there, many of these stories have been long forgotten. So Once Was I sets out to celebrate the quirky, strange and sometimes unbelievable tales of lesser-known figures in Ireland’s famous cemetery. Representing all threads of Irish society’s rich tapestry, from lion tamers to pioneering aviators, the mistress of the macabre to a mysterious, murderous count, forgotten revolutionaries to the mammy of Irish cooking, the cemetery’s population is reanimated in this book through vivid retellings of their lives. This intriguing tour through the national necropolis brings back to life those Joyce called the ‘faithful dead’, an intricate mosaic of stories rediscovered among the grandeur of Glasnevin’s famed monuments.

Author : Ejine Okoroafor-Ezediaro
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 34,54 MB
Release : 2008-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0615221939

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Pathos of a Wilting Rose is a heart rendering tale and lucid portrait of our contemporary society. Nkiru Ubaka thought she had it all, a very promising future, affluent parents and lovable fiance until the rug was suddenly swung from beneath her feet and she tumbles into a free fall. This book traces her spellbindingly transition from a once confident damsel through a devastating interlude that threatens to shatter her strong spirit. This is the much awaited and riveting sequel to highly acclaimed 'A Rose in Bloom'. It also offers both permanence and an astounding insight into some of the characters portrayed in its prequel. In as much as these two books are intertwined, they are also separate entities. Pathos of a wilting Rose is an easy book to grasp even if you haven't read the first.

Author : Nancy P. Appelbaum
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822330929

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DIVClaims that Colombia’s present-day regional and local hierarchies were shaped by 19th and 20th century processes of colonization and that regionalism and race are tied into Colombia’s history of violence./div

Author : Ines Angeli Murzaku
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 23,30 MB
Release : 2015-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317391047

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This book looks at Eastern and Western monasticism’s continuous and intensive interactions with society in Eastern Europe, Russia and the Former Soviet Republics. It discusses the role monastics played in fostering national identities, as well as the potentiality of monasteries and religious orders to be vehicles of ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue within and beyond national boundaries. Using a country-specific analysis, the book highlights the monastic tradition and monastic establishments. It addresses gaps in the academic study of religion in Eastern European and Russian historiography and looks at the role of monasticism as a cultural and national identity forming determinant in the region.

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
Page : 1354 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 1961
Category : Law
ISBN :

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)