Why we walked away : twelve former Catholic priests tell their stories / general editors, Bill Field & Ed Griffin ; literary editor, Kerry Griffin Bergeron.
Afterword. "Oh! What a mantra!" / Gerry Charbonneau -- Becoming a man / Ed Griffin -- O-oh freedom : a passage toward faith / John Ardizzone -- When power and religion mix / Clark Field -- "First seek the kingdom and all these things shall be added unto you" / John Raymaker -- The word was celebrate! / Carl Roos -- Early engagement--inevitable separation / Phillip Field -- My spiritual journey from the priesthood : "We thought we were gods" / Jerry Griffith -- Answering the call / Dick Eckel -- It's an inner thing / Joe Kirsch -- A member of each family / Jim Koerber -- "Oh! What a mantra!" / Gerry Charbonneau -- Afterword.
Summary:
"Between 1975 and 2008 the Catholic Church in the United States lost just over 18,000 priests. In ecclesiastical parlance these men were defectors, malcontents, and pariahs. But they weren't. These men were the heroes of their generation in the church. They struggled for civil rights, they tried to implement the changes of Vatican II, and they refused to call 'birth control' a sin. Never before have they told their stories - conflict with their bishops, love of their ministry, and waking up to their 'aloneness' in the world."
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