About this title: For many people, the name of Archbishop Rembert Weakland brings to mind only connotations of scandal the titillating tale of a prominent priest disgraced. But that whiff of dishonor barely begins to tell the whole story. / In these pages Archbishop Weakland recounts his life from his childhood in rural Pennsylvania to his retirement from the archbishopric in 2002 at the age of 75, all in the context of the Church that he long served. Weakland takes readers with him to Rome, where he discovered the splendor of a whole new intellectual world, and then to New York for his extensive musical study ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Compa
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780802863829ISBN:0802863825
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780802863829ISBN:0802863825
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 429 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
"Being from Milwaukee and missing our former archbishop's pastoral leadership, I had to read this book. He deals with his horrid "loss of name" openly and honestly from the very beginning, but it is the rest of the book that reminds us that this was a truly wise and holy man who was not afraid to stand up for what he thought was right--namely the Church as Christ meant it to be. I love his style; even all the minute details were eye-opening and educational. I just wonder if those who reject him will allow themselves to read his story and open their hearts to the human being that has written it."
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