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Vows: The Story of a Priest, a Nun, and Their Son by Peter Manseau (CD-Audio, 2005)

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The 1950s was a boom time for the Catholic Church in America, with large families of devout members providing at least one son or daughter for a life of religious service. Boston was at the epicenter of this explosion, and Bill Manseau and Mary Doherty - two eager young parishioners from different towns - became part of a new breed of clergy, eschewing the comforts of homey parishes and choosing instead to minister to the inner-city poor. Peter Manseau's riveting evocation of his parents' parallel childhoods, their similar callings, their experiences in the seminary and convent, and how they met while tending to the homeless of Roxbury during the riot-prone 1960s is a page-turning meditation on the effect that love can have on profound faith. Once married, the Manseaus continued to fight for Father Bill's right to serve the church as a priest, and it was into this situation that Peter and his siblings were born and raised to be good Catholics while they witnessed their father's personal conflict with the church's hierarchy. A multigenerational tale of spirituality, Vows also charts Peter's own calling, one which he tried to deny even as he felt compelled to consider the monastic life, toying with the idea of continuing a family tradition that stretches back over 300 years of Irish and French Catholic priests and nuns.It is also in Peter's deft hands that we learn about a culture and a religion that has shaped so much of American life, affected generations of true believers, and withstood great turmoil. Vows is a compelling tale of one family's unshakable faith that to be called is to serve, however high the cost may be.

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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
ISBN-10
140015197x
ISBN-13
9781400151974
eBay Product ID (ePID)
178033745

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Author
Peter Manseau
Format
CD, MP3 Format
Language
English

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Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
780
Narrator(s)
Patrick Lawlor
Author Biography
Peter Manseau is coauthor of Killing the Buddha and a founding editor of the award-winning online magazine of the same name. His essays and commentaries have appeared in the Washington Post and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Raised outside Boston, he currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist, Patrick Lawlor is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. His recent audio includes the New York Times bestseller The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell (Tantor). Lawlor is masterful. --The Philadelphia Inquirer
Out-Of-Print Date
07/01/2017
Date of Publication
07/12/2005
Subject
Biography: Religious & Spiritual
Imprint
Tantor Media, Inc
Edition Statement
Unabridged
Country of Publication
United States

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