{"product_id":"diary-of-a-city-priest-by-pastor-iuventus-paperback","title":"Diary of a City Priest: by Pastor Iuventus - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDominic Allain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a selection of the best of the weekly\u003cbr\u003e 'Pastor Iuventus' columns from The Catholic Herald.\u003cbr\u003e Arranged over a year, the columns give us a true-life\u003cbr\u003e picture of the ministry of a parish priest in a busy city. The diary\u003cbr\u003e convincingly conveys the tangible and day-to-day reality of a\u003cbr\u003e priest's life and work. The journal is about the endless fascinations\u003cbr\u003e of parish life: the highs and lows, births and deaths, new\u003cbr\u003e challenges, and, amongst all these, the quiet presence of God.\u003cbr\u003e The author tells it as it is, with candour and insight, but also with\u003cbr\u003e humour and brilliance. Through the everyday life of the parish, \u003cbr\u003e the local hospital and the school, we are given an intimate\u003cbr\u003e portrayal of real life. The reader will be moved and inspired by the\u003cbr\u003e beauty and depth of these weekly columns. As the year unfolds, \u003cbr\u003e the journal reminds us of the closeness of the Providence of God\u003cbr\u003e to every human life.\u003cbr\u003e As Dr William Oddie says in the Foreword to the first edition, \u003cbr\u003e Father Allain's diary column provides readers with \"an often vivid\u003cbr\u003e inside track on the spiritual life of a parish priest, in a way which\u003cbr\u003e certainly conveys its pressures and difficulties, but which also\u003cbr\u003e nurtures the spiritual imagination of its readers by demonstrating\u003cbr\u003e that those pressures and difficulties can always - with a simple\u003cbr\u003e and basic faith in the realities of a working Catholic spirituality -\u003cbr\u003e be withstood and transcended.\"\u003cbr\u003e Fr Dominic Allain was ordained priest for the Archdiocese of\u003cbr\u003e Southwark. Now the International Pastoral Director for 'Grief to\u003cbr\u003e Grace' - a programme which brings spiritual and psychological healing\u003cbr\u003e to survivors of sexual and other abuse (www.grieftograceuk.org), he\u003cbr\u003e also works as a retreat giver and spiritual director. This book draws on\u003cbr\u003e his experiences as a parish priest and hospital chaplain in the London\u003cbr\u003e area. He is well-known to many through his weekly columns, 'Pastor\u003cbr\u003e Iuventus', in The Catholic Herald.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 162\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.37 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408627744946,"sku":"9780852449233","price":20.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3342bae93744a27dfc7c8a01d00175d2.webp?v=1778249570","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/diary-of-a-city-priest-by-pastor-iuventus-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}