This is the cover of American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame s Father Ted Hesburgh by Wilson D. Miscamble, CSC. The book is reviewed by Patrick T. Brown. (CNS)
Help us expand our reach! Please share this article American Priest: The Ambitious Life and Conflicted Legacy of Notre Dame s Father Ted Hesburgh by Wilson D. Miscamble, CSC. Image Books (New York, 2019). 442 pp., $28.
On March 3, 2015, college students donned heavy coats against the brutal Lake Michigan winter and lined a concrete drive on the campus of the University of Notre Dame. In a very particular sense, many of them would not have been there without the efforts of the man to whom they paid their respects Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, who guided that university for 35 years on a path toward ever-higher academic prowess and prestige, but, as a new biography argues, not without tradeoffs.
Biography asks whether prestige, Catholic identity are at odds thebostonpilot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thebostonpilot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
This is the cover of Soldiers of a Different Cloth: Notre Dame Chaplains in World War II by John F. Wukovits. The book is reviewed by Nancy L. Roberts. (CNS)
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This riveting account of the heroic contributions of 35 chaplains and missionaries during World War II is nearly impossible to put down. The author, John F. Wukovits, is a renowned military historian who melds rigorous research with expert storytelling. The result is an inspiring and richly detailed narrative that reveals the challenges that these religious priests along with some brothers and sisters of Notre Dame s Congregation of Holy Cross faced.
Historian provides riveting account of WWII chaplains from Notre Dame thebostonpilot.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thebostonpilot.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.