A Friar's Tale: Remembering Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
Remembering Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR

Defender of the outcast, acclaimed teacher and spiritual director, insightful psychologist, and founding member of a thriving religious community, Father Benedict J. Groeschel was not merely a man of uncommon talents but one of extraordinary achievements.

Yet at heart he was a simple friar, a humble priest; and his goal in life was very modest: to follow as best he could the path God had chosen for him.

For over eighty years-more than fifty of them as a priest-Father Groeschel faithfully walked that path; and, in so doing, he gave hope to abandoned youth, to pregnant women who were homeless and alone, to many of those people whom society so easily and thoughtlessly discards.

An electrifying speaker and a writer of real talent, he was responsible for rekindling the love for God in the hearts of many whose faith had turned to ashes. And his legendary devotion to the poor led him to help found the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, with the mission to serve those who had little or nothing.

A Friar's Tale is an inspiring, moving, and sometimes humorous biography that invites readers to immerse themselves in the fascinating details of a remarkable life, one animated by faith and devoted to love.

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A Friar's Tale: Remembering Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR
Remembering Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR

Defender of the outcast, acclaimed teacher and spiritual director, insightful psychologist, and founding member of a thriving religious community, Father Benedict J. Groeschel was not merely a man of uncommon talents but one of extraordinary achievements.

Yet at heart he was a simple friar, a humble priest; and his goal in life was very modest: to follow as best he could the path God had chosen for him.

For over eighty years-more than fifty of them as a priest-Father Groeschel faithfully walked that path; and, in so doing, he gave hope to abandoned youth, to pregnant women who were homeless and alone, to many of those people whom society so easily and thoughtlessly discards.

An electrifying speaker and a writer of real talent, he was responsible for rekindling the love for God in the hearts of many whose faith had turned to ashes. And his legendary devotion to the poor led him to help found the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, with the mission to serve those who had little or nothing.

A Friar's Tale is an inspiring, moving, and sometimes humorous biography that invites readers to immerse themselves in the fascinating details of a remarkable life, one animated by faith and devoted to love.

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A Friar's Tale: Remembering Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR

A Friar's Tale: Remembering Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR

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A Friar's Tale: Remembering Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR

A Friar's Tale: Remembering Fr. Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR

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Remembering Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR

Defender of the outcast, acclaimed teacher and spiritual director, insightful psychologist, and founding member of a thriving religious community, Father Benedict J. Groeschel was not merely a man of uncommon talents but one of extraordinary achievements.

Yet at heart he was a simple friar, a humble priest; and his goal in life was very modest: to follow as best he could the path God had chosen for him.

For over eighty years-more than fifty of them as a priest-Father Groeschel faithfully walked that path; and, in so doing, he gave hope to abandoned youth, to pregnant women who were homeless and alone, to many of those people whom society so easily and thoughtlessly discards.

An electrifying speaker and a writer of real talent, he was responsible for rekindling the love for God in the hearts of many whose faith had turned to ashes. And his legendary devotion to the poor led him to help found the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, with the mission to serve those who had little or nothing.

A Friar's Tale is an inspiring, moving, and sometimes humorous biography that invites readers to immerse themselves in the fascinating details of a remarkable life, one animated by faith and devoted to love.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612789248
Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor, Publishing Division
Publication date: 11/27/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 527 KB

Table of Contents

Preface 4

Prologue: Looking at the Sunset 8

Chapter I A Boy from Jersey City 13

Chapter II High School Days 26

Chapter III A Difference in Taste 43

Chapter IV Flinging Myself Against the Sky 53

Chapter V The Capuchin Way 63

Chapter VI Across from West Point 80

Chapter VII Finding My Home 93

Chapter VIII The Permanent Temporary Chaplain 115

Chapter IX A Work of God in Brooklyn 138

Chapter X Praying by the Edge of the Sea 154

Chapter XI A Priest for Priests 165

Chapter XII You Just Have to Make Time, Father 185

Chapter XIII There Is a Time to Build 196

Chapter XIV Something Must Be Done 212

Chapter XV Paterfamilias 233

Chapter XVI Standing with Friends; Standing for Life 244

Chapter XVII Hope and Dread 258

Chapter XVIII Coming in for a Landing 275

Chapter XIX Just Before Nightfall 294

Chapter XX A Handful of Ashes 305

Epilogue: Greeting the Dawn 317

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