The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge - Couverture rigide

Daly, Michael

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ISBN 10 : 0312301502 ISBN 13 : 9780312301507

Editeur : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008

Synopsis

His death certificate bears the number one. On September 11, 2001, Father Mychal Judge rushed to the fires as quickly as those who fought them, losing his own life while tirelessly ministering to New York's bravest. "The Book of Mychal" recounts the colourful, astonishing and, at times, troubled life of the beloved Franciscan priest.Pulitzer prize-winning columnist Michael Daly retraces the footsteps of 'Father Mike' inside the fire house as FDNY Chaplain, inside his friary and his Church, and inside the chaos that often befalls New York...culminating tragically on that fateful day at the Emergency Services Command Post of the North Tower. Praised by Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, and by the countless fire fighters whose lives he touched, Judge became a symbol of how much we truly lost that day. As a movement to grant Judge sainthood gains momentum today, the story of this good, devout, but very complicated and controversial man will inspire readers everywhere.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The inspiring story of New York Fire Department Chaplain Father Mychal JudgeHis death certificate bears the number one. As chaplain to the Fire Department of New York, Father Mychal Judge was officially the first to go. A loving priest with a gift for the gab-gregarious yet humble, a healer with the ability to wipe away a widow's tears and put a smile on a fireman's face. And on September 11th Father Mike rushed to the fires at the World Trade Center as quickly as those who fought them, losing his own life while tirelessly ministering to New York's bravest. Father Mike recounts the colorful, astonishing and at times troubled life of a priest who saw the potential for good in everybody-in the homeless person he slipped a dollar to on the street; the alcoholic he sought to coax to an A.A. meeting; the early victims of A.I.D.S. he embraced and comforted; the troubled young men he visited in jail; and the thousands of firefighters he blessed as they rushed to their rigs answering the call. Here was a priest who rejoiced in the life around him and understood that even the most terrible times present us with wonders-that good always arises from the bad in the most unexpected ways. Or as Father Mike would say, "My God is a God of surprises." In this touching book, author Michael Daly retraces the footsteps of Father Mike as his vocation takes us inside the firehouse, inside his friary and his Church, and inside the chaos that often befalls New York. This is the tale of a larger than life priest who, in death, became a symbol of how much we truly lost that Tuesday in September. Father Mike is the inspirational story of a hero priest who blessed so many lives and will long be remembered by it.

Revue de presse

"A Compelling and moving human portrait... If only each of the victims of 9/11 had a Daly to tell their stories." - Library Journal." --Library Journal

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thomas Dunne Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0312301502
• ISBN 13: 9780312301507
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible