Dear Father: A Message of Love to Priests

by Catherine de Hueck Doherty

Meditations and reflections on the unique charism, spirituality, and mission of the Priest! Are you a priest searching for clear answers to questions about the meaning of the priesthood, or a layman considering becoming a priest? Or are you a layperson seeking better awareness and appreciation of Gods gifts to the Church in and through His priests? Dear A Message of Love to Priests, by Catherine Doherty, is the book for you. To read yourself or to give as a gift to challenge, encourage, reassure, inspire any priest or aspiring priest, or layperson in relationship with priests. A priest is a man whose goal is to be another Christ. A priest is a man who lives to serve... A priest is the hand of Gods mercy. A priest is the reflection of Gods love. Read these chapters and hear the laity in their Dont Desert Us!, Give Us God!, Cry to the Lord for His Church! Understand priests struggle, and their Sharing Christs Loneliness, Christ Re-crucified, A Joy to the World, Holocausts of Love. - Understand better what it is to be a priest - Deepen your confidence as a priest or in your priests - Acquire greater clarity as to how to serve as a priest

117 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Ekaterina Fyodorovna Kolyschkine Doherty, better known as Catherine Doherty, CM (1896-1985) was a social activist and foundress of the Madonna House Apostolate. A pioneer of social justice and a renowned national speaker, Catherine was also a prolific writer of hundreds of articles, best-selling author of dozens of books, and a dedicated wife and mother. Her cause for canonization as a saint is under consideration by the Catholic Church.