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Dear Father

A Message of Love for Priests

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by Catherine Doherty

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138 pages — Trade Paperback, 5.5" x 8.25"

3rd ed., Madonna House Publications, 2001

ISBN 0-921440-76-6

A new, expanded edition of Catherine’s popular classic!

“I wish I could tell every priest that I share his pain and joy, whatever it may be, because I love the priesthood passionately.

“No one is more relevant today than a priest who understands his role as the servant of the Word; as one who can give us God under the form of bread and wine.

“We long to hear your voices echoing the call of the one Shepherd you represent so tangibly for us. We need to hear your voices clearly and we need to hear them now... You are the most important people in the Church today.”

Are you a priest searching for clear answers to questions about the meaning of the priesthood, or a layman — or seminarian — considering becoming a priest?

Or are you a layperson seeking better awareness and appreciation of God’s gifts to the Church in and through his priests?

Dear Father: A Message of Love for Priests 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.

This new edition of Catherine's classic book has been expanded, and features five new chapters, including: The Call to Priesthood, Anointed Teachers, Our Lady Mother of the Priesthood, Priesthood and Loneliness, A Life Offered for Priests.

(Also available from us in French if you order by telephone: 1-613-756-3728.)

Reviews

“Catherine's love for the priesthood radiates through her writings.... Her growing awareness of the powerful grace of priesthood and its clear identity in Christ are so necessary for priests and for the world today. In these days, we are acutely aware of the humanity of our priests, as indeed Catherine was; but her words suggest that she saw more deeply into the tremendous grace that is priesthood. I encourage everyone to read her book, especially priests.” — Father Stephen J. Rossetti, Ph.D., D.Min., President, St. Luke Institute

“I have given copies to various priests and all have commented on some aspect of the book which they felt was written especially for them. Dear Father says what most of us hesitate to say to our pastors—a message of love and affirmation and the guarantee of our prayers and understanding.” — Marikay Falby, Prairie Messenger

“I really loved Dear Father! Through the years I reflected on Catherine's loving and powerful message to Catholic priests, for whom she had a deep respect and love. I am anxious to share Dear Father with priests and future priests!” — Bishop Paul V. Dudley

“I have read your love letter, Dear Father, in one sitting. You know, my first mission as a newly ordained priest was hard. I really felt I had nothing. Complete emptiness.... I was desperate but said, ‘Lord, you are the source of your priest's life and strength. Give me what you think I need.’ Dear Father was his answer!” — a letter to Catherine from a priest in Africa

About the Author

Catherine de Hueck Doherty Catherine Doherty used her heritage as a Russian Christian as a matrix for responding to the needs of Christian life and work in the modern world. Her own personal pilgrimage led her to be “poor with the poor Christ” in the slums of Toronto and in Harlem; and later to the establishing of the world-wide Madonna House Apostolate. A dedicated wife and mother, Catherine was also a prolific writer of hundreds of articles, a best-selling author of dozens of books, a renowned national speaker, and a pioneer of social justice. Catherine Doherty's cause for canonization as a saint is now under consideration by the Catholic Church.

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