I have just received a review copy of "Reclaiming our Priestly Character" by Fr David Toups. The book includes a historico-theological examination of the doctrine of Priestly Character, an analysis of post-conciliar confusion over the priesthood, and a positive presentation of six key principles in the foundation of priestly lifeFr Toups is a priest of the diocese of St Petersburg, Florida, ordained in 1997 and currently working with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops as the Associate Director of the Secretariat for Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations.
"Reclaiming Priestly Character" is based on his Doctoral thesis, completed in 2004 at the Angelicum in Rome. The footnotes are wisely left in the text, thus offering a source of further reading and, as Fr Toups says, "as a reminder that this work is not simply my own opinion or perspective."
This is an excellent book which I would recommend especially to priests and seminarians but also to laity who would be heartened by such a solid, balanced and doctrinally solid presentation of the priestly ministry and life with a frank assessment of some of the problems that have beset the priesthood in recent decades.
The book can be ordered directly from the Institute for Priestly Formation at $17.95 for the paperback and $25.95 for the hardback.
5 comments:
Wow, thanks for posting this. I want to read this book! I hope someone sends it to me some day or that my local library gets is. LOL!
Well, I can't imagine any priest who is conscientious of the Daily Office could get into too much trouble!
Thank you for the Tip about the book, have ordered it from Amazon. The reviews of the book are positive.
NB for the unwary - that would be the US amazon. You can order it from there to get shipped to the UK.
I've just managed to log in to US amazon with my UK login. That wasn't possible a while back.
Hi Fr, I did order it from Uk Amazon site on import shipped from a company in England! The world is becoming a smaller place!
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