Parish Priest

Father Michael McGivney and American Catholicism

By: Douglas Brinkley, Julie M. Fenster

Narrated by: Julie M. Fenster

Father Michael McGivney was a man to whom ""family values"" represented more than mere rhetoric, a man who has left a legacy of hope still celebrated around the world.

In the late 1800s, discrimination against American Catholics was widespread. Called to action in 1882, Father McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus, an organization that helped to save countless families. It has since grown to an international membership of 1.7 million men. At heart, though, Father McGivney was never anything more than an American parish priest, and nothing less than that, either.

In an incredible work of academic research, Douglas Brinkley and Julie M. Fenster re-create the life of Father McGivney, a fiercely dynamic and yet tenderhearted man. Moving and inspirational, Parish Priest chronicles the process of canonization that may well make Father McGivney the first American-born parish priest to be declared a saint by the Vatican.

Great example for all

This is e great story for all of us about how to love thy neighbor. It also paints a true picture of life in the late 1800’s in Connecticut and the roots of the Knights of Columbus.

Great book

This book really changed how I look at Fr. McGivney and the Knights of Columbus.

Fascinating Verbal Documentary.

A book for ALL members of the Knights of Columbus of Catholic men on the founding and the early dqys and growth of our Order

Great appreciation of the times

Great story about the humble importance of a parish priest, the founding of an order to help others, and the appreciation of life in a changing post-civil war America. Well told and clearly researched thoroughly. Story does not boast or inflate Fr McGiveny, but has a great ability to emphasize with his life and times and clearly explains why he did his parish work to impact American Catholics. Definitely recommended. Vivat Jesus.

An Inspiring Story

A wonderfully inspiring story. Fairly well narrated. While it obviously has a Catholic bend to it, you certainly would not need to be Catholic to enjoy it.