A Different Journey

By Fr. Brian D'Arcy (Sliabh Ban)

A compelling, heartbreaking and, at times, hilarious story of the struggle between human nature and vocation.  Brian D'Arcy is clearly a conscientious priest, greatly troubled by the inflexibilities and, more recently, the scandals of the Church to which he belongs. He writes with painful honesty of his doubts about whether he was right to enter the priesthood. He also works out his reasons for remaining a priest, despite the absurdities, not to mention the sheer evil, he has witnessed in the Church.

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