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Experience Father Hesburgh’s life story in his own words in God, Country, Notre Dame.
As an adviser to presidents, special envoy to popes, theologian, author, educator, and activist, Father Hesburgh was considered the most influential priest in America for decades. His autobiography brings his phenomenal accomplishments to readers with his own voice and personal perspective. Father Hesburgh recounts his family history, describing the people who helped make him the man he became, as well as his own childhood and adolescence. He tells stories of his time at Notre Dame all the way to his retirement. “This is essentially a memory book,” he explains in the acknowledgements, and there is no better way to get to know the incredible man he was and the legacy he created.
“To read this book is to get acquainted with a great human being, as our Jewish friends say, a real mensch.” —Provident Book Finder
Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. (1917–2015) was president of the University of Notre Dame from 1952 to 1987. As an adviser to presidents, special envoy to popes, theologian, author, educator, and activist, Father Hesburgh was for decades considered the most influential priest in America. He is the author and editor of a number of books, including The Challenge and Promise of a Catholic University (University of Notre Dame Press, 1994).
Introduction to the Second Edition
Preface
1. Growing Up Catholic
2. Learning
3. Teaching
4. Leading
5. On the Playing Field
6. Serving Others
7. Student Revolution
8. Flying High
9. The Mass
10. The Catholic Laity
11. Civil Rights for All
12. Friendship
13. Academic Freedom
14. The Holy Father
15. Forgiveness
16. Peace in Our Time
17. Starting the Future
Acknowledgments
Index