
Theodore Hesburgh, CSC
Bridge Builder
Edward P. Hahnenberg(Author)
Liturgical Press
Published on 15. August 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-8146-6458-2 (ISBN)
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2021 Association of Catholic Publishers third place award in biography
When asked what he wanted written on his tombstone, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh responded with one word: Priest. This giant of a man-a man who advised presidents and counseled popes, who championed civil rights and world peace, who accepted 16 presidential appointments and 150 honorary degrees, who served an unprecedented thirty-five years as president of the University of Notre Dame-could have listed any number of accolades. Instead, he chose his first and most important vocation.
Fr. Ted never felt that his calling to be a priest set him apart. Rather, it drew him into relationships with others and out in service to the world. It was a call to serve as mediator, to bridge the divides that separate church and society, conservatives and liberals, the powerful and those on the margins. He spent his life bringing people together.
This new biography is the first to tell the story of the spirituality that shaped one of the twentieth century's most distinguished public servants. It is a story to inspire all those who strive to live out their faith in the midst of a deeply divided world.
When asked what he wanted written on his tombstone, Fr. Theodore Hesburgh responded with one word: Priest. This giant of a man-a man who advised presidents and counseled popes, who championed civil rights and world peace, who accepted 16 presidential appointments and 150 honorary degrees, who served an unprecedented thirty-five years as president of the University of Notre Dame-could have listed any number of accolades. Instead, he chose his first and most important vocation.
Fr. Ted never felt that his calling to be a priest set him apart. Rather, it drew him into relationships with others and out in service to the world. It was a call to serve as mediator, to bridge the divides that separate church and society, conservatives and liberals, the powerful and those on the margins. He spent his life bringing people together.
This new biography is the first to tell the story of the spirituality that shaped one of the twentieth century's most distinguished public servants. It is a story to inspire all those who strive to live out their faith in the midst of a deeply divided world.
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English
Place of publication
Collegeville, MN
United States
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
259 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8146-6458-2 (9780814664582)
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Edward P. Hahnenberg holds the Jack and Mary Jane Breen Chair in Catholic Systematic Theology at John Carroll University. He is the author of Awakening Vocation: A Theology of Christian Call and Theology for Ministry: An Introduction for Lay Ministers, and coeditor of A Church with Open Doors: Catholic Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium published by Liturgical Press. He is a contributor to Give Us This Day. Dr. Hahnenberg is a past consultant to the US Bishops Subcommittee on Lay Ministry and current delegate to the US Lutheran-Catholic Ecumenical Dialogue.
Content
Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Chapter One
Faith in the Family 9
Chapter Two
Becoming a Theologian 21
Chapter Three
The Pursuit of Excellence 39
Chapter Four
Serving the World 58
Chapter Five
A Catholic University 81
Chapter Six
The Humane Imperative 109
Chapter Seven
To the End 134
Notes 151
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Chapter One
Faith in the Family 9
Chapter Two
Becoming a Theologian 21
Chapter Three
The Pursuit of Excellence 39
Chapter Four
Serving the World 58
Chapter Five
A Catholic University 81
Chapter Six
The Humane Imperative 109
Chapter Seven
To the End 134
Notes 151