Category: History Publisher: Literary Lady Publications
ISBN-10: 1939521068
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 281
Copyright: Dec., 2013
ISBN-13: 9798680372852
Price: $0.99 (eBook)
A personal perspective on history, 'Patriot Priest',the story of the author’s great uncle who served the troops in WWI. Included are his letters from the front in Picardy, then follow his experiences over several epochs of history, from Paris to Rome.
Patriot Priest explores the causes of the two world wars, the creativity in Paris between the wars, the correspondence of Sir Winston Churchill, the speeches of President Roosevelt and Hitler, and the plight of Mussolini as well as the miracle at Fatima and the life of Albert Schweitzer. "There is a relevancy of past history to the present. It lies in an understanding of historical processes, recognizing them, and thus gaining the wisdom to interpret the same processes in today's world," writes author Patricia Daly-Lipe in her new book, Patriot Priest, in describing the history of the western world as experienced by one brave and inspiring man named Monsignor Hemmick.
Excerpt
The skies were overcast with gloom and mortar fire. The sounds were sometimes deafening. But Father Hemmick had come, not to complain, but to help. Men and boys were out there defending their homes, their families, their country. It wasn't Father Hemmick's country, but he had spent years living in Europe. “We are one people,” he said. "We believe in individual rights. It is not a question of nationality, ethnicity, not even of race, education or religious beliefs. It is a question of each person having the right to live in peace." So the young priest, who had only been ordained a few years, came across the ocean from the United States where peace persisted to Paris, France, where war dictated the daily routine of everyone. The year was 1917
Professional Reviews
Patriot Priest
Patricia Daly-Lipe puts us back in time to 1916, where we are caught up in the bloody, unrelenting trench warfare of World War I. The PATRIOT PRIEST is the true story of her great uncle, a Catholic priest who lived through the nightmare of a war that couldn't be won or lost, but had to be endured. His steadfast sense of duty in the face of death and destruction is especially moving to us today, as we try and make sense of the endless wars that rage around us, and the inevitable moral question of whether we should "get involved."
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Reviews for "Patriot Priest"
Reviewed by Laura H.
1/13/2020
This moving publication had me walking through the life of Patricia Daly-Lipe's great uncle. What a remarkable gift she has given people in her research and telling of this story. This is a wonderfully written and compassionate work that anyone interested in duty, history, and the makings of a war should invest their time in.
This young man lived through the worst humanity displayed toward another human being. To say that we learn from history so as to not repeat it in the present has left many to wonder if this is true as we look around the world in present day.
The context of the war has a person contemplating the realities of where our country finds itself currently. For families who are living with loved ones in the military and in harm's way--we again have to wonder about the validity of the many conflicts around the world and whether or not we should be there.
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