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Kathryn Cloward

    Father Joe: Life Stories of a Hustler Priest
    The Spirit of a Bear
    • 2024

      The Spirit of a Bear

      • 108 stránek
      • 4 hodiny čtení

      "The Spirit of a Bear" is a collection of poetry by Kathryn Cloward revealing her journey through love and loss, trauma and transformation, and healing and hope. Cloward alchemizes her experiences through poetic and lyrical storytelling, offering an opportunity for resonance to anyone exploring expansive levels of self-love and uncontained personal liberation. Through her poetry, Cloward demonstrates how our growth is not linear but rather a constant ebbing and flowing through life as we experience ease and joy mixed with struggle and heartache. "The Spirit of a Bear" provides a vantage point of life's landscape, providing readers with an invitation to transform and release what is heavy and unspoken in their own lives and align with their personal truths to shine vibrantly.

      The Spirit of a Bear
    • 2021

      Is there such a thing as a hustler priest? Yes! Father Joe Carroll earned that label early in his career-and it stuck. Always a wheeler and dealer, starting from his childhood in the Bronx, his ability to get things done served him well in developing what's now called Father Joe's Villages in San Diego, California. This book of stories from Father Joe's interesting life is heart-warming and heart-wrenching, while also head-shaking and hilarious. From his antics as a youth and a seminarian to breaking new ground and crossing the lines when necessary to get things done to support neighbors in need experiencing homelessness, you'll come to understand that "hustler" does suit Father Joe well. And he wouldn't have it any other w

      Father Joe: Life Stories of a Hustler Priest