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In a poignant memoir flush with humor and regret, the author looks back on the curious journey which brought him to a high school seminary on the University of Notre Dame campus in 1964 to study for the priesthood. There, in the boarding school’s cloistered setting, each day was occupied by prayer, studies, silence, and labor, providing a straight and narrow path to ordination. Still, his better angels were unable to distance him from juvenile lapses, ranging from mindless mischief to egregious misconduct.
Spotting the troublemaker, the priests bestowed absolution and encouragement, but after two years, the clerics had seen enough. Expulsion and banishment followed, pushing him into the cold embrace of secular society. Years later, he returned to the same campus to conclude his educational sojourn―this time in the prestigious law school. With the benefit of maturity and hindsight, the author reflects on the failings of his past and the lessons learned.
About the Author: Frederick George Giel is a graduate of Saint Joseph’s College (Rensselaer, Indiana) and the University of Notre Dame Law School. During a legal career spanning nearly four decades, he practiced the profession within corporate law departments in Indiana, Germany, Pennsylvania, and New York. Married to the former Karen Lee Feggeler, he currently resides in South Bend, Indiana. They are the parents of two children—Courtney Danielle (Giel) Flynn (Granger, Indiana) and Jonathan Nikolaus Giel (Arvada, Colorado)—and the grandparents of Taylor Reese Flynn, Alexandra Reagan Flynn, and James Jonathan Flynn. He is also the author of Willowgate Park, the gripping tale of an orphan's unlikely odyssey through life following the tragic death of his pal.
Title: Shattered Shells
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Publication Date: 2017
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Shattered Shells | Reflections on a Seminarian's Fall and Recovery: A Memoir | Frederick G. Giel | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2017 | Xlibris | EAN 9781524570675 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 108755353
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