The Father Pat Stories - Dundurn

The Father Pat Stories

Published April 1997

Description

Father Pat Cheyne, an unkempt, middle-aged priest on a lone canoe ride reflects on how these solitary meditations in his beloved canoe have marked his life. His thoughts reach back to his boyhood rejection of the boisterous ways of his father, just home from the war, to the memorable evening when he first prayed, eyes open, floating in a silent magic space with stars drenching the sky above and mirror lake below him. Even now, the canoe remains his own vehicle for understanding solitude.

The Father Pat Stories chronicle the Anglican priest and former member of Parliament’s pattern of engagement and disengagement as he very actively applies tolerance and forgiveness to his parishioner’s difficulties in a world where religion often stands for intolerance and exclusion. The fast paced adventures engage a tight trio of friends Father Pat, his public relations pal, Terry, and their mutual big city reporter friend, Deirdre. The odd trio get all too intimately involved with each other and in problems, personal and institutional in Ridgewood, Father Pat’s suburban parish.The yarns, almost parables, present a good man through a lifetime of friendships and loves.

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Patrick Gossage

Patrick Gossage's well-received memoirs of his years with Trudeau, Close to the Charisma, was published in 1986. He is also a prolific book reviewer and commentator on politics and the media and a regular television panelist. His own red canoe rests at the family cottage at Lake of Bays, Muskoka.

Book Details

Paperback
April 1997
6x9 in
240 pp
9780889242753
PDF
April 1997
-
240 pp
9781459702813
ePub
April 1997
-
240 pp
9781554886371