A Thornton Publishing Top 10 List

Top 10 Best "Greeley" Books

#10

The Catholic Revolution

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The Cardinal Virtues

Andrew M. Greeley

Greeley

The Cardinal Virtues

Father Laurence O'Toole McAuliffe, the pastor of Saint Finian's parish in Forest Springs, is weary and worn out, his priesthood and faith in tatters. Once literally a bomb-throwing radical and then a Vatican Council liberal, Lar McAuliffe has grown old and cynical. To make matters worse, he's smart enough to know what is happening to him. God, the cardinal, or some combination of the two plays a dirty trick on Lar by sending him Father James Stephen Michael Finbar Keenan, the "new priest." Lar expects a classic confrontation between young and old, between sardonic maturity and enthusiastic inexperience. But the new priest does not fit the stereotype and the two become friends. Together they face the conflicts and joys, the hopes and pains of the contemporary Catholic parish—the old-fashioned school principal; the broken family; the reactionary finance committee; frustrated young lovers; and the chancery office and a timid Cardinal, who interferes with the priests' work on every possible occasion. Alternately sad and uproariously funny, The Cardinal Virtues is about the mea...

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#9

Home for Christmas

Andrew M. Greeley

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#8

Irish Tweed

Andrew M. Greeley

#7

The Bishop in the Old Neighborhood

Andrew M. Greeley

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#6

The Priestly Sins

Andrew M. Greeley

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#5

The Catholic Imagination

Andrew Greeley

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#4

The Magic Cup (Tor Fantasy)

Andrew M. Greeley

#3

The Bishop at the Lake

Andrew M. Greeley

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#2

Irish Tiger

Andrew M. Greeley


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Irish Stew!

Andrew M. Greeley

Greeley
#1

The Archbishop in Andalusia

An Archbishop Blackie Ryan Novel

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