Where Two Traditions Meet  | John Sullivan embraces in his life the two main traditions in Irish history: the unionist, anglo-Irish, Church of Ireland tradition and the Catholic tradition of the majority of the population. He was the son of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, studied in Trinity College, practiced as a lawyer in the English bar, and was known as "the best dressed man in Dublin". In his mid-thirties, John became a Catholic and two years later a Jesuit. Most of the rest of his life was spent as a teacher and spiritual father to boys in Clongowes Wood College in Co Kildare. In this relatively remote setting he became known as a poorly-dressed man of prayer and penance with a gift of healing.
70 years after his death people continue to visit and pray at his shrine in Gardiner St Church, Dublin.
About the author: Thomas J Morrissey SJ took a doctorate in history at the National University of Ireland. He is a former headmaster of Crescent College Comprehansive, Limerick, and Director of the National College of industrial Relations. He has written 12 books, mainly biograhpies of people prominent in the labour movement, of bishops and of celebrated Jesuits. He is currently preparing a biography of Dr Byrne of Dublin, the 'forgotten archbishop', 1921-1940. | Price: €12.99
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