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Fathers of Ground Zero: How Three Clergymen Survived the Ultimate Test of Faith
A Roman Catholic priest, a Franciscan friar and a Protestant minister discover the unexpected trials of ministering amid the smoky debris of the World Trade Center. |
Fathers of Ground Zero: How Three Clergymen Survived the Ultimate Test of FaithThey ministered to hundreds of families whose loved ones had literally disappeared, presided over funeral masses in which there were no bodies to bury, and witnessed the demise of some of their closest friends. Each used his individual life experiences to reach the groups he felt he could help most. For Father John Delendick, it was the surviving families; for Father Brian Jordan, it was the rescue workers at Ground Zero; for Rev. Everett Wabst, it was the firefighters. In myriad ways over the months to follow, each clergyman became both victim and survivor, both counselor and patient. As priests and pastors who had grown familiar with the rites of death during their long careers, they found that dealing with the carnage resulting from 9-11 required more inner strength than they had ever had to muster, and it changed the nature of their religious roles forever. |
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