The Edge of Sadness spiritual (Martin Cyril D’Arcy

(Martin Cyril D’Arcy

each adventure comprises a tale (or several) within its tale and contains a charming cast of figures both human and mythical

By Saint John Henry Newman | Edited by Daniel M

Michel rises to pursue that same aim of awakening France from its spiritual slumber—albeit now in the humble role of parish priest to a cheerless fishing village

The Edge of Sadness spiritual (Martin Cyril D’ArcyBy Edwin O'Connor Father Hugh Kennedy has come home. Newly sober, he is charged by his bishop with a derelict, dusty, and dying parish, in a decrepit part of the city. Quite content with his lot, Father Hugh is suddenly pulled back into a past world: the exuberant, turbulent, Irish American world in which he was born and raised. With one telephone call, old Charlie Carmody brings Father Hugh out of his hum drum, methodical priestly life, and gives him