This eclectic set of 16 essays by Jesuit and lay scholars was published to honor the scholar and Jesuit leader John W. Padberg, S.J., on his 75th birthday. Spirit, Style, Story reflects Padberg’s deep spirituality, his humane style, and his passion for history.
Contributions range from Michael J. Buckley’s “‘Likewise You Are Priests…’: Some Reflections on Jesuit Priesthood” to Peter J. Togni’s “Novices in the Early Society of Jesus” to Michael W. Maher’s “The Just Development of Mind and Heart: Jesuit Education at the Turn of the Century in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.” Father Padberg was one of the founders of the U.S. Jesuit Conference and later served as president of the Weston School of Theology and as director of the Institute of Jesuit Sources.
Paperback, 450 pages.