Habits of a Priestly Heart, by Fr. Eugene Hemrick

Posted October 15, 2009

Habits of a Priestly Heart

by Fr. Eugene Hemrick

From one of today’s most remarkable priests comes this engaging and perceptive new book. Habits of a Priestly Heart is designed to help today’s priests better understand, accept, and live with the new and sometimes overwhelming challenges of the third millennium.

Fr. Eugene Hemrick, who has devoted a great deal of his life to research and writings about the priesthood, shares stories from his own spiritual journey and from the lives of his fellow priests, laying out a path to a healthy and joy-filled life centered in Christ.

Inspiring and profound, Hemrick’s practical wisdom will enrich the lives of all priests and help others to better understand this truly remarkable vocation.

Topics include:

• Resisting the temptation that once a priest is ordained he is defined
• Growing in kindness and holding at bay anything that threatens it
• Keeping the contemplative edge sharp
• Embracing ongoing education and physical fitness
• Creating a new synergism of domestic and international priests, deacons, and the laity.

Here's what people are saying about Habits of a Priestly Heart --

“The habits of a priestly heart that Father Geno enumerates begin with a priestly identity and then move on to the spirituality necessary to live that identity in the world. Only when a priest takes himself seriously, keeps up his continuing education, and is concerned about his personal fitness will he be able to achieve the ability to collaborate with others as a shepherd and saver of souls. . . . As Blaise Pascal once said, ‘The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.’ Habits of a Priestly Heart is well worth reading and contemplating.”
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D.
Bishop of Brooklyn, New York

“. . . practical, helpful, and useable encouragements for priests in living well their ministry. It is a good read and well worth reflecting on.”
Most Reverend Gerald F. Kicanas
Bishop of Tuscon, Arizona; Vice President, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

“. . . an enjoyable and uplifting reflection on the priesthood and on the challenges priests face today as they live out their vocation. Habits of a Priestly Heart is filled with profound yet simple wisdom, reminiscences from [Hemrick’s] forty years as a priest, and a flood of anecdotal stories that teach and inspire. He examines the six habits that he feels a priestly heart must cultivate in order to be effective and happy. Every priest will find the book to be a rich resource for spiritual renewal and for pastoral growth, and for preaching as well.”
Most Reverend Raymundo J. Peña
Bishop of Brownsville, Texas

“Father Hemrick has written a useful and honest book aimed at developing a kindly priestly heart. Inspired by writings and examples of Teresa of Ávila, Robert Bellah, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Fr. Walter Burghardt, sj, Bernard Haring, Victor Frankl, and Fr. Hemrick’s own research, he explores what he has found to be at the core of a joyous, healthy and holy priesthood.”
Fr. Richard Vega
President, National Federation of Priests’ Councils

“…[Hemrick’s] experience in preaching priests’ retreats and working with priests comes through on every page.”
John W. Crossin, osfs, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Washington Theological Consortium

The cost of Habits of a Priestly Heart is $24.95. Mail orders can be sent to:

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