A Sign of Contradiction

by John J. Hugo

Ordered by his bishop to destroy the copies of this book, which had been meant only for private distribution, Fr. Hugo obeyed. The book was a kind of open letter to his fellow priests. But, in the late 1940's it was too honest about what was wrong with the priesthood and, to a worldly band of priests, too daunting in what it demanded the priesthood to deliver to the laity. So, the message had to be suppressed. Yet the message, a prophetic and timely witness then, is even more so today. Fr. Hugo was the friend of ordinary lay Catholics trying to live the Gospel in 1947, and he is the same friend to modern-day Catholics trying to live that same holy life in the Catholic Church of today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1727466462
• ISBN13: 9781727466461
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"