Changing Collars - Softcover

Mark Hayden

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856075729 ISBN 13: 9781856075725

Publisher: The Columba Press, 2007

Synopsis

Changing Collars is a book about a journey; a journey that began on one path and ended up at a destination never imagined by the author, Mark Hayden. This book follows Mark on his journey through Roman Catholic seminary in the 1980 s and 1990 s as he trains for the priesthood; his early years as a Roman Catholic priest as the storms of controversy raged over the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland; his growing unhappiness and disillusionment and his eventual realisation that the root cause of his unhappiness was not with being a priest but was with being a Roman Catholic priest. The book then goes on to chart Mark s leap of faith as he reaches out to the Church of Ireland as a new spiritual home, retraining as a Church of Ireland priest, life as a clergyman, marriage and parenthood. This is a story about confusion, choices, consequences and above all the story of a vocation to the priesthood that transcends denominations, vows, presumptions and prejudice. Above all, it is a story of faith, hope and love.

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About the Author

Mark Hayden is a priest of the church of Ireland. He is the rector of a large group of parishes in County Wexford, and is also the rural Dean of North Wexford. Mark has also served as a priest of he Roman Catholic Church in Dublin, Wicklow and London. He is married to Lorraine and they have two sons, Luke and Daniel. This is his third book.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Columba Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1856075729
• ISBN 13: 9781856075725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96