Sacred Silence by Loreto N. Gonzales Jr.

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"In Sacred Silence, Father Sal Galvez, a long-time pastor serving in a Catholic archdiocese in Southern California, is abruptly removed from his parish without due process. Feeling like an outcast, he turns to sport fishing as he grapples with the abuses inflicted on him by the leaders of the archdiocese. After a meeting with Pope Francis, Father Sal feels a radical change from within - and finally, healing begins.

Loreto N. Gonzales Jr. has been a Catholic priest for more than four decades. During that time, he has been infected with "the cancer that kills from within" - the church's failure to honestly communicate about the abuses of power and the sexual abuse of minors within the church walls, at the hands of its leaders. Gonzales wrote Sacred Silence to inspire parishioners and the Catholic community to stand up to the abusive power structure of the church, to expose and protest it, and to courageously be a part of a more just and compassionate world." - Excerpts from the publisher website.

About the Author
Reverend Monsignor Loreto (Mac) Gonzales Jr. is a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, California. Ordained in 1978, he has served the archdiocese as associate pastor (1978–1990), director of Filipino Pastoral Ministry (1990–2000), and pastor (1992–2014). He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy at St. Pius X Seminary in the Philippines and graduated at St. John’s Seminary School of Theology in Camarillo, California, in 1977. In 1995, he earned his Master’s Degree in Communications Management at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California. In 2018, he graduated with a degree of Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, California. In 2015, he published Lighthouses Both Sides of the Pacific, an anthology of short stories and essays, and in 2018, Lorenzo (A Two-Act Play).

Item Weight : 5.6 ounces
Softcover : 112 pages
ISBN-10 : 057822982-X
ISBN-13 : 978-05-7-822982-9
Product Dimensions : 6 x 0.23 x 9 inches
Publisher : Lighthouse Publications (February 26, 2020)
Language: : English