PRIEST FOR ALL LITURGICAL SEASONS, A
Changing Calendar, Unchanging Virtue

Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time are the seasons of the Liturgical Year and of the spiritual life itself. These seasons inspired the thoughtful meditations on the priesthood in this book by five American diocesan priests who are living and working in Rome for the Holy See. They are offered for the profit of all the faithful, but especially for their brother priests and those aspiring to the priesthood. This little book took share in Rome on Sunday, April 20, 2008, the day on which Pope Benedict VXI visited “Ground Zero” in Manhattan and celebrated Mass at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. It is dedicated to him in thanksgiving for his historical visit to the Church in the United States and the inspiration it provided.

About the Contributors:
Father Anthony J. Figueiredo, STD, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, is associated with the Neocatechumental Way and is an official in the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.

Monsignor Charles M. Manga, JCL, is a priest of the Diocese of Sioux Falls, is an official at the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

Monsignor John A. Abruzzese, STD, a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, is a senior official in the Synod of Bishops.

Monsignor Andrew R. Baker, STD, a priest of the Diocese of Allentown, is an official at the Congregation for Bishops.

Monsignor Laurence J. Spiteri, JCD, PhD, a priest of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, is the official in charge of the legal office at the Vatican Apostolic Library and Judge in Court of Secon Instance for the Diocese of Rome, the Lazio Region, and the Naples and Sardinia Provinces.