James kavanaugh biography
James kavanaugh poet!
James kavanaugh biography
James Kavanaugh
American poet
James Kavanaugh (September 17, 1928 – 29 December 2009)[1] was an American Catholic priest, author, and poet best remembered for an iconoclastic call for reform published in 1967.[2][3][4] He left the priesthood within a few months of the book's publication.[1]
Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and ordained in 1954, Kavanaugh served as a parish priest in Lansing and Flint, Michigan before earning a doctorate at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
His 1967 book, A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church, became a national bestseller.[1]
References
- ^ abc"James Kavanaugh dies at 81; former Catholic priest wrote book calling for church reform".
L.A. Times. January 9, 2010. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
"He left the priesthood after publishing 'A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church,' a natio