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Pops on the street

Emmett Johns

Éditeur : Médiaspaul Canada

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ISBN : 978-2-89420-359-0 (2-89420-359-4)

No de produit : 03594

Pages : 88

Date de publication : 1996-12

Prix : 9,95 $

Sujet(s) : Inspirational

In downtown Montreal at night-a night so dark that even its lights and its neon signs don't suffice to penetrate the obscurity-a van follows its itinerary among the fallen children of the modern world : runaways, drug-users, prostitutes, transvestites, punks...On board, there's Father Emmett Johns, a Catholic priest, a Montrealer of Irish descent, better known now as Pops.In the van, he offers his young friends hospitality : a hot dog, a cup of coffee, a cigarette-but especially the certainty of being understood, accepted, and particularly of not being judged.Who is this man of sixty-three years old, who at an age when most people normally think of retiring, decides to start "Le Bon Dieu dans la rue," to give it his time, his energy and his faith ? "I'm not a boy-scout...I'm just an old priest in search of his lost sheep...""When these young people leave Pops and his volunteers, they do it with a simple smile, a firm handshake, a warm-hearted embrace or with a few tears streaming down their cheeks.There's always a great deal of love without ever needing any words, and Father Johns watches them go while wishing them well." (Éric Trottier, La Presse)

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