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Briefly noted.


One person's spiritual memoirs can inspire the rest of us. A few new ones by some big-name Catholics:

* Journalist John Cornwell
This article is about John Travers Cornwell, also known as Jack Cornwell or Boy Cornwell, a hero of the First World War. For the article about a writer about the Roman Catholic Church, see John Cornwell (writer).
 remembers his teenage years in an austere aus·tere  
adj. aus·ter·er, aus·ter·est
1. Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister.

2.
 monastery in Seminary seminary

Educational institution, usually for training in theology. In the U.S. the term was formerly also used to refer to institutions of higher learning for women, often teachers' colleges.
 Boy (Doubleday, 2006)

* Joshua author Joseph F. Girzone chronicles his spiritual journey in My Struggle with Faith (Doubleday, 2006)

* Controversial moral theologian the·o·lo·gi·an  
n.
One who is learned in theology.


theologian
Noun

a person versed in the study of theology

Noun 1.
 Charles E. Curran retells his story of clashes with the Vatican in Loyal Dissent: Memoir of a Catholic Theologian (Georgetown, 2006)
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Date:Jul 1, 2006
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