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Ruined for Life Online Rd9Yi (Pdf free) Ruined For Life Online [Rd9Yi.ebook] Ruined For Life Pdf Free SJ, Jack Morris ePub | *DOC | audiobook | ebooks | Download PDF #1537529 in Books 2016-04-13Original language:English 9.00 x .67 x 6.00l, .87 #File Name: 1519460910266 pages | File size: 79.Mb SJ, Jack Morris : Ruined For Life before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Ruined For Life: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Miles OtoupalInspirational reflections; peace, social justice and in depth personal review highlighting Jesuit's life path.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. I was privileged to have met Father Jack Morris at ...By JStr8onI was privileged to have met Father Jack Morris at my sister's Thanksgiving table in the last year of his life. I was blessed to say the least. To have not met this man would have been a sadness of supreme missed opportunity. As an outsider, neither Catholic nor Jesuit, I wasn't sure what to expect from him. He was, however, truly charismatic in the softest way and told the utterly engaging Bethlehem pilgrimage which he had organized from beginning to end. It was a trek of nearly 7000 miles on foot in the 1980s to promote all peace with an emphasis on nuclear disarmament. Those of us gathered round listened raptly with an occasional question or two.No one present that night had any inkling that within the year he would die. His vigor and passion gave no hint.Once he became aware of his cancerous condition and his short term prognosis, his desire to put his entire life to published pen and paper really burgeoned. That was when he gave the task of editing his collection of files, private letters, journal entries and photos to my sister so as to form them into a coherent whole.That's exactly what happened. Barbara Underwood Scharff took those written fragments of his and formed them into "Ruined for Life." She took his words and wrote his life story: a life story of naked humanity, service works around the globe, spiritual speculation and wonderings, emotional turmoil but most importantly portrayed Father Jack's humble striving to serve God, Jesus and mankind through the Society of Jesus faithfully.I just finished reading this spiritual gem. I never knew that besides his pilgrimage to Bethlehem, his wandering, curious soul had also engaged him in the birthing of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, assisting in the formation of a Jesuit faith based community farm in central Washington and served a number of refugee camps dotted throughout Africa. His description of the refugee camps in and around Adjumani, Uganda, the Rhino camp being one, was priceless and worth the price of the book alone.These were just several of his lifetime acts fulfilling his desire to give through his devotional faith.Honestly, I am not a usual reader of faith based books. Take it from me though; "Ruined for Life" is definitely a book worth reading and Father Jack Morris' life one worth knowing.Jeff Underwood2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Fr. Jack - the gift that keeps on givingBy Dia V. NorrisThis book is a wonderful journey through the incredible, delightful, challenging. funny, intimate and deeply spiritual life of Fr. Jack. You will laugh, cry and be challenged to be a "pilgrim" - seeking, finding, loving, challenging yourself, finding God in all things (even large, dark slugs) and most of all cherish each day of this wonderful, wacky journey of life, with the knowledge that we are all part of the community of God, and we walk with the perfect guide through it all. Come now and travel the wide arc of Jesuit Fr. Jack Morrisrsquo;s life through his own consummate storytelling. Yoursquo;ll roam with him through his spacious Montana childhood, summer in the circus, the call of joining the Jesuits, and his challenging formation as a priest. Hersquo;ll tell you how he developed the Jesuit Volunteer Corps movement, it's brave origins in wild Alaska, and how the crazy idea of the Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage ignited him to walk almost seven-thousand miles with others from Bangor, Washington to the Holy Land to protest nuclear weapons of mass destruction. He shares what a tender grace it was to care for his dying mother, and his Jesuit Refugee Service years in companionship with Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda. A pilgrim, philosopher, and gypsy at heart, he changed every soul he encountered by pointing the way to love and mercy. Jack has passed, but thankfully he passed on to us his poignant memories of a life lived on the frontiers of the heart. About the AuthorJack Morris, SJ, was born in Anaconda, Montana in 1927, served in the U.S. Navy before attending Georgetown University and Regis College (Denver). Jack entered the Jesuit Novitiate at Sheridan, Oregon in 1950 and was ordained a priest in 1962. Jack is most remembered for co-founding and organizing the Jesuit Volunteer Corps movement, founding the Senior Chore Services in Seattle, instigating the Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage, an almost 7,000 mile walk from Bangor Naval Base, Washington, to Bethlehem, Israel in the early 1980s, and working for the Jesuit Refugee Service in the 1990s in Uganda, Africa. Jack started several intentional communities for peace, and lovingly pastored a number of parishes in the Oregon Province of Jesuits. 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