The Garden of MartyrsA Catholic parish is torn apart when two of its members are accused of murder The year 1806 is not a good time to be Catholic in Boston. When a man is brutally killed on the Boston Post Road, two unsuspecting Irishmen are charged with the crime. For five months they rot in prison, denied a lawyer until just two days before the hearing. It is a mockery of justice—a one-day trial that results in a unanimous verdict: The Irishmen will be hanged, dissected, and dismembered. Comforting them falls to Father Cheverus, a French émigré struggling to adapt to life in the New World. It is his duty to help the condemned find peace, but any overture he makes to the prisoners will be met with an anti-Catholic backlash that could destroy his fledgling congregation. As he walks a fraught path, the priest must decide: Is his obligation to his flock, or to God? |
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... Father Matignon in the founding of the Catholic mission in New England. Cheverus hardly looked like a man to found much of anything. He stood an inch under five feet tall, small-boned, as finely fashioned as a hummingbird, though in the ...
... Father Matignon in the founding of the Catholic mission in New England. Cheverus hardly looked like a man to found much of anything. He stood an inch under five feet tall, small-boned, as finely fashioned as a hummingbird, though in the ...
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... Father ? " The priest opened his eyes , momentarily suspended between two worlds . The coarse countenance of the ... Matignon was always chastising him for endangering his ever - frail health . To Cheverus , though , it was a matter both ...
... Father ? " The priest opened his eyes , momentarily suspended between two worlds . The coarse countenance of the ... Matignon was always chastising him for endangering his ever - frail health . To Cheverus , though , it was a matter both ...
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... Father,” the big Irishman said to him. Cheverus glanced at him, saw that he was serious. “Heavens, no. That won't be ... Matignon had brought north to Boston. She had a nasty, contentious disposition with everyone, except for Father ...
... Father,” the big Irishman said to him. Cheverus glanced at him, saw that he was serious. “Heavens, no. That won't be ... Matignon had brought north to Boston. She had a nasty, contentious disposition with everyone, except for Father ...
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... Matignon is no here and you seek . ” Then she added contemptuously ... Father . Sorry for disturbin ' you , " he replied , wiping his face . " Come ... Father . "
... Matignon is no here and you seek . ” Then she added contemptuously ... Father . Sorry for disturbin ' you , " he replied , wiping his face . " Come ... Father . "
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... Matignon is away , ” the priest replied . “ He's expected back tonight but with the weather who can say ? And I'm afraid I , too , have been unwell . " " She was wantin ' to speak to a priest . ” " Could it not wait till morning ? Father ...
... Matignon is away , ” the priest replied . “ He's expected back tonight but with the weather who can say ? And I'm afraid I , too , have been unwell . " " She was wantin ' to speak to a priest . ” " Could it not wait till morning ? Father ...
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