Illinois Authors

The Illinois Center for the Book banner

Andrew M. Greeley

Born: 1928 in Oak Park, Illinois
Died: 2013 in Chicago, Illinois

Connection to Illinois: After studies at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago, Greeley received an AB from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Chicago in 1950, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) in 1952, and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology (STL) in 1954, when he was ordained. From 1954 to 1964 he served as an assistant pastor at Christ the King parish in Chicago, during which time he studied sociology at the University of Chicago. He received a Master of Arts in 1961 and then a PhD in 1962. His doctoral dissertation dealt with the influence of religion on the career plans of 1961 college graduates. At various times Greeley was a professor at the University of Arizona, the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Chicago.

Biography: Father Greeley's first work of fiction to become a major commercial success was ''The Cardinal Sins'' (1981). He then put out the Passover trilogy: ''Thy Brother's Wife'' (1982), ''Ascent into Hell'' (1983), and ''Lord of the Dance'' (1984). After that, he wrote on average a minimum of two novels per year. In 1987 alone he produced four novels and two works of non-fiction. Income generated from the sale of his books has been used to fund certain philanthropies. In 1986, Greeley established a $1 million Catholic inner-city School Fund, providing scholarships and financial support to schools in the Chicago Archdiocese with a minority student body of more than 50%. In 1984, he contributed a $1 million financial endowment to establish a chair in Roman Catholic Studies at the University of Chicago. He also funded an annual lecture series, The Church in Society, at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein, Illinois, where he earned his S.T.L. in 1954.


Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Website: http://agreeley.com
Father Andrew Greeley on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=father+andrew+greeley


Selected Titles

  A Christmas wedding
ISBN: 0736670742 OCLC: 48503908

Books on Tape, Newport Beach, CA : ℗2000.

Chuckie O'Malley, having just been thrown out of Notre Dame, decides to go to the University of Chicago--thought by many of his co-religionists to be a hotbed of atheism and communism. There he finds Rosemarie, his beautiful foster sister who gave him his first kiss. Though Chuckie thinks of himself as dull, Rosemarie knows better and goads him into a career of infinite promise and gratification, to say nothing of fame and glory. Love blossoms between the two but she carries within her a soul-destroying secret that eventually threatens her life and the lives of those who love her.--from container.

A Christmas wedding /
ISBN: 081256667X OCLC: 44039856

Forge, New York : 2000.

Chuckie O'Malley attends the University of Chicago and becomes reacquainted with his foster sister Rosemarie in the years after World War II.

A midwinter's tale /
ISBN: 0812590252 OCLC: 38966176

Forge, New York : 1998.

An American police sergeant in post-World War II Germany attempts to save a family from being delivered to the Russians. The Russians claim the family is guilty of war crimes, but Charles O'Malley is skeptical that they will get a fair trial.

A stupid, unjust, and criminal war :
ISBN: 9781570757327 OCLC: 132581790

Orbis Books, Maryknoll, N.Y. : ©2007.

Angel fire /
ISBN: 0812583418 OCLC: 17301114

Warner Books, New York, NY : ©1988.

Greeley (Lord of the Dance) has now written a murky "romantic mystery/fantasy" about a Nobel laureate who is astounded when a lissome guardian angel in couture garb comes to earth to protect him.

  Angel light
ISBN: 9781435670884 OCLC: 277241006

Phoenix Audio, [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : 2008.

In the hustle of modern technology it might seem odd to discover an angel surfing the Internet, but what an interesting paradox that would be. Here, in Andrew M. Greeley's fine tale of young love and faith, Toby Tobin considers the peculiar terms of his great-uncle's will. Ten million dollars, a required visit to Ireland, ending a Tobin family feud, and a request to court his eighth cousin once removed, Sara Elizabeth Anne Tobin. No wonder Toby is a bit wary. But, he cannot help staring at the picture of Sara with her gorgeous black hair, blue eyes and pale skin. He logs onto the Internet to find out about airline tickets to Ireland and finds himself chatting with an odd travel agent named Raphael. Or Raphaela you might say. She is a angel who decided to surf the net to find out what humans are up to. She will be his guardian angel on his trip to Ireland. It's a good thing because Toby is in for the meeting of his life, a centuries-old mystery and more. His tart-tongued angel friend proves the perfect travel companion in a tale fresh as the Internet and as classic as the sweetest love stories ever told.

Angel light :
ISBN: 0765355973 OCLC: 688606052

Forge, New York : 1996, ©1995.

Toby Tobin, a computer whiz who meets an angel named Raphael, or Raphaela, on the Internet, tests the protective powers of his guardian angel when he goes to Ireland to find his life's love and solve an old family mystery.

Ascent into hell
ISBN: 0446349496 OCLC: 906439358

Warner Books, New York, N.Y : 1984.

  Ascent into hell /
ISBN: 0446340391 OCLC: 441148318

Warner Books, New York : 1984.

  Biskup i Trzej Królowie
ISBN: 9788375025309 OCLC: 911225956

Promic, Warszawa : 2015.

Chicago Catholics and the struggles within their church /
ISBN: 1412814790 OCLC: 611964541

Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, N.J. : ©2011.

Common ground :
ISBN: 9780773574731 OCLC: 647844297

McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal : 2008, ©1996.

What happens when two prolific religious scholars sit down and, together, read sacred texts of their different religions?

Contract with an angel /
ISBN: 0812544439 OCLC: 38468716

Forge, New York : 1998.

A comedy on a millionaire who is warned by an angel that he will go to hell unless he performs immediate penance. The novel follows the man, media mogul Raymond Neenan, as he makes amends to his family and to his enemies at work.

  Happy are the merciful.
ISBN: 0749901683 OCLC: 28113014

Piatkus, 1993.

Happy are the oppressed :
ISBN: 1574900838 OCLC: 36446875

Beeler Large Print, Hampton Falls, N.H. : 1997.

Happy are the peace makers /
ISBN: 0515110752 OCLC: 27732666

Jove Books, New York : ©1993.

Father Greeley's fictional detective, the Most Reverend John Blackwood Ryan, auxiliary bishop of Chicago and amateur sleuth par excellence, becomes involved in another mystery with both theological implications and romantic complications. Vacationing in Dublin with his niece and youngest sister, Blackie joins forces with fellow Chicagoan Captain Timothy Patrick MacCarthy in an attempt to solve the baffling murder of Irish millionaire James Lark MacDonaugh. Recruited by MacDonaugh's disgruntled and disinherited family and business associates to investigate the cleverly executed homicide, Tim finds himself irresistibly drawn to his prime suspect, the grieving widow. In order to shield the lovely, fragile Mora Marie MacDonaugh from the wrath of the police, the IRA, and her stepchildren, Tim and Blackie must unravel a Byzantine plot and unmask the real culprit. Once again, Blackie and his ever-expanding band of North Wabash Street Irregulars successfuly intervene in a case of passion and death, unraveling a crime and uniting a pair of star-crossed lovers. Vintage Greeley, terrific entertainment with a religious twist.

  Happy are the peacemakers
ISBN: 0749902574 OCLC: 31487232

Piatkus, London : 1994, c1993.

Father Greeley's fictional detective, the Most Reverend John Blackwood Ryan, auxiliary bishop of Chicago and amateur sleuth par excellence, becomes involved in another mystery with both theological implications and romantic complications. Vacationing in Dublin with his niece and youngest sister, Blackie joins forces with fellow Chicagoan Captain Timothy Patrick MacCarthy in an attempt to solve the baffling murder of Irish millionaire James Lark MacDonaugh. Recruited by MacDonaugh's disgruntled and disinherited family and business associates to investigate the cleverly executed homicide, Tim finds himself irresistibly drawn to his prime suspect, the grieving widow. In order to shield the lovely, fragile Mora Marie MacDonaugh from the wrath of the police, the IRA, and her stepchildren, Tim and Blackie must unravel a Byzantine plot and unmask the real culprit. Once again, Blackie and his ever-expanding band of North Wabash Street Irregulars successfuly intervene in a case of passion and death, unraveling a crime and uniting a pair of star-crossed lovers. Vintage Greeley, terrific entertainment with a religious twist.

Happy are the poor in spirit :
ISBN: 0786223235 OCLC: 42692276

Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Me. : 2000.

Responding to a call for an exorcist, Bishop Blackie Ryan learns about rich and famous Bart Cain's three narrow escapes from attempted murders and the eerie phone calls that Cain received from a woman who is believed to be dead.

Happy are the poor in spirit :
ISBN: 0515115029 OCLC: 31499288

Jove Books, New York : 1994.

Bishop Ryan of Chicago investigates a series of attempts on the life of one of his parishioners. The man is Bert Cain, a millionaire who recently married a much younger woman and his heirs don't like it. By the author of Happy Are the Meek.

Happy are those who mourn :
ISBN: 1574900382 OCLC: 34116776

Beeler Large Print, Hampton Falls, N.H. : 1996.

The spirit of the recently deceased Monsignor Charles McInerny seems to be haunting the parish, and when Bishop Blackie Ryan comes to investigate, he finds an adulterous conspiracy hiding ten million dollars in missing church funds and probable murder.

Happy are those who mourn :
ISBN: 0515117617 OCLC: 33474158

Jove Books, New York : 1995.

"A Blackie Ryan novel."

Happy are those who thirst for justice :
ISBN: 0892961805 OCLC: 15590233

Mysterious Press, New York : ©1987.

When one of Father Blackie Ryan's relatives, a wealthy dowawger, is murdered aboard a luxury yacht whose other passengers are also relatives, Father Ryan must search his own family to find a murderer.

Irish cream
ISBN: 0765342367 OCLC: 871012195

Forge ; New York : ©2005.

The O'Sullivans consider themselves the cream of Chicago's Irish-American community. Now they seem to be conspiring to pin a vehicular homicide on one of their own. Nuala Anne McGrail and her husband Dermot investigate who really ran over a man in the parking lot of a ritzy country club.

Irish cream :
ISBN: 0765303353 OCLC: 56128328

Forge, New York : 2005.

Becoming suspicious about facts surrounding a tragic vehicular homicide for which a young man blames himself, psychic Nuala Anne McGrail and her husband find the case complicated by a scandal involving the diary of a nineteenth-century priest.

Irish crystal :
ISBN: 0765342375 OCLC: 60500308

Forge, New York : 2006.

In the aftermath of a dream about a threat to homeland security, Irish-born Nuala and her husband, Dermot, find themselves enmeshed in a conspiracy that leads them to a manuscript containing information about a tragic moment in history.

Irish eyes :
ISBN: 0786230916 OCLC: 45376246

Thorndike Press ; Thorndike, Me. : 2001.

A woman born, like her mother, with visions of a mysterious shipwreck, becomes a famous singer and attempts to unravel the mystery of her life, despite attacks from a vicious media and the Balkan mafia.

Irish eyes :
ISBN: 0812590244 OCLC: 43245870

Forge, New York : 2000.

In their investigation of strange vibrations from a place on Lake Michigan where a shipload of Irish Americans lost their lives a hundred years ago, Nuala Anne McGrail, her infant daughter Nelliecoyne, and her husband make some enemies, discover a murder, and find a buried treasure.

  Irish gold
ISBN: 0786204044 OCLC: 31737403

Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Me. : 1995.

In Ireland, a young American researching his family's past discovers a plot to reunite England with Ireland. Lots of background on the Irish Rebellion. By the author of Sacraments of Love.--

Irish gold /
ISBN: 0812550765 OCLC: 30913253

Forge, New York : 1994.

In Ireland, a young American researching his family's past discovers a plot to reunite England with Ireland. Lots of background on the Irish Rebellion. By the author of Sacraments of Love.

Irish lace :
ISBN: 0812550773 OCLC: 37730707

Tom Doherty Associates, New York : 1997.

Nuala Anne McGrail uses her psychic abilities to help solve mysteries. But even she will admit with a smile that she couldn't do it without Dermot Michael Coyne, her devoted admirer and self-proclaimed "spear carrier". Now both living in Chicago, their unique courtship is once again interrupted by one of Nuala's "spells". For on a quiet street on the South Shore, she is overwhelmed by the screaming of thousands of dying men--Confederate soldiers held as prisoners of war.

Irish linen :
ISBN: 9780765355003 OCLC: 72699609

Forge, New York : 2007.

When a young man from her Chicago neighborhood vanishes in Iraq and the U.S. government denies knowledge of his whereabouts, Nuala launches a personal investigation to uncover the truth.

Irish love
ISBN: 9780765369116 OCLC: 772970519

Forge ; New York : 2012.

Back on the Emerald Isle, Nuala and Dermot soon get the feeling that someone is out to get them. They find themselves dodging multiple explosions, and someone starts shooting at Nuala while she is water-skiing in the cold Atlantic. Meanwhile, the handsome parish priest, Father Jack, has given Dermot the diary of a young Chicago newspaperman. Written in the year 1882, the diary tells in horrendous detail an intriguing story of a mass murder and a trumped-up trial in which one of Ireland's greatest heroes was accused of the murders without a shred of evidence. These two stories, ancient and modern, soon get mixed up, and they make for an utterly fascinating tale of murder, betrayal, and redemption, with Nuala and her magical powers at the center of it all. -p.4 of cover.

Irish love /
ISBN: 0812576063 OCLC: 46600157

Forge ; New York : 2001.

A novel of modern Ireland explores a prosperous country that is sometimes plagued by violence as Nuala Ann McGrail and her husband, Dermot, embark on a search for a long-lost treasure, a quest that could threaten their very lives.

Irish stew :
ISBN: 9780765369109 OCLC: 815799865

Irish stew! :
ISBN: 0812576071 OCLC: 63159426

Tom Doherty Associates Book, New York : 2002.

While ata music festival in Milan, singer Nuala Anne McGrail and her husband Dermot Coyne cross paths with a Chicago Irish big shot named Seamus Costelloe and work on the mystery of the infamous Haymarket Riot.

Irish tiger
ISBN: 9780765355010 OCLC: 300401690

Forge, New York : 2009.

Psychic sleuth Nuala Anne McGrail and her husband, Dermot, come to the aid of two senior citizens, John Patrick Donlan and Maria Angelica Connors, whose unexpected late-in-life romance is threatened by an unknown enemy.

Irish tiger :
ISBN: 0765315882 OCLC: 173683787

Forge Books, New York : 2008.

Psychic sleuth Nuala Anne McGrail and her husband, Dermot, come to the aid of two senior citizens, John Patrick Donlan and Maria Angelica Connors, whose unexpected, late-in-life romance is threatened by an unknown enemy.

Irish tweed :
ISBN: 0765322234 OCLC: 243544479

Forge, New York : 2009.

Nuala Anne McGrail, a fey, Irish-speaking woman blessed with the gift of second sight, and her husband and accomplice, Dermot Michael Coyne, investigate the brutal beating of Finnbar Burke, the "nice fella" with whom their shy, golden-haired nanny has fallen in love, who is found floating in the Chicago River. Set in late nineteenth-century Chicago.

  Irish whiskey
ISBN: 9781435675988 OCLC: 271919946

Phoenix Audio, [Beverly Hills, Calif.] : 2008.

The beautiful and fey -- as they say in the Old Country -- Nuala Anne McGrail has twice before amazed her faithful suitor Dermot Coyne with her psychic ability to reach back to the past and discover a wrong that needs righting. With their wedding only a few weeks away, Dermot's not a bit surprised when, while paying respects to his grandparents in Chicago's Mount Carmel Cemetery, Nuala points to the grave of the famous bootlegger Jimmy Sweet Rolls Sullivan and states in her usual charming and matter-of-fact way that there is nobody buried in it. Before you can say Erin go bragh, Dermot finds himself doing the legwork on yet another historic mystery-this time on the odd circumstances surrounding the death of Al Capone's most famous rival. And, as in their other adventures, he finds that historic mysteries often can be too current for safety and that even discreet inquiries can incur potentially lethal answers.

Irish whiskey :
ISBN: 0812577701 OCLC: 37721373

Forge, New York : 1998.

On a visit to the grave of grandparents Nuala Anne McGrail, who has psychic vision, notices the coffin in a nearby grave is empty. The grave is that of Jimmy Sullivan, a 1920s Chicago gangster. As Nuala's fiance, Dermot Coyne proceeds to investigate, he runs into lethal opposition. By the author of Irish Lace.

  Jesus :
ISBN: 9781400124046 OCLC: 489541030

Tantor Media, [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : 2009.

Jesus of Galilee taught through stories, which even today contain the power to startle us out of our prejudices and preconceptions. Now Father Andrew M. Greeley, one of America's most beloved storytellers, examines the parables told by Jesus in search of a fuller understanding of the man and his message. This engaging and informal collection of homilies reveals a Jesus whose simple parables carry profound lessons about the Kingdom of Heaven. Along the way, Father Greeley touches on such provocative topics as the significance of Jesus's Jewish roots, his deep and revolutionary relationship with women, The Da Vinci Code, and The Passion of the Christ. He also singles out the four greatest parables, which best illustrate the infinite love and mercy of the God whose kingdom began with Jesus and continues even today.

Jesus :
ISBN: 0765317761 OCLC: 71241997

Forge, New York : 2007.

As a storyteller, Jesus often surprised his listeners with unexpected twists that challenged them to see the world in a whole new light. Father Greeley's insightful tour of the Gospels provides a fresh look at the parables that strips away centuries of false and mistaken interpretations to get at the essential truth of who Jesus really was and what he believed. Along the way, Father Greeley touches on such provocative topics as the significance of Jesus's Jewish roots, his deep and revolutionary relationship with women, The Da Vinci Code, and The Passion of the Christ. He also singles out the four greatest parables, which best illustrate the infinite love and mercy of the God whose kingdom began with Jesus and continues even today.--From publisher description.

Lord of the dance
ISBN: 9781429971669 OCLC: 865172566

Tor, New York : 2013.

A classic tale by one of America's most beloved storytellers. High in the cold skies above China, Daniel Farrell flew alone, a spy pilot on secret surveillance. It was to be his last mission. ... When the news of his loss was reported to his family, the rich and influential Farrells of Chicago, they mourned him and let the years bury what was too painful to face ... until a granddaughter's innocent school assignment threatened to expose the family's hidden skeletons. The Farrells had worked their way up from poverty to become the owners of a Chicago construction empire. But behind the facade of piety and public service, the family hid a shocking private scandal. There was a reason they had never insisted on a full investigation of the disappearance of Danny Farrell. ... With a master storyteller's skill, Andrew M. Greeley disentangles the web of deception to reveal the souls of men and women ravaged by love and hate and the struggle for success. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Lord of the dance /
ISBN: 0446512923 OCLC: 10208345

Warner Books, New York, N.Y. : ©1984.

When the teenaged grand-daughter of Brigid Farrell is given a school assignment to research her heritage, she digs for the truth and uncovers secrets and scandal.

The archbishop in Andalusia :
ISBN: 9781410411938 OCLC: 255143038

Thorndike Press, Detroit : 2009.

Taking leave of his usual Chicago haunts, Archbishop John Blackwood Ryan travels to the south of Spain in this latest mystery by bestselling author Greeley. The local cardinal has summoned the wily archbishop to Spain in hopes that Blackie can avert a murder before it happens.

The archbishop in Andalusia :
ISBN: 0765355035 OCLC: 272565713

Forge, New York : ©2008.

Archbishop John Blackwood Ryan travels to the south of Spain when summoned by the local cardinal in hopes that Blackie can avert a murder before it happens.

  The bishop and the beggar girl of St. Germain
ISBN: 9781435675889 OCLC: 263375412

Recorded Books, Prince Frederick, MD : 2008.

Auxiliary Bishop Blackie Ryan heads for Rome at the request of the Archbishop of Paris to find the missing Friar Jean-Claude, a popular Dominican priest and TV idol, and uncovers secrets that could be embarrassing to the Church.

The bishop and the beggar girl of St. Germain /
ISBN: 0812575970 OCLC: 45871182

Forge, New York : 2001.

Bishop Blackie Ryan is sent to Paris to find a missing priest who had become a television superstar. Blackie enlists the help of a beutiful young musician he found begging outside a church, and together they attempt to solve the mystery.

The bishop and the missing L train
ISBN: 1585472549 OCLC: 51726849

Center Point Pub. ; Thorndike, Me. : ©2002.

The Bishop and the missing L train :
ISBN: 0812575962 OCLC: 43567518

Forge, New York : 2000.

When incompetent auxiliary Bishop Gus Quill mysteriously vanishes, Bishop Blackie Ryan is forced to turn sleuth to find a churchman that everyone would prefer to remain missing.

The bishop and the Three Kings :
ISBN: 0425166171 OCLC: 40100410

Berkley Books, New York : 1998.

"When a major relic of the Catholic Church, the remains of the Three Kings, is stolen from the cathedral" in Cologne, Germany, it looks as if even such a great detective as Bishop Blackie will need a miracle to retrieve it.--Cover.

The bishop at sea :
ISBN: 0786223227 OCLC: 43286961

Thorndike Press, Thorndike, Me. : 2000.

Bishop Blackie Ryan investigates rape and murder on an aircraft carrier, crewed by 5,000 men and 1,000 women teeming with hormones. In the guise of a detective story, a penetrating analysis of the Navy's policy of mixing sexes and how it could work out.

The bishop at sea :
ISBN: 0425160807 OCLC: 37794106

Berkley Books, New York : 1997.

Bishop Blackie Ryan investigates rape and murder on an aircraft carrier, crewed by 5,000 men and 1,000 women "teeming with hormones." In the guise of a detective story, a penetrating analysis of the Navy's policy of mixing sexes and how it could work out.

  The bishop at the lake :
ISBN: 9780765355027 OCLC: 176633986

Forge, New York : 2007.

Assigned to watch his rival for the position of archbishop of Chicago, the ambitious Malachi Nolan, Blackie Ryan, a leading candidate for the position, heads to the Nolan family estate in Grand Banks and finds himself investigating the attempted murder of his rival.

The bishop at the lake :
ISBN: 0765315890 OCLC: 124039140

Forge, New York, NY : 2007.

Assigned to watch his rival for the position of archbishop of Chicago, the ambitious Malachi Nolan, Blackie Ryan, a leading candidate for the position, heads to the Nolan family estate in Grand Banks, and is caught in the middle of a dynastic feud over the estate of Spike Nolan, an electronics tycoon, and finds himself investigating the attempted murder of his rival.

The Bishop in the old neighborhood :
ISBN: 9781585476800 OCLC: 60664368

Center Point Pub., Thorndike, Me. : 2006.

Three bodies have been left in the sanctuary. Is it a warning to those who would gentrify the neighborhood, or to St. Lucy's monsignor who has made his share of enemies?

The bishop in the old neighborhood :
ISBN: 0765303345 OCLC: 61362188

Forge, New York : 2005.

When three people are murdered in a church that has long represented a bulwark against change in its venerable Chicago neighborhood, Bishop "Blackie" Ryan enlists a psychic cop and a Sicilian attorney in what he believes is a campaign of terror.

The bishop in the West Wing
ISBN: 1585472808 OCLC: 50630617

Center Point Pub. ; Thorndike, Me. : 2003.

Bishop Blackie Ryan is set to help an old friend who has been surprisingly elected President of the United States.

The bishop in the West Wing :
ISBN: 0812575989 OCLC: 52518150

Forge, New York : 2003, ©2002.

Blackie, who can do anything, has been called on to deal with ghosts in the White House. But there are more problems in the White House than ghosts.

  The Cardinal sins
ISBN: 9780616785720 OCLC: 1012102126

CNIB, Toronto : 2014.

Two boys from Chicagos West Side grow up together to eventually become Catholic priests. Patrick, son of a sanitation worker, rises to become a Prince of the Church and Kevin, son of a wealthy lawyer, works as a parish priest. Episodes of parish embezzlement, Vatican politics, clerical duplicity and manipulation. Includes sex. c1981.

The cardinal sins /
ISBN: 0765322919 OCLC: 243544784

Forge, New York : 2009.

The cardinal virtues /
ISBN: 0765324423 OCLC: 966597912

Forge, New York : 2010.

A once-radical priest rapidly losing faith in himself finds something worth defending when a new, nearly perfect priest arrives and comes under fire from all angles.

The making of the Pope 2005 /
ISBN: 0316325600 OCLC: 61730701

Little, Brown, New York : 2005.

The story of the closed-door Vatican conclave that elevated Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger to Pope Benedict XVI. In his preparation of this book, Greeley was allowed special access to College of Cardinal sources.

The senator and the priest
ISBN: 9780765355041 OCLC: 271769341

Forge ; New York : ©2006

The senator and the priest /
ISBN: 0765315912 OCLC: 63744468

Forge, New York : 2006.

Working hard in the U.S. Senate for the rights of the underprivileged, Tommy Moran is determined to restore compassion and civility to American politics, only to find himself the target of vicious personal attacks, false rumors, and assassination attempts.

Thurston House /
ISBN: 0515107263 OCLC: 9818052

Thurston House is the most lavish mansion that the richest man in California could build in the 1880s ... the largest house that San Francisco's exclusive Nob Hill has ever seen ... and a living palace of love built for one woman: Camille. Enchanting, raven-haired and fiery, she is the all-consuming passion that Jeremiah Thurston has found in the autumn of his life. When she leaves him, bored by his love for his mines, by his endless hours of hard work, Thurston House becomes an empty monument to lost hopes and vanished dreams-lifeless but for one small person. Sabrina, child of that love, grows up believing her mother is dead. Her only legacy from Camille is the legendary beauty; in all other ways, Sabrina is her father's image: willful, headstrong and loyal to his passion for the land and his work. Suddenly, at 18, her life changed with his death, she makes the fateful decision to rule Thurston Mines. Against her, waiting for any sign of weakness, is a powerful enemy: John Harte, the man who hoped to take her father's place, a man who will profit if she fails. Armed only with her sharp wit and sheer courage, Sabrina is determined to succeed. Then, one day, she and John find they can no longer compete, for she has seen the warm heart beneath his fierce independence, and he has fallen in love with the woman emerging from the indomitable little girl. Yet their love and marriage-like her father's before her-will not stand untested. In a sweeping narrative that moves from the epic earthquake of 1906 to the harsh Depression years, from the glitter of society to the danger of the mine shafts, Sabrina must face the cycles of birth and death, hardship and triumph. Even when her past threatens to destroy her future, she will persevere. Because, above all, Sabrina will not rest until Thurston House is the home it was meant to be, a home filled with love and laughter.--Page 2 and 3 of cover.

  Thy brother's wife
ISBN: 0446512451 OCLC: 7946894

Warner Books, New York, N.Y. : ©1982.

Two brothers, one a priest and one a senator, each in his own way loves the same woman.

Thy brother's wife /
ISBN: 0765323249 OCLC: 8580541

Warner Books, New York, N.Y. : ©1982.

A story of two brothers, one a priest and one a senator, who in their own way love the same woman.

Younger than springtime
ISBN: 9781429912211 OCLC: 862148811

Bestselling author of A Midwinter's Tale returns with a heartfelt sequel Father Andrew M. Greeley returns to the saga of the O'Malley family with his signature blend of humor, classic American values and heart-rending storytelling. Charles Chucky Cronin has come home to Chicago in one piece after a chaotic tour in post WWII Germany. And though his family thinks he's become a man, Chucky knows he still has a lot of growing up to do. Anxious to attend Notre Dame and get his life back on in order, Chucky is quickly sidetracked by the beautiful, raven-haired, haunting (and haunted) Rosemarie, a girl as fresh-faced and clever as she is doomed. Conflicts with a mob boss and a tendency to ruffle the feathers of those in charge combine to land Chucky in even more hot water. Luckily, a quick wit and an old fashioned sense of right and wrong (along with a dose of Heavenly help) save him when tensions reach the boiling point. Can Chucky come of age in a difficult and heady time, holding on to his integrity while discovering the secret to love' At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

Younger than springtime /
ISBN: 0812590260 OCLC: 41380364

A student in 1940s Notre Dame University gets into trouble for taking a photograph of his girlfriend in a bikini. She is also a drinker and when beer bottles are found under his bed he is expelled. The two reunite at the University of Chicago.

 

 

Accessibility