Priest’s journey

THE life of the controversial Dublin priest Michael Cleary was graphically depicted in an RTÉ television documentary recently.

Priest’s journey
Mon, 17 Sep, 2007 - 01:00
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He was best described by his friend Fr Brian D’Arcy in his autobiography, A Different Journey, where he quoted the French existentialist philospher Teilhard de Chardin: “We are not human beings on a spiritual journey; we are spiritual beings on a human journey.”

Thomas Studley

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